Drag and Drop Files
<html>
<head>
<title>Drag and Drop Files in HTML5</title>
<style type="text/css">
#drop_zone {
border: 2px dashed #bbb;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 25px;
text-align: center;
font: 20pt bold 'Vollkorn';
color: #bbb;
}
output {
display: inline;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function dragover(event) {
event.preventDefault();
event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
}
function drop(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var files = event.dataTransfer.files;
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = '';
var ul = document.createElement('ul');
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
var file = files[i];
var li = document.createElement('li');
li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(file.name + ' - ' + file.type + ' - ' + file.size + ' bytes'));
// Display Photos
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.file = file;
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.appendChild(img);
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = (function (aImg) {
return function (e) {
aImg.src = e.target.result;
};
})(img);
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
li.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
li.appendChild(img);
li.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
ul.appendChild(li);
}
document.getElementById('result').appendChild(ul);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="drop_zone" ondragover="dragover(event)" ondrop="drop(event)">Drop files here</div>
<output id="result"></output>
</body>
</html>
Run Application
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