ondragenter event

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01/24/2012

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Fires on the target element when the user drags the object to a valid drop target.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element ondragenter = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.ondragenter = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("ondragenter", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("dragenter", handler, useCapture)

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]
Type: IHTMLEventObj

Remarks

You can handle the ondragenter event on the source or on the target object. Of the target events, it is the first to fire during a drag operation. Target events use the getData method to stipulate which data and data formats to retrieve. The list of drag-and-drop target events includes:

When scripting custom functionality, use the returnValue property to disable the default action.

Calls the associated event handler.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Drag the selection over a valid drop target within the client.
Drag the selection to a valid drop target within another window.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

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