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desktop_drop 0.5.0 - Web doesn not receive image, instead, browser opens the file in a new tab

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
flutter
Domain
frontend, web-dev

Research direction

Start at the web DropTarget handling for Flutter with CanvasKit and reproduce the issue by dragging an image from Windows Desktop Explorer in current Chrome and Firefox. Done means DropTarget receives the image and the browser no longer opens the file in a new tab.

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Description

When an image is dragged from the file system (Windows, Desktop Explorer) to web (Flutter with CanvasKit), the DropTarget does not trigger and the image is opened in a new tab.

Tested in Chrome and Firefox (most recent update).

Dominant language
C
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Forks
292
Avg merge
15h 8m
Merged PRs (30d)
7

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