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Bug 11215 - What about folders? On OSX for example some "files" are actually folders. There should be a way to drag in folders too.
Summary: What about folders? On OSX for example some "files" are actually folders. The...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-11-04 08:27 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-04 05:34 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-11-04 08:27:29 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-drag-data-item-kind

Comment:
What about folders? On OSX for example some "files" are actually folders.
There should be a way to drag in folders too.

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Comment 1 Jonas Sicking (Not reading bugmail) 2010-11-04 09:46:14 UTC 
There is nothing in the spec preventing folders to be treated as files. So you should be able to drag a folder just as much as a file. If not, file a bug on the implementation where you're seeing this behavior.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-12-29 08:24:03 UTC 
It's not clear to me exactly what should change in the spec here, if anything. I'm not sure it makes sense to drag a folder unless the <input> widget is a multiple="" widget; in the latter case, though, there doesn't seem to be a problem, it should just work as Jonas says.
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-01-21 01:47:46 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Not sure what this would mean, exactly.
Comment 4 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:34:31 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1