The dragend
event is fired when a drag operation is being ended (by releasing a mouse button or hitting the escape key).
General info
Bubbles | Yes |
Cancelable | No |
Target objects | Document , Element |
Interface | DragEvent |
Default Action | Varies. |
Properties
Property | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
target Read only |
EventTarget |
The element that has been dragged. |
type Read only |
DOMString |
The type of event. |
bubbles Read only |
Boolean |
Whether the event normally bubbles or not |
cancelable Read only |
Boolean |
Whether the event is cancellable or not? |
view Read only |
WindowProxy |
document.defaultView (window of the document) |
detail Read only |
long (float ) |
0. |
dataTransfer |
DataTransfer | The data that underlies a drag-and-drop operation, known as the drag data store. Protected mode. |
currentTarget Read only |
EventTarget | The node that had the event listener attached. |
relatedTarget Read only |
EventTarget | For mouseover , mouseout , mouseenter and mouseleave events: the target of the complementary event (the mouseleave target in the case of a mouseenter event). null otherwise. |
screenX Read only |
long | The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in global (screen) coordinates. |
screenY Read only |
long | The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in global (screen) coordinates. |
clientX Read only |
long | The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in local (DOM content) coordinates. |
clientY Read only |
long | The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in local (DOM content) coordinates. |
button Read only |
unsigned short | The button number that was pressed when the mouse event was fired: Left button=0, middle button=1 (if present), right button=2. For mice configured for left handed use in which the button actions are reversed the values are instead read from right to left. |
buttons Read only |
unsigned short | The buttons being pressed when the mouse event was fired: Left button=1, Right button=2, Middle (wheel) button=4, 4th button (typically, "Browser Back" button)=8, 5th button (typically, "Browser Forward" button)=16. If two or more buttons are pressed, returns the logical sum of the values. E.g., if Left button and Right button are pressed, returns 3 (=1 | 2). More info. |
mozPressure Read only |
float | The amount of pressure applied to a touch or tabdevice when generating the event; this value ranges between 0.0 (minimum pressure) and 1.0 (maximum pressure). |
ctrlKey Read only |
boolean | true if the control key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
shiftKey Read only |
boolean | true if the shift key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
altKey Read only |
boolean | true if the alt key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
metaKey Read only |
boolean | true if the meta key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
Example
<div class="dropzone">
<div id="draggable" draggable="true" ondragstart="event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain',null)">
This div is draggable
</div>
</div>
<div class="dropzone"></div>
<div class="dropzone"></div>
<div class="dropzone"></div>
<style>
#draggable {
width: 200px;
height: 20px;
text-align: center;
background: white;
}
.dropzone {
width: 200px;
height: 20px;
background: blueviolet;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
<script>
var dragged;
/* events fired on the draggable target */
document.addEventListener("drag", function( event ) {
}, false);
document.addEventListener("dragstart", function( event ) {
// store a ref. on the dragged elem
dragged = event.target;
// make it half transparent
event.target.style.opacity = .5;
}, false);
document.addEventListener("dragend", function( event ) {
// reset the transparency
event.target.style.opacity = "";
}, false);
/* events fired on the drop targets */
document.addEventListener("dragover", function( event ) {
// prevent default to allow drop
event.preventDefault();
}, false);
document.addEventListener("dragenter", function( event ) {
// highlight potential drop target when the draggable element enters it
if ( event.target.className == "dropzone" ) {
event.target.style.background = "purple";
}
}, false);
document.addEventListener("dragleave", function( event ) {
// reset background of potential drop target when the draggable element leaves it
if ( event.target.className == "dropzone" ) {
event.target.style.background = "";
}
}, false);
document.addEventListener("drop", function( event ) {
// prevent default action (open as link for some elements)
event.preventDefault();
// move dragged elem to the selected drop target
if ( event.target.className == "dropzone" ) {
event.target.style.background = "";
dragged.parentNode.removeChild( dragged );
event.target.appendChild( dragged );
}
}, false);
</script>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'dragend' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
HTML5.1 The definition of 'dragend' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 4 | (Yes) | 3.5 (1.9.1)[1] | 10 | 12 | 3.1 |
Feature | Android | Android Webview | Chrome for Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | No support | No support | (Yes) | No support | No support | 10 | No support | No support |
[1] In Gecko, dragend
is not dispatched if the source node is moved or removed during the drag (e.g. on drop
or dragover
). See bug 460801.
See also
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