[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 25916] New: WebKit should expose files from the pasteboard in drop events

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25916

           Summary: WebKit should expose files from the pasteboard in drop
                    events
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: eric at webkit.org
                CC: mjs at apple.com, darin at apple.com, sam at webkit.org


WebKit should expose files from the pasteboard in drop events

This would make it possible for applications like gmail to implement
drag and drop of attachments onto email messages.

We will need to follow the HTML5 drag and drop security model:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/editing.html#security-risks-in-the-drag-and-drop-model

Internet Explorer shows historical documentation of supporting
getData('File') as a way of exposing files on the pasteboard.  The current
version of their docs:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537658(VS.85).aspx
has removed this reference (likely IE never implemented it)
I have a printed copy on my desk from 2008 describing getData('File') in IE.

Mozilla has equivalent file access:
event.dataTransfer.mozGetDataAt("application/x-moz-file", 0);
which also does not return a typed value.
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DragDrop/Recommended_Drag_Types#Dragging_Files


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