# DropFilesEvent not working?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dropfilesevent-not-working/13724
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dropfilesevent-not-working/13724 "2024-04-17T06:55:30Z")
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### Author: ![scotsman60](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/scotsman60/32/6000_2.png) [@scotsman60](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/scotsman60)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dropfilesevent-not-working/13724/1 "2024-04-17T06:55:30Z")

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I read in the V9.0 release note that vtkRenderWindow now supports a DropFilesEvent that should allow me to get the names of the files that are dropped.

However, when I add an Observer to my render window and then drop files onto it, this event never fires?

I changed my observer to listen to AnyEvent and then print eth event name - but the DropFilesEvent never fires

Has anyone ever seen this working?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dropfilesevent-not-working/13724/2 "2024-04-17T07:01:22Z")

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Indeed, it was fixed before 9.3.0.