demo/drag-and-drop-dataTransfer.html

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<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Event DataTransfer Demo</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="demo.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../dist/gridstack-extra.css" />

    <script src="../dist/gridstack-all.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container-fluid">
        <h1>Event DataTransfer Demo</h1>

        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-3">
                <div class="sidebar">
                    <div class="grid-stack-item">
                        <div class="grid-stack-item-content">Drag me</div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-9">
                <div class="grid-stack grid-stack-12"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        let options = {
            column: 12,
            disableOneColumnMode: true,
            acceptWidgets: function (el) { return true; }
        };
        let items = [
            { x: 0, y: 0, w: 9, h: 1, content: 'Sample Element' },
            { x: 9, y: 0, w: 3, h: 2, content: 'Sample Element 2' }
        ];

        let grid = GridStack.init(options)

        grid.load(items);

        grid.on('dropped', function (event, previousWidget, newWidget) {
            if (event.dataTransfer) {
                console.log('gridstack dropped: ', event.dataTransfer.getData('message'));
            }
        });

        GridStack.setupDragIn(
            '.sidebar .grid-stack-item',
            {
                appendTo: 'body',
                helper: clone,
                start: start
            }
        );

        function clone(event) {
            return event.target.cloneNode(true);
        }

        function start(event) {
            if (event.dataTransfer) {
                event.dataTransfer.setData('message', 'Hello World');
            }
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>