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Subject: java script drag and drop
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: ruggles-ga
List Price: $5.00

Posted: 01 Jun 2002 07:12 PDT
Expires: 08 Jun 2002 07:12 PDT
Question ID: 20058

How can I drag and drop across frames?
Clarification of Question by ruggles-ga on 01 Jun 2002 07:21 PDT I need a sloution that works for all popular browsers
Request for Question Clarification by missy-ga on 01 Jun 2002 07:49 PDT Hi ruggles, At this time, only IE supports drag and drop across frames (though I've not been able to find a script for it yet): http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en/ierk/Ch01_e.htm Are you sure you don't want to try it with tables instead? There are several drag and drop engines available that work with virtually any browser and tables, with the exception of NS6. missy-ga
Clarification of Question by ruggles-ga on 01 Jun 2002 08:23 PDT I think we need to use frames. I am trying to do something similar to exchange 2000s web mail. Are you familar with thw way it allows you to drag mail into folders?
Request for Question Clarification by missy-ga on 01 Jun 2002 11:34 PDT Hi ruggles, No, I'm afraid I'm not. I did create a new frameset in CoffeeCup HTML, and set it up with the drag and drop engines I use for "Doll Creator" pages. Splitting the elements between the frames to test it out showed that attempting to drag an object from one frame to another resulted in the object "disappearing". It resolutely refused to hop frames. Several modifications and different D&D engines yielded the same results. Perhaps another researcher has some Exchange 2000 expertise - I'm at the end of my drag and drop knowledge here. I'm sorry. I hope someone else will be able to give you a hand. missy-ga
Request for Question Clarification by j_philipp-ga on 01 Jun 2002 13:31 PDT Hello Ruggles, you can simulate the "look-and-feel" of frames using stylesheets (absolute positioning of CSS2), within a single frame-less window. You can also implement drag-and-drop for at least Internet Explorer easily, using ondrag and ondrop events with client-side JavaScript/ VBScript. (Only a server-side scripting solution however would assure you'd stay completely cross-browser compatible.) If you need IE5+ and frameless specific help, I'd be glad to help out; I could show you how to implement drag-and-drop of a "Windows Explorer" style folders/ documents tree.

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Subject: Re: java script drag and drop
From: xemion-ga on 01 Jun 2002 23:01 PDT

Just to back missy and k_philipp up, I would have to agree that drag
and drop across frames is a bad idea (mainly cause it won't work ;-). 
I would stick with tables or css.  I personally find cross-browser
problems with css though, tables are just plain easier.

xemion-ga

Subject: Re: java script drag and drop
From: mplungjan-ga on 02 Jun 2002 11:56 PDT

And here is one
http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/column7/

Subject: Re: java script drag and drop
From: mplungjan-ga on 02 Jun 2002 12:26 PDT

someone with more time than me have a play with this?:

fset.html:
<frameset rows="50%,*">
<frame name="from" src="from.html">
<frame name="to" src="to.html">
</frameset>

from.html:
<a href="test.html">Drag this</a>

to.html:
<script>

function mydrop(e) {
f=''; for (i in e) f += '\n<br>'+i+':'+e[i];
f +='\n<br><hr><b>target:</b><br>'
for (i in e.target) f += '\n<br>'+i+':'+e.target[i];
top.frames[0].document.write(f);
top.frames[0].document.close();
return false

}
window.ondragdrop=mydrop;
</script>

<body >
Drop here

Subject: Re: java script drag and drop
From: crosenblum-ga on 14 Jun 2002 14:22 PDT

perhaps it might be possible to allow you to pass objects between frames..

perhaps the better question is what are you trying to do with drag and drop?

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