how to get a window to receive drag and drop files in Xcode

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z3cko picture z3cko · Jan 15, 2010 · Viewed 9.3k times · Source

i am trying to get drag and drop working in xcode 3.1.4 on osx/leopard. any pointers or hints or maybe even example code? i cannot find anything out there and it is really disappointing. i want to have the interface respond if files are dragged on the main window.

Answer

Thomas Zoechling picture Thomas Zoechling · Jan 15, 2010

To register a window or view as a dragging destination, use the registerForDraggedTypes: method of NSWindow or NSView.
You can find further details in the Getting Started with Drag and Drop Programming guide on developer.apple.com

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