Include quotes conditionally for dropped paths

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_text_editor.cpp b/editor/plugins/script_text_editor.cpp
index e7b4aa6b68..ee8767e6a6 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_text_editor.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_text_editor.cpp
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ void ScriptTextEditor::drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant &p_data
 		} else {
 			for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); i++) {
 				if (i > 0) {
-					text_to_drop += ",";
+					text_to_drop += ", ";
 				}
 
 				NodePath np = nodes[i];
@@ -1596,7 +1596,13 @@ void ScriptTextEditor::drop_data_fw(const Point2 &p_point, const Variant &p_data
 				}
 
 				String path = sn->get_path_to(node);
-				text_to_drop += path.c_escape().quote(quote_style);
+				for (const String &segment : path.split("/")) {
+					if (!segment.is_valid_identifier()) {
+						path = path.c_escape().quote(quote_style);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				text_to_drop += "$" + path;
 			}
 		}