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[Aaron Wells <1605072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To expand on this little, it looks like drag-and-drop of a folder is not
currently supported by all browsers. Chrome implemented it two years ago
(see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3590058/does-html5-allow-drag-
drop-upload-of-folders-or-a-folder-tree ), but it's not yet in the
standard. In other browsers, the browser tries to read the folder file
itself (as a zero-byte file), rather than reading the folder's contents.

I tested it out in Gmail on Firefox just now, and indeed got an error
message about having uploaded a zero-byte file. So I think that further
confirms that cross-browser folder upload support isn't yet available.

So with that being the case, Dmitrii's idea of making a more polite
error message, is a good improvement for the time being.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605072

Title:
  Attempting to upload a folder fails with the error

Status in Mahara:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  - exact version of Mahara - master
  - operating system - Linux, OSX
  - database - Postgres
  - browser and version - Safari (v. 9.1.1) and Firefox (v.47.0.1)

  Test scenario:

  1. Login to ePortfolio, go to Content > Files
  2. Drag a folder from your file manager to the ‘Drop files her to upload’ region

  Expected: all files in the folder uploaded
  Actual result: Error “Server responded with 0 code.[object XMLHttpRequest]”

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