DataTransferItemList: length property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The read-only length
property of the
DataTransferItemList
interface returns the number of items currently in
the drag item list.
Value
The number of drag data items in the list, or 0 if the list is empty or disabled. The
drag item list is considered to be disabled if the item list's
DataTransfer
object is not associated with a drag data store.
Examples
This example shows the use of the length
property.
JavaScript
js
function dragstart_handler(ev) {
console.log("dragStart");
// Add this element's id to the drag payload so the drop handler will
// know which element to add to its tree
const dataList = ev.dataTransfer.items;
dataList.add(ev.target.id, "text/plain");
// Add some other items to the drag payload
dataList.add("<p>Paragraph…</p>", "text/html");
dataList.add("http://www.example.org", "text/uri-list");
}
function drop_handler(ev) {
console.log("Drop");
ev.preventDefault();
const data = ev.dataTransfer.items;
// Loop through the dropped items and log their data
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
if (data[i].kind === "string" && data[i].type.match("^text/plain")) {
// This item is the target node
data[i].getAsString((s) => {
ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(s));
});
} else if (data[i].kind === "string" && data[i].type.match("^text/html")) {
// Drag data item is HTML
data[i].getAsString((s) => {
console.log(`… Drop: HTML = ${s}`);
});
} else if (
data[i].kind === "string" &&
data[i].type.match("^text/uri-list")
) {
// Drag data item is URI
data[i].getAsString((s) => {
console.log(`… Drop: URI = ${s}`);
});
}
}
}
function dragover_handler(ev) {
console.log("dragOver");
ev.preventDefault();
// Set the dropEffect to move
ev.dataTransfer.dropEffect = "move";
}
function dragend_handler(ev) {
console.log("dragEnd");
const dataList = ev.dataTransfer.items;
// Clear any remaining drag data
dataList.clear();
}
HTML
html
<div>
<p
id="source"
ondragstart="dragstart_handler(event);"
ondragend="dragend_handler(event);"
draggable="true">
Select this element, drag it to the Drop Zone and then release the selection
to move the element.
</p>
</div>
<div
id="target"
ondrop="drop_handler(event);"
ondragover="dragover_handler(event);">
Drop Zone
</div>
CSS
css
div {
margin: 0em;
padding: 2em;
}
#source {
color: blue;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#target {
border: 1px solid black;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-datatransferitemlist-length-dev |
Browser compatibility
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