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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-79826

Disallow drag and dropping attachments onto a page in view mode

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      Confluence should not allow attaching a file using drag and drop when that page is in view mode. Attachments should only be added when the page is in edit mode. The reasoning being that viewing a page doesn't mean a user intends to add something to the page.

      4859f6618458 expanded on the issue in the comments:


      Here is my view on the issue:

      • The root problem is "accidental drops create unexpected/unintended attachments".
        • The solution that this issue suggests might not fit all users, i.e. attach without edit can be considered a feature!
        • As suggested earlier

          it is good practice to provide small drop zones for website-specific behaviour instead of the full page

      • The root problem is a security/privacy issue; see my comment on CONFSERVER-40922 (that is supported by two unrelated users).
      • You have fixed a subset when the source of dragging is on the page in CONFSERVER-75002.
        • Well, not exactly; see CONFSERVER-79237.
        • And the title of CONFSERVER-75002 should read "anything from the page [...]", because it did not fix it for just "anything" (that would include external content).

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