GlobalEventHandlers.ondragenter
A global event handler
for the
dragenter
event.
Syntax
var dragenterHandler = targetElement.ondragenter;
Return value
dragenterHandler
-
The dragenter event handler for element
targetElement
.
Example
This example demonstrates using the
ondragenter
global event handler to set an
element's dragenter
event handler.
HTML
<div>
<p id="source" draggable="true">
Select this element, drag it to the Drop Zone and then release the selection to move the element.</p>
</div>
<div id="target">Drop Zone</div>
<textarea readonly id="event-log"></textarea>
<button id="reload">Reload</button>
CSS
div, #event-log {
margin: 1em;
}
#source, #target {
padding: 2em;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#source {
color: blue;
}
#event-log {
width: 25rem;
height: 4rem;
margin-bottom: 0;
padding: .2rem;
}
JavaScript
const source = document.getElementById("source");
const target = document.getElementById("target");
const event_log = document.getElementById("event-log");
function dragstart_handler(ev) {
event_log.textContent += "dragStart\n";
// Change the source element's background color to signify drag has started
ev.currentTarget.style.border = "dashed";
ev.dataTransfer.setData("text", ev.target.id);
}
function dragover_handler(ev) {
event_log.textContent += "dragOver\n";
// Change the target element's border to signify a drag over event
// has occurred
ev.currentTarget.style.background = "lightblue";
ev.preventDefault();
}
function drop_handler(ev) {
event_log.textContent += "Drop\n";
ev.preventDefault();
const data = ev.dataTransfer.getData("text");
ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
}
function dragenter_handler(ev) {
event_log.textContent += "dragEnter\n";
// Change the source element's background color for enter events
ev.currentTarget.style.background = "yellow";
}
function dragleave_handler(ev) {
event_log.textContent += "dragLeave\n";
// Change the source element's border back to white
ev.currentTarget.style.background = "white";
}
function dragend_handler(ev) {
event_log.textContent += "dragEnd\n";
// Change the target element's background color to visually indicate
// the drag ended.
target.style.background = "pink";
}
// Set handlers for the source's drag - start/enter/leave/end events
source.ondragstart = dragstart_handler;
source.ondragenter = dragenter_handler;
source.ondragleave = dragleave_handler;
source.ondragend = dragend_handler;
// Set handlers for the target's drop and dragover events
target.ondrop = drop_handler;
target.ondragover = dragover_handler;
// Set click event listener on button to reload the example
const button = document.getElementById("reload");
button.addEventListener("click", () => {
document.location.reload();
});
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # ix-handler-ondragenter |
Browser compatibility
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