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Execute a script at the start of a drag operation in HTML?
Use the ondragstart attribute in HTML to execute a script at the start of a drag operation in HTML.
Example
You can try to run the following code to implement the ondragstart attribute −
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
drag {
float: left;
width: 100px;
height: 35px;
border: 2px dashed #876587;
margin: 15px;
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class = "drag" ondrop = "drop(event)" ondragover = "dropNow(event)">
<p ondragstart = "dragStart(event)" ondrag = "draggingNow(event)" draggable = "true" id = "dragtarget">Drag!</p>
</div>
<div class = "drag" ondrop = "drop(event)" ondragover = "dropNow(event)"></div>
<div id = "box"></div>
<p>Drag the left box to the right or drag the right box to the left.</p>
<script>
function dragStart(event) {
event.dataTransfer.setData("Text", event.target.id);
}
function draggingNow(event) {
document.getElementById("box").innerHTML = "Dragged successfully!";
}
function dropNow(event) {
event.preventDefault();
}
function drop(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var data = event.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
event.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
document.getElementById("box").innerHTML = "The element dropped successfully!";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Updated on: 03-Mar-2020
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