Open file on drop

[bulutfatih]

Is there any way to open a file with drag and drop? It inserts the file path to the current document, instead of opening it.

[1024jp]

Unfortunately, CotEditor does not provite such a feature intentionally at present. Only the area to open a file is the application icon in the Dock or Finder since this is the standard behavior on a document-based macOS application.

[bulutfatih]

Unfortunately, CotEditor does not provite such a feature intentionally at present. Only the area to open a file is the application icon in the Dock or Finder since this is the standard behavior on a document-based macOS application.

Oh, I didn't know that standard behavior. It mostly solves my problem. Thanks!

[2bits]

To open a file on Drop using CoT, the easiest thing when I have CoT and a Finder open

1. in CoT use the File -> Open hotkeys CTRL+O
2. you'll see a File Open Dialog box
3. Drop the file into it.
4. press Return

Advantages

• The FOD is really big
• It doesn't matter what the FOD shows before drop.

[ADTC]

Wow! Coming from Windows, I expected the dropped file to be moved to the current folder in FOD, but in Mac, the FOD switches to the parent folder of the dropped file. What an unexpected difference!

Still, not an ideal solution because you have to switch to CotEditor and open the FOD first, and then you still have to press Enter (or Return as Apple calls it). I think (given the repo author's extreme resistance to implementing a proper drop-to-open), the faster alternative is still the Dock icon as you don't need steps 1, 2 or 4.