HTML draggable Attribute


The HTML DOM draggable attribute returns/sets a boolean value specifying if an element is draggable or not.

NOTE − Links and images are draggable by default.

Let us see an example of HTML draggable Attribute −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM draggable</title>
<style>
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   fieldset {
      min-height: 200px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
   .options{
      display: inline-block;
   }
   #paulaShare {
      width: 200px;
      height: 70px;
      padding: 10px;
      border: 2px solid black;
   }
   #adamShare {
      width: 200px;
      height: 70px;
      padding: 10px;
      border: 2px solid black;
   }
</style>
   <script>
      function allowDrop(dragEvent) {
         dragEvent.preventDefault();
      }
      function drag(dragEvent) {
         dragEvent.dataTransfer.setData("Text", dragEvent.target.id);
      }
      function drop(dragEvent) {
         var data = dragEvent.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
         dragEvent.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
         dragEvent.preventDefault();
      }
   </script>
</head>
<body>
   <form>
      <fieldset>
         <legend>HTML-DOM-draggable</legend>
         <div class="options" id="paulaShare" ondrop="drop(event)"
         ondragover="allowDrop(event)">Paula's Share</div><br>
         <div class="options">
         <p id="optionOne" draggable="true" ondragstart="drag(event)">3/8</p>
         <p id="optionTwo" draggable="true" ondragstart="drag(event)">5/8</p>
         </div><br>
         <div class="options" id="adamShare" ondrop="drop(event)"
         ondragover="allowDrop(event)">Adam's Share</div>
         <div id="display">Distribute 8 pizza slices between Adam and Paula in ration 3:5</div>
</body>
</html>

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Updated on: 15-Feb-2021

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