Quote Dropped Files

quote_dropped_files = "SpacesOnly"

{{since('20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d')}}

Controls how file names are quoted (or not) when dragging and dropping. There are five possible values:

• "None" - no quoting is performed, the file name is passed through as-is.
• "SpacesOnly" - backslash-escape only spaces, leaving all other characters as-is. This is the default for non-Windows platforms.
• "Posix" - use POSIX style shell word escaping.
• "Windows" - use Windows style shell word escaping: double-quote filename with space characters in it, and leaving others as-is. This is the default on Windows.
• "WindowsAlwaysQuoted" - like "Windows", while always double-quote the filename.

For example:

quote_dropped_files	file name	quoted result
"None"	hello ($world)	hello ($world)
"SpacesOnly"	hello ($world)	hello\ ($world)
"Posix"	hello ($world)	"hello (\$world)"
"Windows"	hello ($world)	"hello ($world)"
"WindowsAlwaysQuoted"	hello ($world)	"hello ($world)"

Drag and drop support for files is a platform dependent feature

Platform	Supported since
macOS	20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d
Windows	20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d
X11	{{since('nightly', inline=True)}}
Wayland	20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d