My users which “drag & drop” for the WebFileUploader.
They don’t want to press the plus and search for the path on the Macintosh HD, they want to grab the file with the mouse and drop it at the webfileuploader.
Is there a switch I can turn on trap & drop? Or a similar easy solution without JavaScript?
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[quote=342987:@Marcel Zimmer]My users which “drag & drop” for the WebFileUploader.
They don’t want to press the plus and search for the path on the Macintosh HD, they want to grab the file with the mouse and drop it at the webfileuploader.
Is there a switch I can turn on trap & drop? Or a similar easy solution without JavaScript?[/quote]
WebFileUploader does not support drag & drop at this time.
A few options for drag and drop uploading to Xojo web apps without starting from scratch on your own:
Daniel Taylor’s Web Custom Controls: Haven’t been updated in a few years, but was very full-featured even back then (drag and drop is supported, can check files on various criteria before uploading, etc.). Unfortunately, uploads were slower than expected for me and files larger than about 1GB tended to crash my app–possibly something specific to my setup though. Worked great for smaller files. Uses jquery stuff under the hood. http://webcustomcontrols.com
GrafittiSuite: Recently added an uploader that supports drag and drop. It doesn’t yet have native Xojo-support for a lot of desirable things (such as checking file properties before uploading, etc.), but those features seem to be getting added in each subsequent release as feature requests are submitted. Uses dropzonejs as its engine underneath. https://graffitisuite.com/features/web-edition/
Plupload_Xojo: Recently released open-source option built on top of plupload, so you have to have PHP enabled on your server (or another server) for the php script that is part of the process, although it should be possible to eliminate the need for php if someone has the time and expertise. https://github.com/1701software/Plupload_Xojo
Another one I found recently that looked promising was the free fgupload from about five years ago, but it seems that there are no surviving copies of it–just a few passing references left on old posts on the internet. The author (Garry Pettet) is still active on this forum and has offered up many other cool things for the Xojo community, but even he does not have a copy of fgupload anymore. http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=43900
With Safari on the Mac, you can actually drop a file right on the + Button to upload. But that seems to be rather a browser feature then a feature of the Xojo framework.