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Read and print the file, drag-and-dropped to love window.
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Read and print the file, drag-and-dropped to love window using [[(File):read]] and [[(File):getFilename]].
 
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function love.filedropped(file)

Revision as of 00:01, 15 February 2019

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Callback function triggered when a file is dragged and dropped onto the window.

Function

Synopsis

love.filedropped( file )

Arguments

DroppedFile file
The unopened File object representing the file that was dropped.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples

Read and print the file, drag-and-dropped to love window using (File):read and (File):getFilename.

function love.filedropped(file)
    local data = file:read()
    print("Content of " .. file:getFilename() .. ' is')
    print(data)
    print("End of file")
end

Notes

File:open must be called on the file before reading from or writing to it. File:getFilename will return the full platform-dependent path to the file.

See Also


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