Is it possible for some JavaScript code in a browser to be able to receive a "drop" of a file from the desktop? If I drag in an html file to most browsers, the browser will display that html file. On IE on my Mac, if I drag in a non-html file, it tries to launch the right "helper" app, ie, if I drag in a .txt file, it will launch TextEdit.
But, say I want to drag in an arbitrary file from the desktop, and get info about that file so I can send it to an applet...is there a way to do that with JavaScript? Some kind of event monitor looking for drag&drop events?
If I were writing a
Java 2
applet I could use the drag&drop libraries but unfortunately I have to support the older JVM so I can't use those. As far as I can tell I can't implement drag-from-the-desktop in java 1.1, so I'm looking around for alternatives, and thought maybe JavaScript could help.
Thanks!
