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how is it possible to make a filebrowser capable of drag 'n' drop, like the one in Redial ?

has anyone done an external or JSUI object for this ?

drag-n-drop-browseer

Yes, its called dropfile and is part of the standard Max distribution, 

sitting in the objects toolbar. If you search for things like that, 

dont' forget there is a thesaurus in the reference manual (its listed 

there under "drag and drop"). I actually made a Max patch out of the 

thesaurus. You can find it at cyclings share page place it into the 

/patches/extras and find a lot of answers there.

If you miss things in the thesaurus, feel free to either modify it to 

your own needs, or send suggestions to me privately.

If somebody has a Jitter thesaurus, or started to do a 3rd party 

thesaurus, send it to me, I'll incorporate it into the patch...

Yes, its called dropfile and is part of the standard Max distribution, 
sitting in the objects toolbar. If you search for things like that, 
dont' forget there is a thesaurus in the reference manual (its listed 
there under "drag and drop"). I actually made a Max patch out of the 
thesaurus. You can find it at cyclings share page place it into the 
/patches/extras and find a lot of answers there.
If you miss things in the thesaurus, feel free to either modify it to 
your own needs, or send suggestions to me privately.
If somebody has a Jitter thesaurus, or started to do a 3rd party 
thesaurus, send it to me, I'll incorporate it into the patch...

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On 28.02.2006, at 21:37, Stefan Tiedje wrote:

>> how is it possible to make a filebrowser capable of drag 'n' drop, 

>> has anyone done an external or JSUI object for this ?

> Yes, its called dropfile and is part of the standard Max 

> distribution, sitting in the objects toolbar.

...ehmm... maybe i'm missing something obvious, but there seems to be 

no standard max object called dragfile, which would be needed to 

the dropfile only supports dropping files that are dragged from 

this is what i asked on 3 september 2004:

> i was wondering if it would be possible to - next to the 

> drag files from the finder into max - implement dragging & dropping

> a kind of counterpart for dropfile (..dragfile ;-)

> i imagine it should be a draggable object, that can be associated with

> a message, which then is delivered to a receiving object when

> unfortunately, as a total java beginner, i'm totally not capable (yet)

> has anybody worked on something similar or is planning to do so?

i didn't receive an answer to this, and my java skills didn't improve 

so much over the years, so i have no solution yet.

as a starting point, you could use the in-patcher file browser, 

> I cleaned up an example I had of using mxj to control LCD to make an

> interactive UI widget. It is an in-patcher file browsing widget

> inspired by Ableton live. Source code and example patch are included.

> It should be pretty straight forward to modify as well if you need to

> tweak it. Could probably be pretty easily ported to JSUI as well.

> Maybe some of you will find some use for it. Regardless it is an

> interesting example of using Java to control LCD.

>> how is it possible to make a filebrowser capable of drag 'n' drop,  
>> like the one in Radial ?
>> has anyone done an external or JSUI object for this ?
>
> Yes, its called dropfile and is part of the standard Max  
> distribution, sitting in the objects toolbar.

...ehmm... maybe i'm missing something obvious, but there seems to be  
no standard max object called dragfile, which would be needed to  
build your own drag-and-drop browser...

the dropfile only supports dropping files that are dragged from  
within the computer's desktop.

> hi,
>
> i was wondering if it would be possible to - next to the  
> possibility to
> drag files from the finder into max - implement dragging & dropping
> WITHIN max with the use of mxj...
>
> for example to build a custom browser.
> a kind of counterpart for dropfile (..dragfile ;-)
>
> i imagine it should be a draggable object, that can be associated with
> a message, which then is delivered to a receiving object when
> dropped...
>
> unfortunately, as a total java beginner, i'm totally not capable (yet)
> to attempt this..
>
> has anybody worked on something similar or is planning to do so?
>
> greetings,
>
> jan

i didn't receive an answer to this, and my java skills didn't improve  
so much over the years, so i have no solution yet.
as a starting point, you could use the in-patcher file browser,  
posted by topher a while ago.
this is what he wrote:

> Hi All,
> I cleaned up an example I had of using mxj to control LCD to make an
> interactive UI widget. It is an in-patcher file browsing widget
> inspired by Ableton live. Source code and example patch are included.
> It should be pretty straight forward to modify as well if you need to
> tweak it. Could probably be pretty easily ported to JSUI as well.
> Maybe some of you will find some use for it. Regardless it is an
> interesting example of using Java to control LCD.
>
> It can be found at:
>
> https://cycling74.com/share/topher/
>
> ..also it is unsupported ;-)

Have you tried Jhno lcd widgets "drap-n-drop" ?

https://cycling74.com/twiki/bin/view/Share/Jhno

I think the radial browser is done that way...

Have you tried Jhno lcd widgets "drap-n-drop" ?
https://cycling74.com/twiki/bin/view/Share/Jhno

exectly Jhno's object i was looking for ;) ... i haven't checked it out yet, but if it is anything like the drag'n'drop in redial.... i'm happy with it...

looking forward to checking it out, when i come home !!

also take a look at the mxj browser by topher in the community/user pages portion of the c74 website.

Just made a nice drag 'n' drop with Tim Place's Hover object.....

the mxj by Topher could would work nicely with it i think...

drag 'n' drop browseer