LMMS / LMMS/lmms

Add effect plugins via drag and drop

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Description

### Enhancement Summary

I think the ability to drag and drop plugins (fx) to mixer and/or fx chain would be a really cool feature to have (considering lmms uses single folder for plugins)

### Implementation Details / Mockup

(I cannot really give any ideas on implementation. Because I have barely read the source code and the ideas I have about implementation is based on my wrong assumptions of how lmms works)

### Please search the issue tracker for existing feature requests before submitting your own.

- [X] I have searched all existing issues and confirmed that this is not a duplicate.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the existing plugin workflow and the mixer and FX-chain entry points in the C++ source. Compare how LMMS currently adds plugins with the requested drag-and-drop behavior, then define completion as reliably dragging an effect plugin into the mixer and/or FX chain without disrupting existing workflows.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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