347178 - Drag And Drop files on Window/Document event handler for Javascript (DOM0)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 503598

(Core :: DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop, enhancement)

Description

[Fungos Bauux]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060719 Firefox/1.5.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060719 Firefox/1.5.0.5

Would be nice if there is any way to set an event handler for receiving Dropped files inside the Window/Document. This feature can be used to extends "usability" on uploading files.

For INPUT FILES the drop of a file inside its text box only has to put its full path (today its block the drop).

But any DOM object can manipulate a file drop event, like this:

<div id='drag-your-file-here-to-upload' onDragFile='dragEventHandler()'>Drag Here!</div>

or inside javascript code:

function somefunc()
{
  //...
  element.ondragfile = dragEventHandler;
  //...
}

function dragEventHandler(event)
{
   // ...
}


Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce

Actual Results:  
Enhancement

Expected Results:  
Enhancement

Enhancement

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

See also bug 50660, which asks for file upload controls to accept dragged files, and has roughly the same security implications.

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DragDrop/DataTransfer

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/using_files_from_web_applications#Selecting_files_using_drag_and_drop