The drop event is fired when an element or text selection is dropped on a valid drop target. To ensure that the drop event always fires as expected, you should always include a preventDefault() call in the part of your code which handles the dragover event.

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("drop", (event) => {});

ondrop = (event) => {};

A DragEvent. Inherits from Event.

In addition to the properties listed below, properties from the parent interface, Event, are available.

DragEvent.dataTransfer Read only

The data that is transferred during a drag and drop interaction.

In this example, we have a draggable element inside a container. Try grabbing the element, dragging it over the other container, and then releasing it.

We use three event handlers here:

• in the dragstart event handler, we get a reference to the element that the user dragged
• in the dragover event handler for the target container, we call event.preventDefault(), which enables it to receive drop events.
• in the drop event handler for the drop zone, we handle moving the draggable element from the original container to the drop zone.

For a more complete example of drag and drop, see the page for the drag event.

HTML

<div class="dropzone">
  <div id="draggable" draggable="true">This div is draggable</div>
</div>
<div class="dropzone" id="droptarget"></div>

CSS

body {
  /* Prevent the user selecting text in the example */
  user-select: none;
}

#draggable {
  text-align: center;
  background: white;
}

.dropzone {
  width: 200px;
  height: 20px;
  background: blueviolet;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 10px;
}

JavaScript

let dragged = null;

const source = document.getElementById("draggable");
source.addEventListener("dragstart", (event) => {
  // store a ref. on the dragged elem
  dragged = event.target;
});

const target = document.getElementById("droptarget");
target.addEventListener("dragover", (event) => {
  // prevent default to allow drop
  event.preventDefault();
});

target.addEventListener("drop", (event) => {
  // prevent default action (open as link for some elements)
  event.preventDefault();
  // move dragged element to the selected drop target
  if (event.target.className === "dropzone") {
    dragged.parentNode.removeChild(dragged);
    event.target.appendChild(dragged);
  }
});

Result

• Other drag and drop events:
  • drag
  • dragstart
  • dragend
  • dragover
  • dragenter
  • dragleave
• This event on other targets:
  • Window: drop event
  • Document: drop event
  • SVGElement: drop event