var dragged; /* events fired on the draggable target */ document.addEventListener("drag", function( event ) { }, false); document.addEventListener("dragstart", function( event ) { // store a ref. on the dragged elem dragged = event.target; // make it half transparent event.target.style.opacity = .5; }, false); document.addEventListener("dragend", function( event ) { // reset the transparency event.target.style.opacity = ""; }, false); /* events fired on the drop targets */ document.addEventListener("dragover", function( event ) { // prevent default to allow drop event.preventDefault(); }, false); document.addEventListener("dragenter", function( event ) { // highlight potential drop target when the draggable element enters it if ( event.target.className == "dropzone" ) { event.target.style.background = "purple"; } }, false); document.addEventListener("dragleave", function( event ) { // reset background of potential drop target when the draggable element leaves it if ( event.target.className == "dropzone" ) { event.target.style.background = ""; } }, false); document.addEventListener("drop", function( event ) { // prevent default action (open as link for some elements) event.preventDefault(); // move dragged elem to the selected drop target if ( event.target.className == "dropzone" ) { event.target.style.background = ""; dragged.parentNode.removeChild( dragged ); event.target.appendChild( dragged ); } }, false);
<div class="dropzone"> <div id="draggable" draggable="true" ondragstart="event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain',null)"> This div is draggable </div> </div> <div class="dropzone"></div> <div class="dropzone"></div> <div class="dropzone"></div> <div id="draggable" draggable="true" ondragstart="event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain',null)"> This div is draggable </div> <div id="draggable" draggable="true" ondragstart="event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain',null)"> This div is draggable </div>
#draggable { width: 200px; height: 20px; text-align: center; background: white; border: .1em gray solid; } .dropzone { width: 200px; height: 20px; background: blueviolet; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px; }