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Insert file path from file on clipboard

Open Garulf opened this issue 3 years ago • 10 comments

This PR allows Flow to retrieve the path of a file that has been copied from the file browser.

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Garulf avatar Dec 22 '21 07:12 Garulf

lets move the logic into MainViewModel

jjw24 avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 jjw24

is this ready?

jjw24 avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 jjw24

Just thinking, if you already have the file open in explorer, what usage scenario would you need to paste the file path into flow?

jjw24 avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 jjw24

Just thinking, if you already have the file open in explorer, what usage scenario would you need to paste the file path into flow?

It can help if you have a file but want to interact with it with Flow... kinda in reverse to what explorer plugin does.

Garulf avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 Garulf

lets move the logic into MainViewModel

I'll be honest I'm not sure how much can be moved into MainViewModel. I'll take a look.

Garulf avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 Garulf

Just thinking, if you already have the file open in explorer, what usage scenario would you need to paste the file path into flow?

It can help if you have a file but want to interact with it with Flow... kinda in reverse to what explorer plugin does.

yeah but everything you can do in flow you can already do in windows explorer?

jjw24 avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 jjw24

For now, could be handy if I have a plugin that crops images or uploads them to a page.

Garulf avatar Jan 27 '22 10:01 Garulf

Sorry can you help me understand what those workflow would look like? I am still not sure how this could benefit when you already have windows explorer open already.

jjw24 avatar Jan 30 '22 06:01 jjw24

Sorry can you help me understand what those workflow would look like? I am still not sure how this could benefit when you already have windows explorer open already.

On second thought it's probably a bad example. Coming from MacOS it just always felt odd Wox or Flow don't know how to handle this.

Garulf avatar Jan 31 '22 10:01 Garulf

That's ok, could you give me an example of using this in flow, like how do you crop image then upload with this feature? i am lacking context because I don't use MacOS.

jjw24 avatar Jan 31 '22 19:01 jjw24