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Hi Everyone.

I'm new to drag-and-drop, and I'm running into a problem getting some
code I found to work in FireFox. I have a third-party Tree control
that accepts droppable items that implement the setData and getData
methods. In IE6/7
the following code is draggable:

<img src="Images/TreeIcons/file.gif" border="0"
onDragStart="ev ent.dataTransfe r.setData('text ', '2|16|190');" />

I'm able to drag it right onto the tree and get the needed value "2|16|
190"

When I load the same code in Firefox I can't get the image to drag at
all, and therefore I don't know if it'll even
drop. If I can get it to drop, I need to be sure I can use
dataTransfer.ge tData()

Can anyone point me in the right direction to get this working?

Thanks so much!

Jan 29 '07 #1
4 7748
dwhalen wrote:
<img src="Images/TreeIcons/file.gif" border="0"
onDragStart="ev ent.dataTransfe r.setData('text ', '2|16|190');" />
When I load the same code in Firefox I can't get the image to drag at
all, and therefore I don't know if it'll even
drop. If I can get it to drop, I need to be sure I can use
dataTransfer.ge tData()

ondragstart and event.dataTrans fer are currently supported by IE only I
think. Mozilla does not support that.
--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
Jan 29 '07 #2
Is there a way to hot-wire such code? For example, if I can get the
drag to actually
go, then I can maybe take it from there.

I see a lot of examples of people that can get stuff to drag in
Firefox, but I can't make
any of them work for some reason. I know that Firefox doesn't support
it, but surely
a workaround is possible....

Thanks!

On Jan 29, 1:33 pm, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yaho o.dewrote:
dwhalen wrote:
<img src="Images/TreeIcons/file.gif" border="0"
onDragStart="ev ent.dataTransfe r.setData('text ', '2|16|190');" />
When I load the same code in Firefox I can't get the image to drag at
all, and therefore I don't know if it'll even
drop. If I can get it to drop, I need to be sure I can use
dataTransfer.ge tData()ondragst art and event.dataTrans fer are currently supported by IE only I
think. Mozilla does not support that.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
Jan 30 '07 #3
On Jan 31, 4:25 am, "dwhalen" <dwha...@enr-corp.comwrote:
Is there a way to hot-wire such code? For example, if I can get the
drag to actually
go, then I can maybe take it from there.
Please don't top-post here, reply below trimmed quotes.

I see a lot of examples of people that can get stuff to drag in
Firefox, but I can't make
any of them work for some reason. I know that Firefox doesn't support
it, but surely
a workaround is possible....
There are many "draggable" libraries out there, here's a few that work
well in modern browsers:

YAHOO! UI
<URL: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/dragdrop/ >

FORK
<URL: http://forkjavascript.org/drag/tests >

WalterZorn
<URL: http://www.walterzorn.com/dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm >
--
Rob

Jan 30 '07 #4
>
There are many "draggable" libraries out there, here's a few that work
well in modern browsers:

YAHOO! UI
<URL: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/dragdrop/ >

FORK
<URL: http://forkjavascript.org/drag/tests >

WalterZorn
<URL: http://www.walterzorn.com/dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm >
But these libraries do not implement "drag and drop" but merely "select and
move",
which is a very different thing that won't allow you to go beyond the
boundaries of the document that holds the elements to be dragged...

Xavier

Feb 22 '07 #5

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