From 9b424399e746e663238fcdfd7aadb2ead0789444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Hilgaertner <dhilgaertner@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 14:27:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix drag-and-drop files into terminal (#51)
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Register GhosttySurfaceView for file URL drag types and implement
NSDraggingDestination so dragging files from Finder types their
shell-escaped paths into the terminal — matching standalone terminal
behavior.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../CrowTerminal/GhosttySurfaceView.swift     | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Packages/CrowTerminal/Sources/CrowTerminal/GhosttySurfaceView.swift b/Packages/CrowTerminal/Sources/CrowTerminal/GhosttySurfaceView.swift
index 9d6a3aa..95e2520 100644
--- a/Packages/CrowTerminal/Sources/CrowTerminal/GhosttySurfaceView.swift
+++ b/Packages/CrowTerminal/Sources/CrowTerminal/GhosttySurfaceView.swift
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public final class GhosttySurfaceView: NSView {
 
         wantsLayer = true
         layer?.isOpaque = true
+
+        registerForDraggedTypes([.fileURL])
     }
 
     @available(*, unavailable)
@@ -323,6 +325,48 @@ public final class GhosttySurfaceView: NSView {
         NSLog("writeText: sent \(text.count) chars, \(parts.count - 1) newlines")
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Drag & Drop
+
+    public override func draggingEntered(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> NSDragOperation {
+        guard sender.draggingPasteboard.canReadObject(
+            forClasses: [NSURL.self],
+            options: [.urlReadingFileURLsOnly: true]
+        ) else { return [] }
+        return .copy
+    }
+
+    public override func draggingUpdated(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> NSDragOperation {
+        .copy
+    }
+
+    public override func prepareForDragOperation(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> Bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    public override func performDragOperation(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> Bool {
+        guard let surface else { return false }
+        guard let urls = sender.draggingPasteboard.readObjects(
+            forClasses: [NSURL.self],
+            options: [.urlReadingFileURLsOnly: true]
+        ) as? [URL], !urls.isEmpty else { return false }
+
+        let escapedPaths = urls.map { Self.shellEscapePath($0.path) }
+        let text = escapedPaths.joined(separator: " ")
+
+        text.withCString { ptr in
+            ghostty_surface_text(surface, ptr, UInt(text.utf8.count))
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
+    private static func shellEscapePath(_ path: String) -> String {
+        let needsEscaping = path.contains { c in
+            " \t'\"\\()&|;!$`#*?[]{}~<>".contains(c)
+        }
+        guard needsEscaping else { return path }
+        return "'" + path.replacingOccurrences(of: "'", with: "'\\''") + "'"
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Helpers
 
     private func translateMods(_ flags: NSEvent.ModifierFlags) -> ghostty_input_mods_e {