[Lazarus] GTK2: Drag files to other applications (to the file manager, Thunar, Nautilus, etc)

Hans-Peter Diettrich DrDiettrich1 at aol.com
Tue Aug 21 07:20:30 CEST 2012


Bernd schrieb:

> The widgetset *is* the platform! (at least as far as file dragging is
> concerned, no need to access any other API)

This is not correct, because dragging is not restricted to work only 
between controls of the same widgetset.

I'd look behind the scene, and use the platform specific protocol 
directly. The final implementation should end up in a cross-platform FPC 
component, not in the LCL.

DoDi





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