From 5a7e2d41b8f735b04df448cc50ef716895f297be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Praznik <frank.praznik@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:51:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] x11: Look for text/uri-list in the list of MIME types more
 thoroughly

A uri-list of files is the preferred format, so don't bail if a preferred text format is encountered first.

(cherry picked from commit 1df279a04f604bc50b6f36c9e903b5e64c4fe2a3)
---
 src/video/x11/SDL_x11events.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11events.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11events.c
index 381ca79075..b82590071e 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11events.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11events.c
@@ -122,15 +122,19 @@ static void X11_ReadProperty(SDL_x11Prop *p, Display *disp, Window w, Atom prop)
    if available, else return None */
 static Atom X11_PickTarget(Display *disp, Atom list[], int list_count)
 {
+    const Atom text_uri_request = X11_XInternAtom(disp, "text/uri-list", False);
     Atom request = None;
-    char *name;
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; i < list_count && request == None; i++) {
-        name = X11_XGetAtomName(disp, list[i]);
+    Atom preferred = None;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < list_count && request != text_uri_request; i++) {
+        char *name = X11_XGetAtomName(disp, list[i]);
         // Preferred MIME targets
         if ((SDL_strcmp("text/uri-list", name) == 0) ||
             (SDL_strcmp("text/plain;charset=utf-8", name) == 0) ||
             (SDL_strcmp("UTF8_STRING", name) == 0)) {
+            if (preferred == None) {
+                preferred = list[i];
+            }
             request = list[i];
         }
         // Fallback MIME targets
@@ -142,6 +146,11 @@ static Atom X11_PickTarget(Display *disp, Atom list[], int list_count)
         }
         X11_XFree(name);
     }
+
+    // The type 'text/uri-list' is preferred over all others.
+    if (preferred != None && request != text_uri_request) {
+        request = preferred;
+    }
     return request;
 }