textual-filedrop 0.1

FileDrop widget for Textual, easily drag and drop files into your terminal apps.

textual-filedrop

Add filedrop support to your Textual apps, easily drag and drop files into your terminal apps. Tested in Windows Terminal only. Other terminals/operating systems may not be using the Paste event.

Install

pip install textual-filedrop

Usage

You can find more examples here.

# add FileDrop widget to your app
yield FileDrop(id="filedrop")

# focus the widget
self.query_one("#filedrop").focus()

# when the files are selected/dropped
def on_file_drop_selected(self, message: FileDrop.Selected) -> None:
    path = message.path
    filepaths = message.filepaths
    filenames = message.filenames
    print(path, filepaths, filenames)
# output: path, [filepaths], [filenames]