From 7ebb5ce8ef276e6d23d818c216be6ef2974369cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: erdgeist <erdgeist@erdgeist.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:46:59 +0200
Subject: Turn the asset upload forms into file drop targets

Dropped files land in the existing file input and submit through the
unchanged form. An empty name field is prefilled from the basename.
---
 app/views/assets/edit.html.erb        |  7 ++++++-
 app/views/assets/new.html.erb         |  7 ++++++-
 public/javascripts/admin_interface.js | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 public/stylesheets/admin.css          | 11 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/views/assets/edit.html.erb b/app/views/assets/edit.html.erb
index 0c1dd8fe..d0a39aa3 100644
--- a/app/views/assets/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/assets/edit.html.erb
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
       <% end %>
 
       <div class="node_description"><%= f.label :upload, "Replace file" %></div>
-      <div class="node_content"><%= f.file_field :upload %></div>
+      <div class="node_content">
+        <div id="asset_dropzone">
+          <%= f.file_field :upload %>
+          <p class="field_hint">…or drop a file here.</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
 
       <div class="node_description"><%= f.label :creator %></div>
       <div class="node_content"><%= f.text_field :creator %></div>
diff --git a/app/views/assets/new.html.erb b/app/views/assets/new.html.erb
index 7bded949..8a7a6094 100644
--- a/app/views/assets/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/assets/new.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
       <div class="node_content"><%= f.text_field :name %></div>
 
       <div class="node_description"><%= f.label :upload, "File" %></div>
-      <div class="node_content"><%= f.file_field :upload %></div>
+      <div class="node_content">
+        <div id="asset_dropzone">
+          <%= f.file_field :upload %>
+          <p class="field_hint">…or drop a file here.</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
 
       <div class="node_description"><%= f.label :creator %></div>
       <div class="node_content"><%= f.text_field :creator %></div>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/admin_interface.js b/public/javascripts/admin_interface.js
index 5514f3b3..284d2b72 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/admin_interface.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/admin_interface.js
@@ -85,6 +85,44 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     desktop_mq.addEventListener('change', sync_metadata);
   }
 
+  var dropzone = document.getElementById('asset_dropzone');
+  if (dropzone) {
+    var input = dropzone.querySelector('input[type=file]');
+
+    // Without these, a drop that misses the zone navigates the browser
+    // to the file, losing the half-filled form.
+    ['dragover', 'drop'].forEach(function(ev) {
+      window.addEventListener(ev, function(e) { e.preventDefault(); });
+    });
+
+    ['dragenter', 'dragover'].forEach(function(ev) {
+      dropzone.addEventListener(ev, function(e) {
+        e.preventDefault(); dropzone.classList.add('dragging');
+      });
+    });
+    ['dragleave', 'drop'].forEach(function(ev) {
+      dropzone.addEventListener(ev, function(e) {
+        e.preventDefault(); dropzone.classList.remove('dragging');
+      });
+    });
+
+    dropzone.addEventListener('drop', function(e) {
+      if (!e.dataTransfer.files.length) return;
+      var dt = new DataTransfer();
+      dt.items.add(e.dataTransfer.files[0]);
+      input.files = dt.files;
+      input.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+    });
+
+    input.addEventListener('change', function() {
+      var name_field = document.getElementById('asset_name');
+      if (input.files.length && name_field && name_field.value === '') {
+        name_field.value = input.files[0].name.replace(/\.[^.]+$/, '');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+
   jQuery.ajaxSetup({
     'beforeSend': function(xhr) {xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/javascript");}
   });
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/admin.css b/public/stylesheets/admin.css
index 9f737752..69f0fcf2 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/admin.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/admin.css
@@ -1386,6 +1386,17 @@ div#draft_list table td.actions a {
   background-color: #fffdf5;
 }
 
+#asset_dropzone {
+  border: 2px dashed #ccc;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  padding: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+#asset_dropzone.dragging {
+  border-color: #f96;
+  background: #fff8f2;
+}
+
 /* ============================================================
    Live edit preview
    ============================================================ */
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