dragend | ondragend event (Windows)

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Fires on the source object when the user releases the mouse at the close of a drag operation.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element ondragend = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.ondragend = handler;
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("dragend", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: IHTMLEventObj

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

The ondragend event is the final drag event to fire, following the ondragleave event, which fires on the target object.

Calls the associated event handler.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Release the mouse button during a drag operation.

Examples

This example shows when and where each event fires during a drag-and-drop operation by listing each event and the name of the object firing it in a list box.


<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Code for dynamically adding options to a select.
function ShowResults()
{				// Information about the events 
				 // and what object fired them.
  arg = event.type + "  fired by  " + event.srcElement.id;  
  var oNewOption = new Option(); 
  oNewOption.text = arg;
  oResults.add(oNewOption,0);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Source events are wired up to this text box.</p>
<input id=txtDragOrigin value="Text to Drag"
    ondragstart="ShowResults()"
    ondrag="ShowResults()"
    ondragend="ShowResults()"
>
<p>Target events are bound to this text box.</p>
<input id=txtDragDestination value="Drag Destination"
    ondragenter="ShowResults()"
    ondragover="ShowResults()"
    ondragleave="ShowResults()"
    ondrop="ShowResults()"
>
<select id=oResults size=30>
  <option>List of Events Fired
</select>
</body>

dragend | ondragend event