<![CDATA[Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL]]>In both Firefox and Chrome I can drag a file from my file manager and drop it into Gmail as either inline or attachment depending on what file it is and where I drop it.

This does not seem to work with Opera. Do I need to enable it somewhere or perhaps install a plugin?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/9696/cannot-drag-and-drop-files-to-gmailRSS for NodeTue, 21 Jul 2026 09:11:27 GMTThu, 07 May 2015 20:21:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:16:14 GMT]]>I had the same problem last week. After few days I noticed the issue was only happening to my (gmail) personal account. My work account (also gmail) worked without any issue.

I solved it by accessing gmail with labs deactivated. Simply follow this link: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?labs=0

(You can find it in Gmail > settings > labs).

After that check if drag and drop works. To enable labs again, remove the "labs=0" from the address bar and reload the page again.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93814https://forums.opera.com/post/93814Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:16:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:42:15 GMT]]>thanks for looking on this @mmitek ! for me problem fixed on gmail but not on google image upload. (and thanks so far, gmail attachment is the most usefull thing)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93416https://forums.opera.com/post/93416Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:42:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:07:36 GMT]]>Hi, we deployed browserjs patch for Gmail. It is online. Make sure that after visiting http://www.opera.com/docs/browserjs/ it states the following:

Current browser.js status: enabled.
Target version and time stamp of the active browser.js file is Opera OPRDesktop 28.0 core 1750.0, February 8, 2016. Active patches: 24 .

If not, restart your browser, it should download the patch shortly after restart.
We also are in touch with Gmail team, so they can fix it on their side.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93398https://forums.opera.com/post/93398Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:07:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:02:05 GMT]]>these one is working : https://addons.opera.com/fr/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher/?display=en

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93397https://forums.opera.com/post/93397Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:02:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:56:53 GMT]]>Sputnikk, I use ltworff's DomainUserAgent:
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/domainuseragent/
It doesn't always work -- some sites are too smart for it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93396https://forums.opera.com/post/93396Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:56:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:54:51 GMT]]>G'day Leocg

I tried changing the user agent as well, but that didn't work. Can you tell me what the user agent string is that you're using, please?

Samuel

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93395https://forums.opera.com/post/93395Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:54:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 08:21:26 GMT]]>hello ! @leocg how to change the user agent in Opera ? with an addon like shown on Google ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93382https://forums.opera.com/post/93382Wed, 10 Feb 2016 08:21:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:50:44 GMT]]>

Leocg, if you "need to" to click the button, then your drag-and-drop isn't working either.

Ok, seems to work if i change the user agent to Chrome's one. So it looks like another browser sniffing issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93341https://forums.opera.com/post/93341Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:50:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:30:50 GMT]]>i've checked on my win10 computer, same problem ! why are the most usefull things not working ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93311https://forums.opera.com/post/93311Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:22:33 GMT]]>same problem here ! problem also on the google image search (you can upload an image to search same pictures)

Version :35.0.2066.37 - Opera est à jour
Flux de mise à jour :Stable
Système :Windows 7 64-bit (WoW64)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93310https://forums.opera.com/post/93310Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:22:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:50:00 GMT]]>Leocg, if you "need to" to click the button, then your drag-and-drop isn't working either.

The whole point of the drag-and-drop feature in Gmail is that you don't have to click that paperclip icon. You just drag the file from your desktop directly into the Compose window, wait one second for Gmail to realise that you're going to upload something, and then let go of the mouse button.

It works fine in Firefox. The same applies to images.google.com -- previously, I could drag an image to the search box, but now I have to use the paperclip icon and navigate to the image on my hard drive. If I drag-and-drop to images.google.com, then Opera opens the image itself. If I drag-and-drop a file to Gmail's Compose window, then Opera offers to "save" the file.

I've had the problem in Windows 8.1 for the past 2-3 weeks, and this week I'm back on Windows 7, and the functionality is still missing (using the latest Opera).

[A slight workaround for images.google.com is that you must click the camera icon, then click the "Upload an image" tab, and then drag-and-drop the image onto the "Browse" button. This saves you from having to navigate to the image on your hard drive. But this is really just a workaround, since in Firefox you don't even need to click the camera icon before dropping the image into the search field.] I know of no workaround that works with Gmail.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93218https://forums.opera.com/post/93218Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:50:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:13:31 GMT]]>

Do I realy have to go back to an other browser?

I've checked on stable 35 and developer 36 and it seems to be working here. You need to click on the "attach photos" button and then on upload.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93070https://forums.opera.com/post/93070Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:13:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Sat, 06 Feb 2016 15:25:07 GMT]]>Do I realy have to go back to an other browser?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/93056https://forums.opera.com/post/93056Sat, 06 Feb 2016 15:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:21:50 GMT]]>Same problem here.

Version: 34.0.2036.50 - Opera is up to date
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows 7 64-bit (WoW64)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/92483https://forums.opera.com/post/92483Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:21:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:06:51 GMT]]>Hello everyone,

same (new) problem here : Opera 34.0.2036.47 and Windows 10 64 bits.

Drag and drop is not an option for me. I'll have to install back thunderbird.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/91567https://forums.opera.com/post/91567Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:06:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:34:21 GMT]]>Hi, any news on this? I also have this problem.

34.0.2036.25
Windows 7 64-bit (WoW64)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/91482https://forums.opera.com/post/91482Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:34:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 07:11:00 GMT]]>SAME PROBLEM

Versión: 34.0.2036.25 - Opera está actualizado
Fuente de actualización: Stable
Sistema: Windows 7 64-bit (WoW64)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/91190https://forums.opera.com/post/91190Wed, 06 Jan 2016 07:11:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:10:17 GMT]]>Same problem here. Can't drag and drop into a new Gmail message.
Opera 34.0.2036.25, Windows 10 x64

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/89736https://forums.opera.com/post/89736Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:10:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:44:51 GMT]]>I have 2 different notebooks. (one old and one new)
Both of them runs Windows 8.1 x64, and with the same version of opera.
On the new one, when using gmail in opera, drag'n'drop and copy-paste does not work.
Gmail with other browsers work.
Drag and drop on other websites work in opera.
Only gmail and opera causes problems.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/86836https://forums.opera.com/post/86836Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:48:26 GMT]]>What can we do?! Uninstall and install Opera again could solve? Is there a registry voice to check or something else?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/86179https://forums.opera.com/post/86179Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:48:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:29:36 GMT]]>"Drop Files Here" appears in my gmail compose window, and dropped files are attached.
W7 x64 32.0.1948.69

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/85975https://forums.opera.com/post/85975Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:29:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:46:39 GMT]]>I'm on Windows 7 32bit and I have the same issue, non drag&drop attachments in Gmail.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/85966https://forums.opera.com/post/85966Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:46:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Fri, 08 May 2015 20:37:38 GMT]]>

Or maybe because I am running 64-bit?

I'm on Win10 x64 so i don't think it's a problem.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74510https://forums.opera.com/post/74510Fri, 08 May 2015 20:37:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cannot drag and drop files to GMAIL on Fri, 08 May 2015 13:52:19 GMT]]>Or maybe because I am running 64-bit?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74487https://forums.opera.com/post/74487Fri, 08 May 2015 13:52:19 GMT