drag and drop image/text across frames

[Himzi]

Hi ,
I am trying to create a webpage. It has 3 frames (left, middle and right). I want to be able to drag images from the left and the right frame into the middle frame. Each time i try to drag an image from one frame to another , the image just disappears. Can some one please tell me how this can be done?

Thanks,
Himani

[rnd me]

i would love to be wrong about this, but i don't think this can really be done.
not easily at least.

now, you could probably hand code something for just one browser, but there's no standardized way for javascript to handle this task.

most js drag and drop works by repositioning a container like a div on the screen.
that same div object cannot 'jump' into another frame or window.
it could possibly be replicated on both, and instantiated on a mouse move if button is down for the middle frame, but no easy way to "hand it off".

[Himzi]

I guess that means i need to redesign my application and use divs instead of frames. Thanks for the response!!

Regards,
Himzi

[acoder]

I much prefer divs to frames, but if you were to work with frames, you could try using importNode. Not sure how well it would work, but I'll put it out there for anyone interested.

[ankuram]

I know this is an old thread, but it shows up near the top for searches on drag and drop across browser frames.
Since I have a solution, I hope you don't mind me reviving an old thread.

I had the same problem of trying to drag and drop page elements from one frame to another, but didn't find anything that did this in javascript.
So, I build a library named Frame Glider for this purpose.
The post with demos is at http://www.ankur.com/blog/30/javascr...cript-library/
Links to detailed documentation is included in that post.

Regards,
Ankur