New drag and drop API (#4571)

This commit implements a new API for drag and drop, with a `DataTransfer` type which abstracts over the various clipboard/drag and drop APIs across different platforms. I built this on top of #2429 although admittedly I ended up removing pretty much all of their work while I was reworking the design.

This is being built in order to help support [drag-and-drop work](https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/issues/1967) in Slint's winit backend. As part of that work, I did extensive research on how drag-and-drop and clipboard APIs are implemented across different platforms, and wrote a (still WIP) research document that can be found [here](https://gist.github.com/eira-fransham/06750cf8d25ade08d362a0ca8dfafe06).

The new API is inspired by the browser's [`DataTransfer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DataTransfer) API.
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Eira Fransham
2026-07-16 14:48:12 +02:00
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parent 066c091b56
commit 156433eb91
44 changed files with 5905 additions and 594 deletions

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@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ objc2-app-kit = { workspace = true, features = [
"NSControl",
"NSCursor",
"NSDragging",
"NSDraggingItem",
"NSDraggingSession",
"NSEvent",
"NSGraphics",
"NSGraphicsContext",
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ objc2-app-kit = { workspace = true, features = [
"NSOpenGLView",
"NSPanel",
"NSPasteboard",
"NSPasteboardItem",
"NSResponder",
"NSRunningApplication",
"NSScreen",