Drag and drop an external file/folder into a running game window?

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Hi all,

Is there any way I can drag and drop an external file or folder into a running Unity game window, and at least be able to determine the file path?

I am basically wanting to create a model viewer and would be very handy to do this, but having trouble finding information on whether this is possible or not.

thanks,

Allan

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I’m not sure about drag and drop but it is quite possible to get the path of any asset or load an asset from an external source.

var path = EditorUtility.OpenFilePanel("Load RTF note file", "", "");

I use this to load notes into Unity.

There is also the whole AssetDatabase thing to check out.

AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath

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Bunny83 has made some code that can do this. It’s really simple to use.
https://github.com/Bunny83/UnityWindowsFileDrag-Drop