Add Drag & Drop feature for installed Linux apps between guest and host OS
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clipboard-integration
enhancement
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 11.9k
- Forks
- 429
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Drag & Drop functionality would be a huge help and make things much easier to work with installed GUI Linux apps with WSLG.
programs like browsers, photo related, video related, file managers and many more would benefit from drag and drop between guest and host OS.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the WSLg repository architecture and the existing guest/host integration described in the issue, then define the supported drag-and-drop scenarios and boundaries; done means drag and drop works between installed Linux GUI apps and the Windows host.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- desktop-dev, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100