Drag a file outside of the browser/DOM and drop it inside of the browser/DOM?

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Hey everyone, is there any way to open the file explorer and drag and drop from the file explore into the web application? I am guessing there currently is not. Thanks!

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So im guessing you have tried WebUI.dragAndDropToObject(findTestObject('), findTestObject(')) and that did not work for you ?

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For my case, the object that is dropped is outside of the DOM/browser. The method, “WebUI.dragAndDropToObject(findTestObject(’), findTestObject(’))”, only works when the object that is dropped is inside the DOM/browser. Ideally, I would like a way to open the file explorer and show the mouse dragging a file and dropping it to the drop location. Any advice?

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Ok so ive never used this before but WebUI.dragAndDropByOffset(findTestObject(null), 0, 0) sounds like it would work for what you want to do as its dragging the object to a place on the screen so im assuming it can switch from your file explorer to your web page.

Have a read and a play about and let us know if you get any luck :slight_smile:

https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/webui-drag-and-drop-by-offset.html#example

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I just read it. I believe that would work if the object that is dropped is within the browser/DOM and the drop location is outside of the browser/DOM. In my case, the object that is dropped is outside the browser/DOM and the drop location is inside the browser/DOM.

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If you have tried it and cant get it to work, im all out of awnsers. Is there a reason you need it to be dragged and dropped from the file explorer ? is there a workaround you can use ?

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The reason is to test a drag and drop upload UI/UX widget. There is a workaround but the goal is to test the UI. If there is a way, that would be great. If not, we can probably move this test into the low risk test items list.

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You are correct, the WebUI APIs cannot be used for this. You should be able to accomplish this using the Java Robot class. I’d suggest you go on a web search for something similar to your problem to get you started.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html

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Thanks Russ! This solution worked for me :+1:t5:

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