[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 25879] New: WebKit handles file drags & uploads of directories poorly

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25879

           Summary: WebKit  handles file drags & uploads of directories
                    poorly
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: New Bugs
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: eric at webkit.org
                CC: adele at apple.com, oliver at apple.com, noel.gordon at gmail.com
 BugsThisDependsOn: 25852


It's currently possible to drag a directory onto a <input type="file"> control.
 It's not possible to pick one from the file picker.

If we're going to support dragging directories onto a file control we need to
do something intelligent (like auto-zipping the directory on submission).

If we don't want to support dragging directories onto file controls, we need a
good UI for when we prevent it (like showing the "can't drop" cursor during the
drag).

If a drag has both files and directories in it, we should treat it the same as
if it just has a directory, I think.  Either way we need to handle this case.


Currently when you try to submit a directory, we do the following:

Safari can’t open the page.
Safari can’t open the page “https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi”. The error
is: “Operation could not be completed. Is a directory” (NSPOSIXErrorDomain:21)
Please choose Safari > Report Bugs to Apple, note the error number, and
describe what you did before you saw this message.

Instead we should throw a JS exception on form.submit() or something (or maybe
we already do, I clicked the "submit" button manually).

I can break this into multiple bugs as needed.


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