The read-only DataTransferItem.type
property returns the type (format) of the DataTransferItem
object representing the drag data item. The type
is a Unicode string generally given by a MIME type, although a MIME type is not required.
Some example types are: text/plain
and text/html
.
Syntax
dataItem.type;
Return value
A DOMString
representing the drag data item's type.
Example
This example shows the use of the type
property.
function drop_handler(ev) { console.log("Drop"); ev.preventDefault(); var data = ev.dataTransfer.items; for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i += 1) { if ((data[i].kind == 'string') && (data[i].type.match('^text/plain'))) { // This item is the target node data[i].getAsString(function (s){ ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(s)); }); } else if ((data[i].kind == 'string') && (data[i].type.match('^text/html'))) { // Drag data item is HTML console.log("... Drop: HTML"); } else if ((data[i].kind == 'string') && (data[i].type.match('^text/uri-list'))) { // Drag data item is URI console.log("... Drop: URI"); } else if ((data[i].kind == 'file') && (data[i].type.match('^image/'))) { // Drag data item is an image file var f = data[i].getAsFile(); console.log("... Drop: File "); } } }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'type' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial version |
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'type' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Snapshot of the HTML WHATWG document |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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type | Chrome Full support 11 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 50 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 12 | Safari Full support 5.1 | WebView Android Full support 4 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 50 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS Full support 5 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support