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import psgdnd as dnd import PySimpleGUI as sg """ Demo - Drag and Drop using tkinterdnd2 Experimental drag and drop demo using tkinterdnd2 (you'll need to pip install it) python -m pip install tkinterdnd2 Routes drop event through the window.read. Usage: * Register elements for drop events register_element_dnd(element, window, drop_type) * In event loop - drop events signaled via DropEvent object and value in values dict DropEvent object has fields: key element drop_type window values[event] = filename(s) or text that was dropped as a string Copyright 2026 PySimpleGUI. All rights reserved. """ def main(): layout = [[sg.Text('Filename to process')], [sg.Input(key="-INPUT-", expand_x=True), sg.FileBrowse('Browse')], [sg.Button("OK"), sg.Button("Cancel")]] # layout = [[sg.Column(layout, p=0, k='-COL-', expand_y=True, expand_x=True)]] # if want to make the entire window the target window = sg.Window("File Drop Example", layout, finalize=True, auto_save_location=True, resizable=True) # register all elements to receive drop events for key, element in window.key_dict.items(): dnd.register_element_dnd(element, window, dnd.DROP_TYPE_FILES) while True: event, values = window.read() # print(event, values) if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSED, "Cancel"): break if dnd.is_drop_event(event): # if it's a drag and drop event if event.key == '-INPUT-': # see what element was dropped on window['-INPUT-'].update(values[event]) # update the Input Element with text from event window.close() if __name__ == '__main__': main()