On desktop, drag and drop file on the scene should read it directly from its location.

[sylwiabr]

Discord username

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How important is this feature to you?

2 – Somewhat important, but I can live without it

Describe the idea you'd like to see implemented.

Currently, while dragging and dropping the file on the scene the file is automatically copied to the data folder inside a project folder.

Instead of this on desktop we should:

1. link the file by default and read it,
2. when dragging and dropping with ctrl the file should be copied to a data folder in a project.

Is your feature request related to a problem?

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Screenshots, screencasts, mockups.

No response

Would you be willing to help us implement this feature?

No

[farmaazon]

Renamed a bit to avoid a confusion I had with the file links.

[vitvakatu]

This is a task for the GUI team, but we probably need to split it further.

[somebody1234]

I'm assuming "On desktop" means on Electron when using the local backend. In that case, the dashboard already does something like this for adding projects, so it may be a useful reference:

enso/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/projectNameColumn.tsx

Lines 155 to 167 in cd84ac1

	const file = event.files.get(item.key)
	if (file != null) {
	rowState.setPresence(presence.Presence.inserting)
	try {
	if (backend.type === backendModule.BackendType.local) {
	let id: string
	if (
	'backendApi' in window &&
	// This non-standard property is defined in Electron.
	'path' in file &&
	typeof file.path === 'string'
	) {
	id = await window.backendApi.importProjectFromPath(file.path)

[Frizi]

Added an issue for implementing the existing file drag and drop behavior in new gui #8158

Special handling of local paths in electron client is kept out of scope from that task, so this feature report still stands.

[farmaazon]

Refinement note:

• To have "local" uploads, we must check both if we're electron (as other browser may not share the full path with us) and running the local project.