GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 366816
Paste images etc. from file manager
Last modified: 2018-04-21 22:53:22 UTC
Implement selecting files from file manager and pasting into gnumeric. Makes the most sense for images. clipboard targets: Nautilus: x-special/gnome-copied-files example: "copy\nfile:///home/jk/duskere.jpg" Konqueror: text/uri-list, application/x-kde-urilist example: "file:///home/jk/duskere.jpg\n\0" both formats identical Windows: no idea Freedesktop standard: Not a high priority, but very low hanging fruit.
Thunar (xfce file manager): same as nautilus.
Looks like no app is doing this at the moment, and there is no freedesktop standard. Didn't find any discussion on XDG-list, either.
Well, you can drag images from nautilus into a gnumeric window....
For Drag'n'Drop of non-images it would also be helpful to automatically have a link embedded in the cell - e.g. when I drag a PDF from Nautilus to a cell have it not only insert the pathname but also have it clickable.
Nemo (on Linux Mint) seems to supply the target x-special/gnome-copied-files on CLIPBOARD (only). The contents is... copy file:///home/welinder/annalisa_welinder.jpg with no ending \n. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/53503/copying-files-from-command-line-to-clipboard suggests also text/uri-list and application/x-kde-cutselection
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Once that release is available, you may want to check for a software upgrade provided by your Linux distribution.