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    Default Dragging files from desktop

    Hello, Im starting with qt and I have no idea how to handle this:

    I want to enable user to drag files from desktop, folders, etc. into my program, then create folder and drop all of those files there.

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    Default Re: Dragging files from desktop

    Hi, you can overload QWidget::dropEvent() to catch those files, and then get the names using QDropEvent::mimeData()->urls().

    Ginsengelf

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