simogeo/Filemanager

Drag and Drop for Files and/or Directories

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#84 opened on Jun 5, 2011

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enhancementhelp wanted

Description

Is anyone working on or interested in working on this functionality? Having drag and drop to allow moving or copying in the directory taxonomy would be a really nice addition. I would definitely be interested in working on this feature if I could find some others with a similar interest.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascripthtmlcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Basic JavaScriptHTML/CSSFamiliarity with drag and drop API
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
The repository is deprecated (as noted in its description) and this issue has been open since 2011 with no linked PRs. There is one assignee but no recent activity. Before working on this, confirm if the maintainer is still accepting contributions or if the issue should be migrated to the successor project RichFileManager. If proceeding, study existing drag and drop implementations in similar file managers, and look at the current codebase (likely in PHP connector) to understand the directory taxonomy structure. The issue asks for drag and drop to move or copy files/directories, so you would need to implement using HTML5 Drag and Drop API and possibly update the backend to handle move/copy operations.