"Drop" part in drag-and-drop?

[ArtemChandragupta]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.38.1

yazi --debug output

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Describe the question

Hi! There are examples how to do drag-and-drop out of Yazi, but no examples how to do it inside Yazi.

To do the first, I have:

{ # I escape to bash from nushell to get background tasks
    on = "<C-n>";
    run = ''
      shell 'bash -c "ripdrag -xnis 350 \"$1\" &"' --confirm
    '';
  }

I use nushell, so if I want to bring something in my terminal, in shell I can do this:

bash -c "ripdrag -tx &" | cp $in (pwd)

But if I make this as a Yazi command, it will not work. This is what tried:

{ # I escape to bash from nushell to get background tasks
    on = "<C-m>";
    run = ''
      # shell 'cp (bash -c "ripdrag -tx &") (pwd)' --confirm
      shell 'bash -c "ripdrag -tx &" | cp $in (pwd)' --confirm
    '';
  }

Anything else?

No response

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• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[kankaristo]

Here's what I use, this gives drag-and-drop both ways (all selected/hovered files can be dragged out, and files that are dragged in are copied to the current directory):

# Drag and drop files from and to Yazi
{ on = "<A-d>", run = '''shell --
    ripdrag --no-click --and-exit --icon-size 64 --target --all "$@" | while read filepath; do cp -nR "$filepath" .; done
''', desc = "Drag-n-drop files from and to Yazi" },
{ on = "<A-D>", run = '''shell --
    ripdrag --no-click --and-exit --icon-size 64 --target --all "$@" | while read filepath; do cp -fR "$filepath" .; done
''', desc = "Drag-n-drop files to and from Yazi" },

Alt-d will not overwrite any existing files ("no clobber"), while Alt-Shift-D will overwrite everything you drag into the current directory.

[stepbystepcode]

Hi everyone,

I'm a macOS user using the Ghostty terminal. I experienced some crashes and compatibility issues with ripdrag and dragon on macOS, so I came up with a "native" solution that works perfectly for me.

Here is my setup:

1. Drag IN (Import): I wrote a simple Lua plugin. It pops up an input box; I drop the file into the terminal, and it copies/moves it to the current directory.
2. Drag OUT (Export): I use the native open -R command to reveal selected files in a Finder window, which allows me to drag them anywhere without external GUI tools.

Here is the code:

1. The Plugin
Create ~/.config/yazi/plugins/drag-copy.yazi/main.lua:

local get_cwd = ya.sync(function()
	return tostring(cx.active.current.cwd)
end)

local function entry(_, job)
	local mode = job.args[1] == "move" and "move" or "copy"

	local cwd = get_cwd()
	if not cwd then
		return
	end

	local value, event = ya.input({
		title = (mode == "move" and "Ghostty Move" or "Ghostty Copy") .. " (Drag file here):",
		pos = { "center", w = 50, h = 3 },
	})

	if event ~= 1 then
		return
	end

	local cmd_exec = mode == "move" and "mv" or "cp -r"

	-- Ghostty handles the path escaping automatically when dropping files
	local cmd_str = string.format("%s %s %s", cmd_exec, value, ya.quote(cwd))

	local child, err = Command("sh"):arg("-c"):arg(cmd_str):spawn()

	if not child then
		ya.notify({ title = "Error", content = "Spawn failed: " .. tostring(err), level = "error" })
		return
	end

	local output, err = child:wait()

	if output and output.success then
		ya.notify({
			title = "Success",
			content = (mode == "move" and "Moved" or "Copied") .. " file successfully!",
			level = "info",
			timeout = 2.0,
		})
	else
		ya.notify({
			title = "Failed",
			content = "Operation failed. Check permissions or path.",
			level = "error",
			timeout = 3.0,
		})
	end
end

return { entry = entry }

2. Keymap Configuration
Add this to your ~/.config/yazi/keymap.toml:

# Drag and Drop IN (Import)
[[mgr.prepend_keymap]]
on   = [ "<C-y>" ]
run  = "plugin drag-copy"
desc = "Drag and copy file into current dir"

[[mgr.prepend_keymap]]
on   = [ "<C-x>" ]
run  = "plugin drag-copy -- move" 
desc = "Drag and move file into current dir"

# Drag OUT (Export via Finder)
[[mgr.prepend_keymap]]
on   = [ "<C-o>" ]
run  = '''shell -- open -R %s'''
desc = "Reveal in Finder (Drag selected files OUT)"

Hope this helps other Mac users!

[AnirudhG07]

do you need any CLI for it? or just this?