From aa07882f2f0c126c6489a4848a41777c623999e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AnastassiaP <107254966+AnastassiaP@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 13:46:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make lastPointerPosition trackable at the drag event (#18069)

make _lastKnownPosition trackable at dragging

adding additional comments regarding fix

delete unnecessary lines
---
 .../Input/PointerOverPreProcessor.cs           | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/PointerOverPreProcessor.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/PointerOverPreProcessor.cs
index d5a716ba60..b989def335 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/PointerOverPreProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/PointerOverPreProcessor.cs
@@ -29,9 +29,21 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
 
         public void OnNext(RawInputEventArgs value)
         {
-            if (value is RawPointerEventArgs args
-                && args.Root == _inputRoot
-                && value.Device is IPointerDevice pointerDevice)
+            if (value is RawDragEvent dragArgs)
+            {
+                // When a platform drag operation is in progress, the application does not receive
+                // pointer move events until after the drop event. This is a problem because if a
+                // popup is shown at the pointer position in the drop event, it will be shown at
+                // the position at which the drag was initiated, not the position at which the drop
+                // occurred.
+                //
+                // Solve this by updating the last known pointer position when a drag event occurs.
+                _lastKnownPosition = ((Visual)_inputRoot).PointToScreen(dragArgs.Location);
+            }
+
+            else if (value is RawPointerEventArgs args
+                     && args.Root == _inputRoot
+                     && value.Device is IPointerDevice pointerDevice)
             {
                 if (pointerDevice != _lastActivePointerDevice)
                 {