Allow dragging files or folders into Terminal's Command Prompt window to display their path #16645

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opened 2026-01-31 05:18:21 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @TheWox on GitHub (Feb 4, 2022).

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It would be great if one could drag files or folders into Terminal's command prompt window and have their path appear there. This is existing functionality in the old CMD prompt and its super useful. If any file/folder path has spaces, cmd automatically wraps it in quotation marks.

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Reference: starred/terminal#16645