149218 - Chimera doesn't display files dragged to its' Dock icon

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Camino Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Greg K.]

An HTML file dragged to Chimera's Dock icon results in an error dialog being
displayed claiming that the file cannot be found.

An image file cannot be dragged to Chimera's Dock icon; the icon refuses the
dragged file.

Chimera should accept files dragged to its' Dock icon.

Comment 1

[saari (gone)]

->pinkerton

Comment 2

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

ccarlen

Comment 3

[saari (gone)]

okay, local file is in but this isn't fixed. What else do we need to do here?

Comment 4

[Winnie Lam]

Retested this using the 06-26 build on OS 10.1.5:

Display of html files:
1.  Went to an html page (I used http://slip.mcom.com).  File->Save
As->test.html on my desktop.
2.  Minimize chimera.
3.  Drag test.html from my desktop to the chimera icon in the dock.
4.  Chimera opens a new window displaying that html file.  The location bar says
file://localhost/Users/(username)/Desktop/test.html

PASS

Display of image files:
1.  Save an image, test.gif, on my desktop.
2.  Minimize chimera.
3.  Drag test.gif from my desktop to the chimera icon in the dock.

Expected result:  chimera opens a new window with test.gif.
Actual result:  Chimera's Dock icon refuses the dragged file.

In other words, I'm experiencing the same behavior as the reporter for image
files but not for HTML files.

Comment 5

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

We need to add .gif, .jpeg etc to the info.plst so we can accept drags.

Workaround for testing: hold down command and option keys while dragging image
file over dock icon, to 'force' acceptance.

Comment 6

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

Is there any way to have the list of accepted drag types be determined at
runtime, instead of hardcoding it into the plst?

Comment 7

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

I don't think so, since it's the Finder that decides whether the icon can accept
the drag, based on Launch Services database information.

Comment 8

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

mine

Comment 9

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

fixed. you might have to launch the app once before the finder lets you drag
things to it. you might also have to make sure that you don't have any old
versions of 'navigator' on your machine else the finder might find those and not
think that anything was updated.

Comment 10

[Chris Petersen]

Verified in the 2002-07-08-13 build.