Which event occurs in JavaScript when a dragged element is dropped?


The ondrop event triggers when a dragged element is dropped on the target. You can try to run the following code to learn how to implement ondrop event in JavaScript −

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<!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)" ondragend="dragEnd(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 dropNow(event) {
            event.preventDefault();
         }
         function dragEnd(event) {
            document.getElementById("box").innerHTML = "Dragging ends!";
         }
         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: 23-Jun-2020

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