Drag and Drop Pictures directly from Browser to Affinity Designer's Document

[Old Bruce]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

But where is it while you're dragging it?

Same place it was before we started dragging it. On the webpage displayed in the browser window.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Same place it was before we started dragging it. On the webpage displayed in the browser window.

And during the transfer from that browser window into Affinity? Did it go through the file system, or through the clipboard? Or is there some other data transfer mechanism involved with drag/drop? The key point is that unless something put it into the file system, it can't end up Linked in the Affinity application.

[Old Bruce]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

? Or is there some other data transfer mechanism involved with drag/drop?

I would guess a pointer to the web page.

Where is the stuff on this webpage that you are viewing? You do not have a copy of my avatar on your system.

[R C-R]

11 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Yes, once the drag has completed, it's in the Affinity document (for you, on Mac). But where is it while you're dragging it? If it's not in the file system at that point, there's no way for the Affinity application to Link to it. It would have to Embed it.

It does not exist as a separate file anywhere in the file system during the drag; it is just an element of the open web page, stored wherever that browser puts those elements. I'm just guessing but I think that probably is in the browser's data cache.

Regardless, the main point here is that the Mac Affinity apps ignore the image placement policy & always embed the image. I don't know if that is the same for Windows, but I gather it is not.

[walt.farrell]

18 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Regardless, the main point here is that the Mac Affinity apps ignore the image placement policy & always embed the image. I don't know if that is the same for Windows, but I gather it is not.

On Windows, the dragged file seems to exist as a file in the file system, and therefore there is something to link to.

On Mac, the dragged file may not exist as a file in the file system, and if that's true then there is nothing to link to, and therefore the application must embed the file.

[der_ein_Lauch]

On 9/19/2021 at 12:23 PM, Roya said:

it is possible to Drag and Drop Pictures directly from the Browser to an Affinity Designer's Document

How?

When I drag and drop an image from a browser into Affinity Designer, it just pops in a text box with the link.

Sorry, I didn't read the whole conversation.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, der_ein_Lauch said:

When I drag and drop an image from a browser into Affinity Designer, it just pops in a text box with the link.

It never does that for me, using Firefox on Windows 10. What browser and what version of Windows are you using?

[der_ein_Lauch]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

What browser and what version of Windows are you using?

Windows: Vesion: 21H1 Build: 19043.1645

Affinity Designer: 1.10.5.1342

Chrome: 102.0.5005.27

But I tried it on Firefox and there it somehow works. Weird.

[der_ein_Lauch]

2 hours ago, Hens said:

 A suggestion 

Cool feature, but then I'ts faster to just can copy and paste the pic.