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GlobalEventHandlers.ondragstart

A global event handler for the dragstart event.

Syntax

var dragstartHandler = targetElement.ondragstart;

Return value

dragstartHandler: The dragstart event handler for element targetElement.

Example

This example demonstrates using the ondragstart attribute handler to set an element's dragstart event handler.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en>
<title>Examples of using the ondrag Global Event Attribute</title>
<meta content="width=device-width">
<style>
  div {
    margin: 0em;
    padding: 2em;
  }
  #source {
    color: blue;
    border: 1px solid black;
  }
  #target {
    border: 1px solid black;
  }
</style>
</head>
<script>
function drag_handler(ev) {
 console.log("Drag");
}

function dragstart_handler(ev) {
 console.log("dragStart");
 ev.dataTransfer.setData("text", ev.target.id);
}

function drop_handler(ev) {
 console.log("Drop");
 ev.currentTarget.style.background = "lightyellow";

 ev.preventDefault();
 var data = ev.dataTransfer.getData("text");
 ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
}

function dragover_handler(ev) {
 console.log("dragOver");
 ev.preventDefault();
}
</script>
<body>
<h1>Examples of <code>ondrag</code>, <code>ondrop</code>, <code>ondragstart</code>, <code>ondragover</code></h1>
 <div>
   <p id="source" ondrag="drag_handler(event);" ondragstart="dragstart_handler(event);" 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" ondrop="drop_handler(event);" ondragover="dragover_handler(event);">Drop Zone</div>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'ondragstart' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'ondragstart' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	4	Yes	3.5	10	12	3.1

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	No	No	?	No	No	No	?

GlobalEventHandlers.ondragstart

Syntax

Return value

Example

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also