Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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podr
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Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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Hi
I'm not sure is it bug or wrong settings.
I can't place image into opened document in Adobe Illustrator (Windows 10).
When I drag&drop any image file to Illustrator's artboard only text with the full file path is placed.
If drag&drop to empty space of Illustrator's window (not opened document), new document opens.

Drag&drop to open document in Photoshop works as expected.
Drag&drop from explorer to Illustrator works as expected.
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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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It is a bug in Qt (the library which XnView MP is using).

Other users found it also:
https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=37879

https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=37934

The problem is already fixed in Qt:

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-62662

See here for release notes:
https://fossies.org/linux/qt-everywhere ... ges-5.10.0

If Pierre updates the XnView MP to the latest LTS then we will have the fix "for free".
m. Th.

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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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Thank you for the explanation.
Will waiting for an update.

XnView one of the few viewers that shows OpenEXR which I use a lot.
There are few non-user-friendly minor apps.
Last I used was Adobe Bridge, the only solid app I know support EXR, I tired with it.
Acdsee doesn't support EXR, still. :shock:

For me that drag&drop bug :bug: in XnView the only thing that separates the app from ideal.
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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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m.Th. wrote: Mon May 20, 2019 6:05 am It is a bug in Qt (the library which XnView MP is using).

Other users found it also:
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=37879

viewtopic.php?f=82&t=37934

The problem is already fixed in Qt:

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-62662

See here for release notes:
https://fossies.org/linux/qt-everywhere ... ges-5.10.0

If Pierre updates the XnView MP to the latest LTS then we will have the fix "for free".
How to install the new version of Qt 5.10? For the "Place" function to work.
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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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magnum5f5133 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:16 pm
m.Th. wrote: Mon May 20, 2019 6:05 am It is a bug in Qt (the library which XnView MP is using).

Other users found it also:
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=37879

viewtopic.php?f=82&t=37934

The problem is already fixed in Qt:

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-62662

See here for release notes:
https://fossies.org/linux/qt-everywhere ... ges-5.10.0

If Pierre updates the XnView MP to the latest LTS then we will have the fix "for free".
How to install the new version of Qt 5.10? For the "Place" function to work.
You cannot do it. Ok, perhaps you can hack it but most probably it won't work.

Pierre uses his own dll's which are included in XnView's package.
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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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P.S.: In XnView CLASSIC Drag&Drop works.
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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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magnum5f5133 wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:40 am P.S.: In XnView CLASSIC Drag&Drop works.
Sure. XnView Classic uses Windows libraries which, of course, work. Qt has the problem. Too bad that Pierre hadn't found the time to upgrade the Qt.
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Re: Drag&Drop to Adobe Illustrator artboard doesn't work

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m.Th. wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:25 pm
magnum5f5133 wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:40 am P.S.: In XnView CLASSIC Drag&Drop works.
Sure. XnView Classic uses Windows libraries which, of course, work. Qt has the problem. Too bad that Pierre hadn't found the time to upgrade the Qt.
New QT API doens't work anymore on old OS, i'll update for next version
Pierre.
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