There is a common feature of modern browsers where a user can select some text and drag it to an input field. Within the same field it causes moving of text, between differe
This thing works.....Try it.
<BODY ondragstart="return false;" ondrop="return false;">
hope it helps. Thanks
Use the following code
function allowDrop(ev) {
ev.preventDefault();
}
function drag(ev) {
ev.dataTransfer.setData("Text", ev.target.id);
}
function drop(ev) {
ev.preventDefault();
var data = ev.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
}
and:
<input type="text" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="allowDrop(event)">
See: http://jsfiddle.net/zLYGF/25/
You can use :focus attribute to recognize over what your mouse is:
if(document.activeElement.tagName == "INPUT"||document.activeElement.tagName == "TEXTAREA"){
event.preventDefault()
return
}
For archival purposes:
<body ondragstart="return false" draggable="false"
ondragenter="event.dataTransfer.dropEffect='none'; event.stopPropagation(); event.preventDefault();"
ondragover="event.dataTransfer.dropEffect='none';event.stopPropagation(); event.preventDefault();"
ondrop="event.dataTransfer.dropEffect='none';event.stopPropagation(); event.preventDefault();"
>
does what I wanted. You can add the ondrag* handlers to form elements, too, like <input ondragenter=...>
reference url: https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DragDrop/Drag_Operations
This code will work in all versions of Mozilla and IE.
function preventDrag(event)
{
if(event.type=='dragenter' || event.type=='dragover' || //if drag over event -- allows for drop event to be captured, in case default for this is to not allow drag over target
event.type=='drop') //prevent text dragging -- IE and new Mozilla (like Firefox 3.5+)
{
if(event.stopPropagation) //(Mozilla)
{
event.preventDefault();
event.stopPropagation(); //prevent drag operation from bubbling up and causing text to be modified on old Mozilla (before Firefox 3.5, which doesn't have drop event -- this avoids having to capture old dragdrop event)
}
return false; //(IE)
}
}
//attach event listeners after page has loaded
window.onload=function()
{
var myTextInput = document.getElementById('textInput'); //target any DOM element here
if(myTextInput.addEventListener) //(Mozilla)
{
myTextInput.addEventListener('dragenter', handleEvents, true); //precursor for drop event
myTextInput.addEventListener('dragover', handleEvents, true); //precursor for drop event
myTextInput.addEventListener('drop', preventDrag, true);
}
else if (myTextInput.attachEvent) //(IE)
{
myTextInput.attachEvent('ondragenter', preventDrag);
myTextInput.attachEvent('ondragover', preventDrag);
myTextInput.attachEvent('ondrop', preventDrag);
}
}
add the following to your field tags:
#ondragstart is for IE, onmousedown is for firefox
ondragstart="return false" onmousedown="return false"