Drag and Drop from 7-Zip on Windows broken
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- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 275
- Forks
- 16
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Reproduce steps
- Open archive in 7-Zip
- Drag any file to fman
Expected behavior
File moved/copied.
Actual behavior
Reason
7-Zip extract dropped file to temporary directory and remove it after drag-and-drop.
Fman release drop event before actual file processing.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Windows drag-and-drop flow from 7-Zip and tracing fman's drop-event handling. The issue identifies premature release of the drop event as the cause; done means files dragged from 7-Zip are processed before their temporary extraction is removed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100