README.md

ember-dnd-helpers

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(drag-set 'plain/text' 'some text')

Use in ondragstart event handler to set data on the event. (drag-set 'plain/text' 'some text') is equivalent to calling event.dataTrasfer.setData('plain/text') in the event handler.

<div draggable="true" ondragstart={{action (drag-set 'plain/text' 'some text')}}></div>

This helper can accept application/json mime type in which case it will JSON.stringify the received data.

<div draggable="true" ondragstart={{action (drag-set "application/json" (hash id=123 color='red'))}}></div>

(drag-get 'plain/text')

Use in ondrop event handler to retrieve data set with event.dataTransfer.setData. (drag-get 'plain/text') is equivalent to event.dataTransfer.getData('plain/text').

<div ondrop={{action (pipe (prevent-default) (drag-get 'plain/text') (action 'dosomething'))}}></div>

This helper can accept application/json mime type in which case it will JSON.parse the received data.

(prevent-default)

Calls event.preventDefault().

`(stop-propagating)

Calls event.stopPropagating().

(drop-effect 'move')

Applies specified drop effect onto the event. Equivalent to calling even.dropEvent = move;

Installation

• git clone this repository
• npm install
• bower install

Running

• ember server
• Visit your app at http://localhost:4200.

Running Tests

• npm test (Runs ember try:testall to test your addon against multiple Ember versions)
• ember test
• ember test --server

Building

• ember build

For more information on using ember-cli, visit http://ember-cli.com/.

Credits

Thank you Miguel Camba for suggesting to try doing drag and drop with pure events.