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  2. CONFSERVER-28812

Allow copy and paste or/and drag and drop of attachments straight from MS Outlook and other mail clients

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      It's excellent to be able to copy and paste documents, or drag and drop, from the Windows desktop into the Confluence editor.

      It would be even better if I could copy (or drag) an attachment from a mail in my MS Outlook 2010 and paste it directly into Confluence.

      At the moment I have to copy/drag to the desktop then copy/drag to confluence editor.

      Workaround (Chrome)

      1. The current behavior of Drag and Drop seems to move the emails over to Confluence, deleting it from Outlook.
      2. For Chrome, we can workaround the issue by using the Javascript below in Confluence. 
        • <script type="text/javascript">
$(document.body).on('dragover', function (e) {
e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
});
</script>
        • How to use JavaScript in Confluence

            [CONFSERVER-28812] Allow copy and paste or/and drag and drop of attachments straight from MS Outlook and other mail clients

            Normand Brousseau added a comment - - edited

            The Javascript workaround above doesn't seem to work with recent versions of Chrome.
            The current Chrome version I'm using is: Version 85.0.4183.121 (Official build) (64 bits).
            ... and Confluence 6.5.12.

            Normand Brousseau added a comment - - edited The Javascript workaround above doesn't seem to work with recent versions of Chrome. The current Chrome version I'm using is: Version 85.0.4183.121 (Official build) (64 bits). ... and Confluence 6.5.12.

            Ganna Kucher added a comment -

            Could you also add this functionality for IBM-Notes? It is working with Chrome and Outlook, but not with Chrome (or any other browsers) and IBM-Notes. Thank you.

            Ganna Kucher added a comment - Could you also add this functionality for IBM-Notes? It is working with Chrome and Outlook, but not with Chrome (or any other browsers) and IBM-Notes. Thank you.

            Joanne Giammo added a comment -

            Thank you Anthony Paul for this tip.  I tried it and it does indeed work in Chrome - very helpful!

            Joanne Giammo added a comment - Thank you Anthony Paul for this tip.  I tried it and it does indeed work in Chrome - very helpful!

            Anthony Paul added a comment -

            it works with chrome, not IE or Edge. More likely a browser compatibility issue. this feature would be greatly appreciated. An option to simply drag an attachment in confluence to an email client would also be of use. saving local copies defeats the purpose

            Anthony Paul added a comment - it works with chrome, not IE or Edge. More likely a browser compatibility issue. this feature would be greatly appreciated. An option to simply drag an attachment in confluence to an email client would also be of use. saving local copies defeats the purpose

            Philipp Heuer added a comment -

            Confluence can't fix this, it's a outlook issue that generally affects drag n drop to all web applications.

             

            Check this oss project out: https://github.com/tonyfederer/OutlookFileDrag

            You will have to install it but this will fix it.

            Philipp Heuer added a comment - Confluence can't fix this, it's a outlook issue that generally affects drag n drop to all web applications.   Check this oss project out:  https://github.com/tonyfederer/OutlookFileDrag You will have to install it but this will fix it.

            Jordan Berry added a comment -

            This would be great

            Jordan Berry added a comment - This would be great

            j.jarvela added a comment -

            X-mas has passed, but please....get this one implemented. It would be such a time-saver

            j.jarvela added a comment - X-mas has passed, but please....get this one implemented. It would be such a time-saver

            Tim Schlenker added a comment -

            We are thinking about stop working with Conflunce instead of sharepoint. But without this feature, I'll be not able to change it. I can't tell 150 people, which are using this function now in sharepoint, that more clicks are better than one... Is the really no way??

            Tim Schlenker added a comment - We are thinking about stop working with Conflunce instead of sharepoint. But without this feature, I'll be not able to change it. I can't tell 150 people, which are using this function now in sharepoint, that more clicks are better than one... Is the really no way??

            mepoland added a comment -

            If this were a feature, I'd be using it 10 times a day and saving about 5 seconds of distraction each time...

            mepoland added a comment - If this were a feature, I'd be using it 10 times a day and saving about 5 seconds of distraction each time...

            Sandra Törmä added a comment -

            We would really love to see this drag and drop from Confluence to MS Outlook working! This not just a "nice to have" but a really important and basic feature. We use currently Confluence Server 5.8. and MS Outlook 2010.

            Sandra Törmä added a comment - We would really love to see this drag and drop from Confluence to MS Outlook working! This not just a "nice to have" but a really important and basic feature. We use currently Confluence Server 5.8. and MS Outlook 2010.

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