Obsolete
This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.
Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
Summary
An event handler for drag and drop events sent to the window.
Note: this was non-standard and never implemented. Use the modern standard HTML5 drag and drop feature instead.
Syntax
window.ondragdrop = funcRef;window.addEventListener("dragdrop", funcRef, useCapturing);
- funcRef
- the event handler function to be registered.
The window.ondragdrop property and the ondragdrop attribute are not implemented in Gecko (bug 112288), you have to use addEventListener. See addEventListener for details.
Example
Fire an alert on dragdrop
In this example, an event listener is added to the window (the event target). If, from an external source, a tab, a link, marked text or a file is dragged and dropped onto this window, the alert is fired. Note how event.stopPropagation(); prevents the browser from loading the dropped tab, link or file.
<html>
<head><title>dragdroptest</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.addEventListener("dragdrop", testfunc, false);
function testfunc(event) {
alert("dragdrop!");
event.stopPropagation();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
I am bodytext
</body>
</html>
Notes
The event.data array available in NN4 seems to be unavailable in Gecko. See also .
Specification
Not part of specification.