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  • Sirisha
    #1

    Drag a file from Desktop and Drop into Browser File Element

    Hi ...
    Is it possible to drag a file from Client Desktop into the
    Browser Form File Element(input type='file') instead of File Browse?
    I know that, File drag is possible in the Mozilla Firefox
    Browser by adding ADD-ON "DragDropUpload ".But I want to implement this
    functionality using the JavaScript/Ajax Code in PHP Application and it
    should be compatible to all the Browsers in PC and iPhone and Windows
    Phone.
    Please, let me know your valuable suggestions and help to solve my
    problem.

    Thanks in Advance,
    Sireesha.
    (PHP Programmer).
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    • Joost Diepenmaat
      #2
      Re: Drag a file from Desktop and Drop into Browser File Element

      Sirisha <revu.sirisha@g mail.comwrites:
      Hi ...
      Is it possible to drag a file from Client Desktop into the
      Browser Form File Element(input type='file') instead of File Browse?
      I know that, File drag is possible in the Mozilla Firefox
      Browser by adding ADD-ON "DragDropUpload ".But I want to implement this
      functionality using the JavaScript/Ajax Code in PHP Application and it
      should be compatible to all the Browsers in PC and iPhone and Windows
      Phone.
      Please, let me know your valuable suggestions and help to solve my
      problem.
      Again: the file element has very limited styling and scripting
      possibilities because of *serious* security implications. In other
      words: drag & drop on a file element is either suppported by whatever
      browser the visitor is using, or not. There is nothing you can do in
      client-side javascript to change that, so don't even try.

      --
      Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/

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        • kadkaz@gmail.com
          #3
          Re: Drag a file from Desktop and Drop into Browser File Element

          It is can be done.
          For IE explorer it is easy but code that i found does not work yet.
          For FireFox the code is worked.
          See http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal...d_script_p.htm

          It is not necessarily to get the file. It is necessarily to get the
          path and then you can got it through Ajax if you want.

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            • Joost Diepenmaat
              #4
              Re: Drag a file from Desktop and Drop into Browser File Element

              kadkaz@gmail.co m writes:
              It is can be done.
              For IE explorer it is easy but code that i found does not work yet.
              For FireFox the code is worked.
              See http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal...d_script_p.htm
              >
              It is not necessarily to get the file. It is necessarily to get the
              path and then you can got it through Ajax if you want.
              If I read that correctly, you basically have to grant the web page
              permission to read and upload *any* file on your file system. I
              wouldn't grant that permission to any site that I don't control
              myself.

              --
              Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/

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