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- Overview
- Defining the sources and the targets
- Declaring the events to manage
- Acting during an event
- Hovering the target
- Drop of Drag and Drop
HTML 5: Example for managing the programmed Drag and Drop
To make a WEBDEV site more interactive, you have the ability to implement Drag and Drop in the pages. The steps for implementing a programmed Drag and Drop are as follows: - Define the sources and targets of Drag and Drop.
- Declare the events to manage.
- Act during the events.
Remarks: - Drag and Drop in HTML 5 is supported by the Chrome and Firefox browsers (at the time this page is written).
- Caution: Drag and Drop in HTML 5 cannot be used in the sites displayed on a mobile. Indeed, the technology used cannot make the difference between an action of Drag and Drop and a gesture on mobile.
- This help page is based on the "WW_Drag_n_Drop_HTML5" example provided with WEBDEV.
Defining the sources and the targets The first step consists in identifying the controls that will be used in the Drag and Drop operations. In our example, you will find: - 3 "source" controls: these 3 controls display the images of extinguishers. In the initialization code of these controls (server code), the DndSource property specifies that these controls are the source controls for a programmed Drag and Drop.
// Indicates that the control is source for Drag and Drop
MySelf.DndSource = dndProgram
- 1 "destination" control: it is the image of the plane. The DndTarget property is used in the initialization code of this control (server code).
// Indicates that the control is target for Drag and Drop
MySelf.DndTarget = dndProgram
Declaring the events to manage DnDEvent is used to define the events managed during Drag and Drop. This function expects as parameter: - the name of the WLanguage procedure that will be run when the event is triggered.
- the control on which the event must be managed. You have the ability to specify a control or all the page controls.
- the event to manage. Several events are available: beginning and end of Drag and Drop, entry into and exit from the target control, hover the target control and drop on the target control. These events are identified by constants (dndXXX).
Two events are supported in our example: rollover and drop. // Enables Drag and Drop on the image of the plane
DnDEvent(Rollover, IMG_PLANE, dndDragOver)
DnDEvent(Drop, IMG_PLANE, dndDrop)
Hovering the target The "Rollover" procedure is called when the target area is hovered by the user during Drag and Drop. In our case, during the rollover, the cursor is modified to specify to the user that the action is allowed by the Drag and Drop on this target control. To do so, use DnDCursor associated with the dndMove constant. PROCÉDURE HoverOver
// Modifies the cursor
DnDCursor(dndMove)
Drop of Drag and Drop Several actions are performed during the drop: - The move action is accepted via DnDAccept.
PROCÉDURE Drop
// Accept Drag and Drop
DnDAccept(dndMove)
- The cursor position is retrieved via the _DND.MouseXPos and _DND.MouseYPos variables.
These variables return the cursor position during the drop on the target.
// Stores the cursor position
nXImage = _DND.MouseXPos
nYImage = _DND.MouseYPos
- The source control of "Drag and Drop" is also retrieved. According to the source control, the associated color will be stored for the drawing.
// Retrieves the source control
sExtinguisherID = _DND.SourceControl
// The color differs according to the selected extinguisher
SWITCH sIDExtinguisher
CASE IMG_EXTINGUISHER.Name
nColor = 255
CASE IMG_EXTINGUISHER1.Name
nColor = 3243262
CASE IMG_EXTINGUISHER2.Name
nColor = 65535
OTHER CASE
nColor = 16706050
END
- The entire data (coordinates, color, size) is stored in an array so that it can be re-used when the drawing is performed by the DrawAll procedure.
// Saves the coordinates
sCoordinates = sExtinguisherID + TAB + nXImage + TAB + nYImage + TAB + ...
EDT_SLIDER + TAB + nColor
// Saves the information
gnCurrentIndex++
garrListCoordinates[gnCurrentIndex] = sCoordinates
// Draws the extinguishers on the plane
DrawAll()
Related Examples:
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Unit examples (WEBDEV): The features of Drag And Drop HTML5
[ + ] Using the Drag n Drop HTML 5 features in a WEBDEV site.
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