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  • Dragging favicon from URL bar to create a .webloc file (like Safari)

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In Safari, a user can easily create a .webloc file by clicking into the URL bar and dragging & dropping the favicon from the URL bar into a Finder window or on the macOS Dock. This functionality is absent from Orion.

I personally use this feature frequently. Right now, I make my .webloc files with Safari and then simply open them with Orion, but being able to make them in this way without Safari would be great.

    22 days later

    Like in Safari I'd be glad to have the feature like in Safari: When the address-bar is activated I can drag and drop the fav-icon in front of the address to the desktop or any folder. Safari then creates a .webloc-file which can be used as a shortcut to the website. In Firefox it does so in the same way.
    In Orion if I drag out from the address-bar like described, the ghosted text ist visible as in Safari, but then snaps back to the address-bar and nothing happens.

    It is so handy, I use it a lot. Would be great to have.

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      22 days later

      Many thanks. Seems on 0.99.109-beta it works dragging an url to a folder creating a .webloc-file.
      The look is a bit weird on dragging but it works. 🙂
      Now, I just tested the opposite and dragged a .webloc back on Orion and nothing happens. 😉
      I expected it would open the related url in the active tab I had it dragged onto.
      Would be great to have that function, too. 🙂

      • Vlad replied to this.

        OrionTest Can you open a new suggestion for this feature? It was not requested as a part of this issue.

          3 months later

          Seems to be broken in version 0.99.113-beta (WebKit 613.1.12). I cannot drag a URL from address bar outside to create a .webloc file.

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          If there is a bug report please oppen a new one with full steps to reproduce. @Pan OrionTest

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