From 235425ae857fd1f9fb9c9415f28cb77be43bda59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:24:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Allow optionally dropping anywhere

---
 kittens/dnd/main.go | 10 +++++++++-
 kittens/dnd/main.py |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kittens/dnd/main.go b/kittens/dnd/main.go
index bf74e25c6..8c76e1265 100644
--- a/kittens/dnd/main.go
+++ b/kittens/dnd/main.go
@@ -128,7 +128,15 @@ func run_loop(opts *Options, drop_dests map[string]drop_dest, drag_sources map[s
 		} else if move_button_region.has(cell_x, cell_y) {
 			drop_status.action = move_on_drop
 		} else {
-			drop_status.action = 0
+			switch opts.DropAnywhere {
+			case "disallowed":
+				drop_status.action = 0
+				drop_status.accepted_mimes = nil
+			case "copy":
+				drop_status.action = copy_on_drop
+			case "move":
+				drop_status.action = move_on_drop
+			}
 		}
 		drop_status.in_window = cell_x > -1 && cell_y > -1
 		mimes_changed := !slices.Equal(prev_status.accepted_mimes, drop_status.accepted_mimes)
diff --git a/kittens/dnd/main.py b/kittens/dnd/main.py
index 60634a665..1f0cdf803 100644
--- a/kittens/dnd/main.py
+++ b/kittens/dnd/main.py
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ files to be overwritten. Note that confirmation is asked only for actual file co
 conflicting files are automatically created.
 
 
+--drop-anywhere
+choices=disallowed,copy,move
+default=disallowed
+type=choices
+Allow dropping anywhere, not just on the Copy or Move drop regions. Dropping anywhere will perform
+the specified action.
+
+
 --machine-id
 The machine id to use instead of the actual machine id.
 '''.format