Drag and drop an external file/folder into a running game window?

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Hi all,

Is there any way I can drag and drop an external file or folder into a running Unity game window, and at least be able to determine the file path?

I am basically wanting to create a model viewer and would be very handy to do this, but having trouble finding information on whether this is possible or not.

thanks,

Allan

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Answer by soft_sound · Mar 25, 2015 at 01:13 AM

I'm not sure about drag and drop but it is quite possible to get the path of any asset or load an asset from an external source.

var path = EditorUtility.OpenFilePanel("Load RTF note file", "", "");

I use this to load notes into Unity.

There is also the whole AssetDatabase thing to check out.

AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath

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abuklea · Mar 25, 2015 at 02:06 AM 0

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Thanks, I've used that approach before and that will be a good enough solution for now. Really only for convenience being able to drag-drop.

Cheers

soft_sound · Mar 25, 2015 at 03:54 AM 0

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If my comment was useful you could make it as an answer ;)

Also this similar post may help you more. -> Applying variable from project

The post refers to ObjectNames.GetDragAndDropTitle which might be useful, never tried it so I don't know.

This may be useful later if you want more stats from your model $$anonymous$$odelImporter Class

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Answer by Astiolo · Feb 22, 2018 at 03:50 AM

Bunny83 has made some code that can do this. It's really simple to use. https://github.com/Bunny83/UnityWindowsFileDrag-Drop

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