CLIDrag

This is a CLI tool that simulates dragging files into GUI applications. Comes with a C++ and a Python version.

Demo

Use case

I'm primarily a Linux command line user who rarely use GUI file managers. When I want to send a file through Discord or something similar, I either have to a) open Nautilus, find the file and drag it over, or b) use the file picker and dig through my files. Using this tool, you can just start a drag from the CLI and send the file(s) to your desired GUI application.

C++ version dependencies

This depends on Qt5, which should hopefully be on most distros by default.

Python version dependencies

This depends on PyQt5. You may have to pip install it or use your favorite package manager.

C++ version compilation

You'll need qmake and g++ to compile this program. A Dockerfile is provided, and I used the following command in the git directory to build the program:

docker build -t build-drag . && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/src build-drag

Afterwards, the binary should be in the bin folder.

License and contributing

Do whatever the heck you want with this code. No credit necessary. Make whatever issues and PRs you want, and I'll fix the issue / merge the PR it if its reasonable.