addEventListener("drop", function(event) ); - Javascript DOM Event

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Description

The ondrop event occurs when a draggable element is dropped on a valid drop target.

Summary

Bubbles Yes
Cancelable Yes
Supported HTML tags: All HTML elements

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.droptarget {//from   w  w  w  .  j av a2  s . c  o  m
    float: left;
    width: 100px;
    height: 35px;
    margin: 15px;
    padding: 10px;
    border: 1px solid red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="droptarget">
  <p draggable="true" id="dragtarget">Drag me!</p>
</div>

<div class="droptarget"></div>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
document.addEventListener("dragstart", function(event) {
    event.dataTransfer.setData("Text", event.target.id);
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Started to drag the p element.";
});

document.addEventListener("dragover", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
});

document.addEventListener("drop", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var data = event.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
    event.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The p element was dropped";
});
</script>

</body>
</html>

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