# Drag and Drop of Directories

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/drag-and-drop-of-directories/10017>\
**Category:** Show and Tell\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/drag-and-drop-of-directories/10017 "2024-10-12T07:25:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![simonh1000](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/simonh1000/32/100_2.png) [@simonh1000](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/simonh1000)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/drag-and-drop-of-directories/10017/1 "2024-10-12T07:25:26Z")

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In 2018, Elm got support for [Files](https://github.com/elm/file) from HTML `drop` events. This enabled us to work with the contents of a File, upload it elsewhere or read the content into their program.

But the Web platform has not stood still and you can now drop directories on to your browser window. Unfortunately support for this is still pending, but there is a work around.

> **[Decode dropped directory of files |](https://simonh1000.github.io/2024/10/drop-directory/)**
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> Functional Fullstack Freelancer working in Elm, Elixir, Javascript and Haskell

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**Author:** ![konnik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/konnik/32/2599_2.png) [@konnik](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/konnik)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/drag-and-drop-of-directories/10017/2 "2024-10-14T05:38:19Z")

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Awesome, I will for sure use these techniques in the future. Thanks for sharing.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/elm_lang/original/1X/50a05e53677a2c3b47776d7abd0f113eb50193a1.png) [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/drag-and-drop-of-directories/10017/3 "2024-10-24T05:38:58Z")

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