Mega Code Archive
DropEffect Example
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Example revised from
The Web Programmer's Desk Reference
by Lazaro Issi Cohen and Joseph Issi Cohen
ISBN: 1593270119
Publisher: No Starch Press 2004
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<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function transferDrop() {
window.event.srcElement.innerText = window.event.dataTransfer.getData("text");
window.event.returnValue = false;
}
function transferDrag() {
window.event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move';
window.event.returnValue = false;
}
</script>
</head>
<body bottommargin="150">
<p id="mySource"
ondragstart="window.event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed='move';">
Highlight text in this paragraph and drag it to the text area bellow
</p>
<textarea id="myTarget"
ondrop="transferDrop();"
ondragover="window.event.returnValue = false;"
ondragenter="transferDrag();">
</textarea>
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