Get the full path of a local file from drop area in native NiceGUI app using pywebview's js_api

[NewComer00]

A tricky way to get the full path of local files in a native NiceGUI app — by handling drag & drop events through pywebview and its js_api. During the drop, you can sneak access to the pywebviewFullPath property (thanks to pywebview) for each file being transferred.

Source & Example

https://gist.github.com/NewComer00/0e88e60b571aeeaf1bb54aec3bae5be6

The example still works after you freeze the app into a standalone executable using pyinstaller

pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --windowed --name "nicegui_native_droparea" --collect-data "nicegui" "nicegui_native_droparea.py"

Reference:

• File picker or folder selector for local running app #283 (reply in thread)
• https://pywebview.flowrl.com/examples/drag_drop.html

Demo

[falkoschindler]

Oh wow, you managed to get drop events without the need for PR #3378! 😲
I didn't think this was possible.