Drag and Drop *FROM* a browser?

Question

Dragging items into a browser is pretty well documented, and HTML5 makes this easier.

However, I\'m wondering if and how it\'s possible to drag \'n\

Answer 1

Conceptually Yes, this is possible. But it would be the OS/application handling the drop to decide what to do with it. In fact you can do exactly what you describe with chrome. Open a new chrome window and drag a link to it. It navigates there. Drag a link to your desktop. In Win7 it creates a shortcut/link to that page.

What you are talking about is not HTML drag and drop but actually at an OS/application level. And would have to be handled with an application language, not the browser HTML.