diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js b/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
index 49cb9cd7..e25017d9 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
@@ -263,14 +263,22 @@ export default {
   /////////////////////////////
   // Attachment download URL
   //
-  downloadUrl(fileId) {
+  downloadUrl(fileId, ctype) {
     //http://localhost:7575/api/v8/Attachment/download/100?t=sssss
-    return this.APIUrl(
+    //Ctype is optional and is the MIME content type, used to detect image urls at client for drag and drop ops
+    //in wiki but ignored by server
+
+    let url =
       "Attachment/download/" +
-        fileId +
-        "?t=" +
-        window.$gz.store.state.downloadToken
-    );
+      fileId +
+      "?t=" +
+      window.$gz.store.state.downloadToken;
+
+    if (ctype && ctype.includes("image")) {
+      url += "&i=1";
+    }
+
+    return this.APIUrl(url);
   },
   /////////////////////////////
   // REPLACE END OF URL
diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js b/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
index 44f7307c..c52c0337 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ export default {
   // @return {string} A new string with the spliced substring.
   stringSplice: function(source, start, delCount, newSubStr) {
     if (source == null || source == "") {
+      if (newSubStr) {
+        return newSubStr;
+      }
       return "";
     }
     return (
@@ -339,6 +342,10 @@ export default {
       );
       return "fa-file";
     }
+
+    if (!mimeType) {
+      mimeType = "";
+    }
     mimeType = mimeType.toLowerCase();
 
     let iconFromExtension = extensions[extension];
@@ -355,6 +362,15 @@ export default {
     //   "gzutil:iconForFile -> No icon for file:" + fileName + " Mime:" + mimeType
     // );
     return "fa-file";
+  },
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // attempt to detect image extension name
+  //
+  isImageURI: function(uri) {
+    if (!uri) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return this.iconForFile(uri, "") == "fa-file-image";
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/attachment-control.vue b/ayanova/src/components/attachment-control.vue
index 80b73a73..cc70ad86 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/attachment-control.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/attachment-control.vue
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export default {
         ret.push({
           id: o.id,
           concurrencyToken: o.concurrencyToken,
-          url: window.$gz.api.downloadUrl(o.id),
+          url: window.$gz.api.downloadUrl(o.id,o.contentType),
           name: o.displayFileName,
           date: window.$gz.locale.utcDateToShortDateAndTimeLocalized(
             o.lastModified,
diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue b/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
index 653ca607..b8f069b5 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
@@ -828,36 +828,53 @@ export default {
       } else {
         //maybe an url?
         let url = ev.dataTransfer.getData("text");
+        let isImageUrl = false;
+        console.log(ev.dataTransfer);
+        //todo: use alternate to "text" to look for url specifically
+        //if not an url then can just drop as plain text
+        //todo: handle both internal and external urls in the same block, because the only diff is the url itself, the rest is identical
+
         if (url) {
           //Attachment?
           if (url.includes("Attachment/download/")) {
             //it's an attachment url so fixup accordingly
-            //DROP:Possible url http://localhost:7575/api/v8.0/Attachment/download/4?t=CYs1xUgjdyaWmcq8rXlPpNNSaKpiMt8Xhi7mKRGeg8o wiki-control.vue:826
-            //cow(.*)milk
+            //i paramter added by gzapi::downloadUrl function
+            isImageUrl = url.includes("&i=");
             let m = url.match(/Attachment\/download\/(.*)\?t=/);
             if (m.length > 1) {
               url = "[ATTACH:" + m[1] + "]";
             } else {
               url = null;
             }
-            if (url != null) {
-              //insert into textarea
-              let txt = this.getSelectedText();
-              if (txt) {
+          } else {
+            //External url, sniff out if it's an image
+            isImageUrl = window.$gz.util.isImageURI(url);
+          }
+          if (url != null) {
+            //insert into textarea
+            let txt = this.getSelectedText();
+            if (txt) {
+              if (isImageUrl) {
                 this.replaceSelectedText(
                   "![" + txt + "](" + url + ' "' + txt + '") \n' + txt //keep original selected text otherwise it will vanish
                 );
               } else {
-                this.replaceSelectedText("![](" + url + ")");
+                //regular url not image
+                this.replaceSelectedText(
+                  "[" + txt + "](" + url + ' "' + txt + '")\n'
+                );
+              }
+            } else {
+              //No selected text
+              if (isImageUrl) {
+                this.replaceSelectedText("![](" + url + ")\n");
+              } else {
+                //regular no text non image url
+                this.replaceSelectedText("<" + url + ">\n");
               }
-              //trigger dirty change
-              this.handleInput(this.localVal);
             }
-            console.log("processed url:", url);
-          } else {
-            //External url
-            //todo: this
-            console.log("STUB: Handle external url drop");
+            //trigger dirty change
+            this.handleInput(this.localVal);
           }
 
           //handle accordingly