The read-only DataTransferItem.kind
property returns a DataTransferItem
representing the drag data item kind: some text or some file.
The read-only DataTransferItem.kind
property returns a DataTransferItem
representing the drag data item kind: some text or some file.
A string representing the drag data item's kind. It must be one of the following values:
This example shows the use of the kind
property.
js
function drop_handler(ev) { console.log("Drop"); ev.preventDefault(); const data = event.dataTransfer.items; for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 1) { if (data[i].kind === "string" && data[i].type.match("^text/plain")) { // This item is the target node data[i].getAsString((s) => { ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(s)); }); } else if (data[i].kind === "string" && data[i].type.match("^text/html")) { // Drag data item is HTML console.log("… Drop: HTML"); } else if (data[i].kind === "file" && data[i].type.match("^image/")) { // Drag data item is an image file const f = data[i].getAsFile(); console.log("… Drop: File "); } } }
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-datatransferitem-kind-dev |
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11 | 12 | 50 | No | 12 | 5.1 | 4 | 18 | 50 | ≤14 | 5 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DataTransferItem/kind