[Feature] Imageupload via Drag & Drop

[schickling]

For writing documents with images it would be very handy to upload images via drag&drop. So simply drag a image on the textarea and the file automatically gets uploaded to an image hoster.

[benweet]

That would be too simple. You need at least to specify the hosting service (StackEdit doesn't provide online storage). What's wrong with the Google+ popup? That's only 3 clicks!

[schickling]

First of all: in my opinion, when it comes to get things done, there is no "too simple" way. Thats what I love about Google Drive. You just drag the image into the editor and there it is.

Concerning the hosting service. There are a lot of free image hosters out there. A user could select which he wants in the preferences. And that doesn't mean the Google+ popup is replaced.

[mAAdhaTTah]

Would it be possible to just save the image in the same local storage location as the MD file itself? Although I suppose that would make the syncing through Google Drive difficult...

[benweet]

Yes, images can be stored on client side and displayed using data URI and even embedded in the Markdown, see this link. The problem: large images take large amount of space in the local storage and the textarea would be unusable if they were embedded in Markdown.

[benweet]

Fixed.

Image hosting is provided by Picasa/Google+. The upload is actually relayed to an heroku web app because google photo API doesn't support CORS. So it can take a while especially if the dyno is sleeping.

[schickling]

Awesome!

I also proposed some hosting specific improvements here #41