Add drag-and-drop file support to the input textarea#2
Merged
Conversation
Co-authored-by: c6-dev <31777460+c6-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot
AI
changed the title
[WIP] Add drag and drop functionality for input file area
Add drag-and-drop file support to the input textarea
Mar 16, 2026
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
The input textarea only supported pasting text or using the file picker. Users couldn't drag and drop files directly onto it.
Changes
#input-area—dragover(prevents browser default navigation, adds visual class),dragleave(removes class; guards against flicker and leaving to browser chrome viarelatedTarget === nullcheck),drop(reads file, populates textarea).yaml/.yml/.jsonfiles with an error message, consistent with the existing<input accept=".yaml,.yml,.json">.drag-overCSS class — dashed blue outline + light blue background while a file is held over the textareaScreenshot
✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.