drag and drop

[wysota]

How do I drag such an 'Icon' onto my QListWidget and still retain it's functionality? What happens to the associated .desktop file? All in all, how to manage such an "icon" drag which has a file associated with it?

I really suggest you try the "dropsite" demo and look at data which you get when you drop a desktop file on it. Then you'll be able to answer that question yourself (especially when you also take a look at dropsite source files).

P.S.: wysota had mentioned in one of his previous replies that KDE uses .desktop files and GNOME it's own infrastructure.....I forgot to clarify that the .desktop files are a specification standard put forth by freedesktop.org and expects that all desktop managers (DM) follow it. Thus Gnome or any other DM all use .desktop files for the same purpose!

Don't say that any other Any other that implements it

Just checked something... I don't think WindowMaker uses .desktop files. At least it doesn't allow any interaction with them (meaning you can't drop them on any wmaker object -- at least I didn't manage to).