const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } = require('electron') const path = require('path') const fs = require('fs') const https = require('https') function createWindow () { const win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, webPreferences: { preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js') } }) win.loadFile('index.html') } const iconName = path.join(__dirname, 'iconForDragAndDrop.png') const icon = fs.createWriteStream(iconName) // Create a new file to copy - you can also copy existing files. fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'drag-and-drop-1.md'), '# First file to test drag and drop') fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'drag-and-drop-2.md'), '# Second file to test drag and drop') https.get('https://img.icons8.com/ios/452/drag-and-drop.png', (response) => { response.pipe(icon) }) app.whenReady().then(createWindow) ipcMain.on('ondragstart', (event, filePath) => { event.sender.startDrag({ file: path.join(__dirname, filePath), icon: iconName }) }) app.on('window-all-closed', () => { if (process.platform !== 'darwin') { app.quit() } }) app.on('activate', () => { if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) { createWindow() } })