GlobalEventHandlers.ondrop

A global event handler for the drop event.

Syntax

JavaScript
var <var>dropHandler</var> = <var>targetElement</var>.ondrop;

Return value

dropHandler
The drop event handler for element targetElement.

Example

This example demonstrates the use of the ondrop attribute to define an element's drop event handler.

JavaScript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en>
<title>Examples of using the ondrag Global Event Attribute</title>
<meta content="width=device-width">
<style>
  div {
    margin: 0em;
    padding: 2em;
  }
  #source {
    color: blue;
    border: 1px solid black;
  }
  #target {
    border: 1px solid black;
  }
</style>
</head>
<script>
function drag_handler(ev) {
 console.log("Drag");
}

function dragstart_handler(ev) {
 console.log("dragStart");
 ev.dataTransfer.setData("text", ev.target.id);
}

function drop_handler(ev) {
 console.log("Drop");
 ev.currentTarget.style.background = "lightyellow";

 ev.preventDefault();
 var data = ev.dataTransfer.getData("text");
 ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
}

function dragover_handler(ev) {
 console.log("dragOver");
 ev.preventDefault();
}
</script>
<body>
<h1>Examples of <code>ondrag</code>, <code>ondrop</code>, <code>ondragstart</code>, <code>ondragover</code></h1>
 <div class="source">
   <p id="source" ondrag="drag_handler(event);" ondragstart="dragstart_handler(event);" draggable="true">
     Select this element, drag it to the Drop Zone and then release the selection to move the element.</p>
 </div>
 <div id="target" ondrop="drop_handler(event);" ondragover="dragover_handler(event);">Drop Zone</div>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'ondrop' in that specification.
Living Standard  
HTML5.1
The definition of 'ondrop' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 4 3.5 (1.9.1) 10 12 3.1
Feature Android Android Webview Chrome for Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported 10 Not supported Not supported

See also

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/globaleventhandlers/ondrop

API drag and drop HTML DOM Reference