Drag Open File
#!/usr/local/env python # # [SNIPPET_NAME: Drag Open File] # [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: PyGTK] # [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: Get the path of a file dragged onto the application] # [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Rich Jones <[email protected]>] # [SNIPPET_LICENSE: Public Domain] import pygtk pygtk.require('2.0') import gtk import urllib import os def on_drag_data_received(widget, context, x, y, selection, target_type, timestamp): uri = selection.data.strip('\r\n\x00') uri_splitted = uri.split() # we may have more than one file dropped for uri in uri_splitted: path = get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri(uri) if os.path.isfile(path): # is it file? # your_open_file_function(path) # You might also want to look at the File Chooser snippet l.set_text("File: %s"%path) # If you actually want to read the data in the file, use # data = file(path).read() def get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri(uri): #get the path to file path = "" if uri.startswith('file:\\\\\\'): # windows path = uri[8:] # 8 is len('file:///') elif uri.startswith('file://'): # nautilus, rox path = uri[7:] # 7 is len('file://') elif uri.startswith('file:'): # xffm path = uri[5:] # 5 is len('file:') path = urllib.url2pathname(path) # escape special chars path = path.strip('\r\n\x00') # remove \r\n and NULL return path w = gtk.Window() w.set_size_request(200, 150) #This is the important bit TARGET_TYPE_URI_LIST = 80 dnd_list = [ ( 'text/uri-list', 0, TARGET_TYPE_URI_LIST ) ] w.connect('drag_data_received', on_drag_data_received) w.drag_dest_set( gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_MOTION | gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT | gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_DROP, dnd_list, gtk.gdk.ACTION_COPY) w.connect('destroy', lambda w: gtk.main_quit()) l = gtk.Label("Drag something here!") w.add(l) w.show_all() gtk.main()