Some image hosting sites like Imgur and min.us support image uploading via drag-and-drop in Chrome and Firefox. It would be nice if you could upload an image and add it to your post by dropping it on the edit page.
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A few days ago (February 2011), a new image upload is being tested on Meta, adding support for paste and drag-and-drop:
However, this does not support direct paste or drag-and-drop into the edit page; one first needs to click the "Image" button (Ctrl+G) to show the upload dialog.
In June 2015, this new dialog was implemented:
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1It's not, but it hasn't been deployed beyond Meta yet either. Can't wait for it to show up in chat...– Shog9Feb 23, 2013 at 20:05
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@shog9, if this post is too early, then of course feel free to delete (and also in the Recent Changes post, and some comments). It works great, by the way!– ArjanFeb 23, 2013 at 23:34
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1I don't see any reason not to document it - I'm pretty sure this isn't going away, and it could probably use some more attention (and stress-testing) before it goes live elsewhere anyway.– Shog9Feb 23, 2013 at 23:37
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1Sure, @badp, after you first clicked the "Image" button (Ctrl+G). In Chrome on a Mac, I cannot paste directly into the editor, which is what the question kind of asked for. Are you seeing something different?– ArjanFeb 24, 2013 at 9:34
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or paste or drag-and-dropsounds wrong. Replace the second "or" with a slash, like this:or paste/drag-and-dropFeb 24, 2013 at 10:34 -
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(@Shog9 and all: I noticed it's live on SO as well; please feel free to delete this when the team makes some official announcement here!)– ArjanFeb 28, 2013 at 23:24