- From: Matthew Ratzloff <matt@builtfromsource.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:04:42 -0700 (PDT)
- To: public-html@w3.org
On Tue, April 24, 2007 6:49 am, Rene Saarsoo wrote:
>> <input type=file id=uploader>
>> ...
>> <div dropped-files=uploader>drop here!</div>
>
> But these special drag-and-drop areas seem strange. When talking
> about WYSIWYG editors, then scripting support for dragging and dropping
> would be more appropriate for implementing this functionality
> than adding new elements and/or attributes to HTML. Clearly
> not every user would implement a WYSIWYG editor on his website.
Drag-and-drop file uploading is not limited to WYSIWYG editors. It would
be useful in a wide range of situations, although not as shown above. A
special "stylable" input type could be used instead:
<input type="dragdropfile" [...] />
Currently functionality like this requires Java, Flash, or something
similar. You can't do it with cross-browser JavaScript. There's no need
for that amount of difficulty. A drag-and-drop file upload component
could have JavaScript hooks to report total bytes, bytes uploaded so far,
filename, etc.
> I don't really understand the need for builtin asyncronous
> submits.
I don't think it should be asynchronous, either (unless scripted to do
so). But the actual drag-and-drop control would be very useful for
low-skill users.
-Matt
Received on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:04:56 UTC