Click and drag image - won't drag?

Lets back up a bit and rather than “click on an image in a browser then drag it to an icon of a folder and drop it there”, lets talk about what you are actually trying to do.

You have an image in a web page - what do you want done with it? Because clicking and dragging is possible, but its a very tricky procedure to automate, and even then it requires the destination to be visible.

Assuming you are pointing your mouse at the image, then you can control click on it and have a number of options which could be helpful:

  • Save Image to “Downloads”
  • Save Image as…
  • Copy Image

Lets assume you want them saved as a new file in a specific folder. Each case above is possible to use:

  • Save Image to “Downloads”
    • Enable Macro “Save It” triggered by adding a file to the Downloads folder
    • Control Click
    • Insert Text by Typing “Save Image to%Return%”
    • Macro “Save It”, initially disabled does:
      • Move File %TriggerValue% to ~/MyFolder
      • Disable Macro “Save It”
  • Save Image as…
  • Copy Image