When using TkinterDnd.Tk() to drop external files into the tk window, the event argument from the handler function has the paths of the files on a single string, separated by whitespaces.
def handle_drop(event):
paths = event.data.strip()
drop_zone.dnd_bind('<<Drop>>', handle_drop)
So by adding .split()
to paths, I get them individually.
But my problems appear when the path itself has a whitespace on it. I can no longer split the paths.
I opened an issue on the github repo but no answer yet.
So, before you tell me to not have whitespaces on the paths, well, thats not my problem. I can't tell people how to manage their files.
So I was wondering if you guys could help me to solve this problem.
EDIT:
Example:
-- /path1/subfolder with spaces/file.txt
-- /path1/subfolder with spaces/video goat.avi
Lets say I drag these 2 files into the tkinter window.
event.data
will contain the following
"/path1/subfolder with spaces/file.txt /path1/subfolder with spaces/video goat.avi"
A single string, so if I call event.data.strip().split()
I will get something like:
["/path1/subfolder", "with", "spaces/file.txt", "/path1/subfolder", "with", "spaces/video", "goat.avi"]
Never mind, paths are inside {}
now, so gg