Baseline Widely available
The files
read-only property of DataTransfer
objects is a list of the files in the drag operation. If the operation includes no files, the list is empty.
This feature can be used to drag files from a user's desktop to the browser.
Note: The files
property of DataTransfer
objects can only be accessed from within the drop
and paste
events. For all other events, the files
property will be empty â because its underlying data store will be in a protected mode.
A FileList
of the files in a drag operation, one list item for each file in the operation. If the drag operation had no files, the list is empty.
This example creates a basic area that you can drop files into and displays some metadata.
<pre id="output">Drop files here from your file system.</pre>
#output {
min-height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 1em;
}
const output = document.getElementById("output");
function log(text) {
output.innerText += text;
}
output.addEventListener("dragenter", (e) => {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
output.textContent = "";
});
output.addEventListener("dragover", (e) => {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
output.addEventListener("drop", (e) => {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
const files = event.dataTransfer.files;
log(`File Count: ${files.length}\n`);
for (const file of files) {
log(` File: ${file}, ${file.name}, ${file.size} bytes\n`);
}
});
Specifications Browser compatibility
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4