From a2da5f2b68422c0d948818e958ddab9107e893ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Heino <personalizedrefrigerator@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:44:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Desktop: Fix dropping files into the editor

---
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useDropHandler.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useDropHandler.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useDropHandler.ts
index 2b292d9d303..6a3428cbe0f 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useDropHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useDropHandler.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import Note from '@joplin/lib/models/Note';
 import { DragEvent as ReactDragEvent } from 'react';
 import { DropCommandValue } from './types';
+import { webUtils } from 'electron';
 
 interface HookDependencies {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
@@ -56,8 +57,9 @@ export default function useDropHandler(dependencies: HookDependencies): DropHand
 			const paths = [];
 			for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
 				const file = files[i];
-				if (!file.path) continue;
-				paths.push(file.path);
+				const path = webUtils.getPathForFile(file);
+				if (!path) continue;
+				paths.push(path);
 			}
 
 			const props: DropCommandValue = {