Unable to drag and drop files into file explorer

[isabelizimm]

Noticed on Positron Dev on 10/31, but not sure when this started occurring. I believe this worked in the past?

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. have any file on desktop
2. try to drag into Positron. it will look like it succeeded, but no file will populate

Expected or desired behavior:

folders/files to appear in file explorer

Interpreter details:

N/A

Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?

None

[jmcphers]

Notes:

• this is on macOS
• we think this used to work
• works in VS Code

[wahalulu]

same in Mac, can't copy a file from Finder into the Explorer pane (or cmd-C/paste for that matter.). It does work when dragging/dropping files from one Positron window to another.

MacOS Sequoia 15.2

Positron Version: 2025.01.0 (Universal) build 39
Code - OSS Version: 1.93.0
Commit: c7ef34f
Date: 2024-12-09T02:49:50.608Z
Electron: 30.4.0
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.15.1
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.2.0

[sidviny]

I have the same on Windows 11. I cannot drop from File Explorer into the project. Type of file, size of file, nothing seems to matter why not.

Positron Version: 2024.12.0 (system setup) build 96
Code - OSS Version: 1.93.0
Commit: c5ce275
Date: 2024-11-28T02:50:45.229Z
Electron: 30.4.0
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.15.1
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

[petetronic]

I can Cmd+C copy the file from Finder on mac, and Cmd+P paste the file when focused on Positron Explorer folder, but not dragging with the mouse. Dragging does work in VSCode, and this is indeed a Positron regression.

[petetronic]

I believe this regressed in 2024.09.0 build 62. At this time, we merged upstream Code OSS v1.93 as well as PWB details.

It may be that isEnabledFileUploads is not set for Desktop, as if I manually set this to true, drag copying a file into the explorer view works:

positron/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/views/explorerViewer.ts

Line 1266 in ebd0e02

if (this.environmentService.isEnabledFileUploads) {

[testlabauto]

Verified Fixed

Positron Version(s) : 2025.02.0-79
OS Version          : OSX

Test scenario(s)

Drag and drop works now.

Link(s) to TestRail test cases run or created: