I asked the same thing back in September: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/ShwJuDPhSTQ
According to Jeremy, the problem is that the browser API doesn't expose the file paths during a drag/drop. So it would take some additional Firefox plugin or other tool to allow this. It is possible to open a file browser in a firefox tab and then drag/drop file names from there. However, they are imported as "untitled" tiddlers and have to be massaged into usable links. Obviously, FF does allow access to the file path name when dragging from another FF tab. So a good compromise solution to my way of thinking would be if TW could turn those drag/drops into usable file or image links. Mark On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:26:56 PM UTC-8, Blake Blacksmith wrote: > > Instead of drag and drop being limited to full binary imports of a > file(which bloats the Wiki and makes editing files cumbersome) is there a > way to drag and drop a file that is within a TiddlyWiki's folder and have > it expressed as a local file link? > > For clarity here is an example: > > I have a TW in folder "*Wiki*" and an image in "*Wiki/images/*". Could we > make is so that when we drag and drop the image "*Wiki/images/bunnies.jpg*" > into a text area TW checks that the file is within its folder (in this case > in "Wiki") and if it is have the relative link text > *[[file:./Wiki/images/bunnies.jpg]]* show up and if it not have the > absolute link text show up *[[file:/C:/Users/Me/Wiki/images/bunnies.jpg]]* > > > Right now I am manually inserting relative links but this is very time > consuming when I must link many files into a Tiddlers text. I currently do > not have the time to make my own plugin that does this but think such a > plugin would extend the use-cases of TW to in-the-field/real time note > taking. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
