Drag & drop images from Firefox?
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Drag & drop images from Firefox?
Firefox allows you to drag & drop an image from a web page to Windows Explorer, saving the image in the directory you drop it. Great feature, but it doesn't quite work in TC -- instead you get a 0-length file.
I saw a thread about this on the German forum but sadly my German is non-existant. Any plans to support this? I'd love to see it supported.
I saw a thread about this on the German forum but sadly my German is non-existant. Any plans to support this? I'd love to see it supported.
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Sorry, I haven't found a way yet to correct this problem. When FF reports the drop to Total Commander, the file exists, but it is empty.
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Sorry, I don't have the source code of Explorer, so I don't know what it does differently. Maybe it's just saving the file names, and then copies the files in some other, delayed thread, so Firefox has time to create its files? Anyway, Firefox is the only program which sends empty files to TC...
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Win 2000 pro SP4 / Firefox 1.5:
works fine with Explorer (also with network shares)
don't work with TC 6.53
BUT: the picture is in the TEMP-Directory. Drag and drop to X:\image. In X:\image there is pic.jpg 0 byte. In C:\temp there is pic.jpg.
works fine with Explorer (also with network shares)
don't work with TC 6.53
BUT: the picture is in the TEMP-Directory. Drag and drop to X:\image. In X:\image there is pic.jpg 0 byte. In C:\temp there is pic.jpg.
Last edited by Hasli on 2006-01-13, 15:58 UTC, edited 1 time in total.
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TC 6.53
Windows XP SP 1
Firefox 1.07
It doesn't work when drag and drop in TC pane
but
It works when drag and drop on a zip file which is in TC pane, in fact it will pack the picture correctly in the zip file.
Don't know if it makes "avancer le schmilblick" (french expression)
Windows XP SP 1
Firefox 1.07
It doesn't work when drag and drop in TC pane
but
It works when drag and drop on a zip file which is in TC pane, in fact it will pack the picture correctly in the zip file.
Don't know if it makes "avancer le schmilblick" (french expression)
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I think I've found the difference.
It depends on the way you drop it !
Drag it from browser and drop it directly into TC pane ... and you got a 0 byte file.
Drag it from browser to the TC entry at the task bar first, wait until TC appears ... and drop it to the TC pane then => you get the full file
It depends on the way you drop it !
Drag it from browser and drop it directly into TC pane ... and you got a 0 byte file.
Drag it from browser to the TC entry at the task bar first, wait until TC appears ... and drop it to the TC pane then => you get the full file
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You have the makings of a beta-tester. This seems indeed to make the difference.sqa_wizard wrote:Drag it from browser and drop it directly into TC pane ... and you got a 0 byte file. Sad
Drag it from browser to the TC entry at the task bar first, wait until TC appears ... and drop it to the TC pane then => you get the full file
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