Javascript DOM ondragstart Event via addEventListener() method

Introduction

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method: 

object.addEventListener("dragstart",
       myScript);

This example uses the addEventListener() method to attach "dragstart", "dragend", "dragover" and "drop" events to the document object.

Drag the p element back and forth between the two rectangles.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.droptarget {/*  w w  w . j a v  a 2  s . c o m*/
  float: left;
  width: 100px;
  height: 35px;
  margin: 15px;
  padding: 10px;
  border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
}
</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("dragend", function(event) {
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Finished dragging the p element.";
});
document.addEventListener("dragover", function(event) {
  event.preventDefault();
});

document.addEventListener("drop", function(event) {
  event.preventDefault();
  if ( event.target.className == "droptarget" ) {
    var data = event.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
    event.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
  }
});
</script>

</body>
</html>
Bubbles: Yes
Cancelable: Yes
Event type: DragEvent
Supported HTML tags: All HTML elements



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