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Bug 583427 - drag/drop functionality missing
drag/drop functionality missing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Backend
2.29.x
Other Linux
: High normal
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Assigned To: Xan Lopez
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-05-21 10:01 UTC by Sam Morris
Modified: 2010-10-24 13:51 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Sam Morris 2009-05-21 10:01:24 UTC 
With the webkit backend, it is no longer possible to selected text and drag it into another program. Same goes for images.
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2009-07-06 10:33:20 UTC 
Also, dragging URL objects (for instance from the firefox URL bar) into the Epiphany window doesn't work any more. The other way around is OK.
Comment 2 Sam Morris 2009-09-25 16:33:38 UTC 
I also can't drag links from a web page to text editors, the terminal, the panel, etc.
Comment 3 Mario Sánchez Prada 2009-09-30 16:05:22 UTC 
This looks fixed in last webkit (1.1.15) + epiphany (2.29.0) code from git
repositories.

WebKit: 1103cc33655029808e4eb4c6d07c763c5a1cd5da
epiphany-webkit: 68bbd6ce05ee700ea1c77daae4c063ab7ae5b853
Comment 4 Xan Lopez 2009-09-30 19:06:03 UTC 
The functionality mentioned in comment #2 still does not work for me.
Comment 5 Mario Sánchez Prada 2009-09-30 21:36:44 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> The functionality mentioned in comment #2 still does not work for me.

Hmm.. true, I tried to drag and drop a link from epiphany to firefox address bar and it worked, but it did not work when dropping to a terminal and did not work as expected (pasting the link URL) when drag'n'dropping into gedit.

It also seems to work fine when drag and dropping to the GNOME desktop, btw, but definitely can't confirm it always works as expected.

Sorry for the noise :-)
Comment 6 James Leigh 2009-10-31 11:38:18 UTC 
Drag/drop of links does not work within a Web application either.
These JavaScript events never seem to fire in Epiphany: dragenter, dragover, dragleave, and drop.
Comment 7 Martin Ebourne 2009-11-02 17:49:04 UTC 
Drag/drop text from other programs (eg. revelation) into text entry fields in epiphany is also not working.
Comment 8 Jeremy Nickurak 2010-03-28 19:33:51 UTC 
Present in 2.29.92. Regression from gecko-based releases, yes? (priority->high)
Comment 9 Xan Lopez 2010-10-24 13:51:02 UTC 
Everything mentioned in the bug works fine in 2.91.1, mostly thanks to Martin's work :)

Closing.