JavaScript - Transfer Image To Other Div

Submitted by razormist on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 13:31.
In this tutorial we will create a Transfer Image To Other Div using JavaScript. This code will dynamically move an image when user drag it to the targeted div area. The code use ondragstart() to bind the image id when dragging it, when drop into div element an event ondrop() is use to retrieve the image properties in order to assign it as a child element of a div. You can apply this script to your system, it is a user-friendly program feel free to modify it. We will use JavaScript to add some new interactive element that is written in the HTML. It extends your website experience and add an additional feature that help you engage with the user.

Getting Started:

This is the link for the bootstrap that i used for the layout design https://getbootstrap.com/.

The Main Interface

This code contains the interface of the application. To create this just write these block of code inside the text editor and save this as index.html. 
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html lang="en">
  3. 	<head>
  4. 		<meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
  5. 		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css" />
  6. 	</head>
  7. <body>
  8. 	<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
  9. 		<div class="container-fluid">
  10. 			<a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sourcecodester.com">Sourcecodester</a>
  11. 		</div>
  12. 	</nav>
  13. 	<div class="col-md-3"></div>
  14. 	<div class="col-md-6 well">
  15. 		<h3 class="text-primary">JavaScript - Transfer Image To Other Div</h3>
  16. 		<hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"/>
  17. 		<h5>*Drag the image to move between divs</h5>
  18. 		<div class="col-md-1"></div>
  19. 		<div class="col-md-5" style="border:1px SOLID #ccc; height:250px;" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="dragOver(event)"><h4>DIV 1</h4></div>
  20. 		<div class="col-md-1"></div>
  21. 		<div class="col-md-5" style="border:1px SOLID #ccc; height:250px;" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="dragOver(event)"><h4>DIV 2</h4></div>
  22. 		<br style="clear:both;"/><br />
  23. 		<div class="col-md-1"></div>
  24. 		<div class="col-md-5" style="border:1px SOLID #ccc; height:250px;" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="dragOver(event)"><h4>DIV 3</h4></div>
  25. 		<div class="col-md-1"></div>
  26. 		<div class="col-md-5" style="border:1px SOLID #ccc; height:250px;" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="dragOver(event)"><h4>DIV 4</h4></div>
  27. 		<br style="clear:both;"/><br />
  28. 		<center><img src="image.png" id="image" height="200" width="300" draggable="true" ondragstart="drag(event)"/></center>
  29. 	</div>
  30. <script src="js/script.js"></script>	
  31. </body>	
  32. </html>

Creating the Script

This code contains the script of the application. This code can move the image when being dragged. To do this just copy and write these block of codes as shown below inside the text editor and save it as script.js inside the js directory 
  1. function drop(e){
  2. 	e.preventDefault();
  3. 	var image = e.dataTransfer.getData("image");
  4. 	e.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(image));
  5. 	document.getElementById(image).style="width:100%;";
  6. }
  7.  
  8.  
  9. function dragOver(e){
  10. 	e.preventDefault();
  11. }
  12.  
  13. function drag(e){
  14. 	e.dataTransfer.setData("image", e.target.id);
  15. }
There you have it we successfully created a Transfer Image To Other Div using JavaScript. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!

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