files/en-us/web/api/datatransferitemlist/clear/index.md
{{APIRef("HTML Drag and Drop API")}}
The {{domxref("DataTransferItemList")}} method
clear() removes all {{domxref("DataTransferItem")}}
objects from the drag data items list, leaving the list empty.
The drag data store in which this list is kept is only writable while handling the {{domxref("HTMLElement/dragstart_event", "dragstart")}} event. While handling {{domxref("HTMLElement/drop_event", "drop")}}, the drag data store is in read-only mode, and this method silently does nothing. No exception is thrown.
clear()
None.
None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).
This example shows the use of the clear() method.
<div>
<p id="source" draggable="true">
Select this element, drag it to the Drop Zone and then release the selection
to move the element.
</p>
</div>
<div id="target">Drop Zone</div>
div {
margin: 0em;
padding: 2em;
}
#source {
color: blue;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#target {
border: 1px solid black;
}
const source = document.getElementById("source");
const target = document.getElementById("target");
source.addEventListener("dragstart", (ev) => {
console.log("dragStart");
// Add this element's id to the drag payload so the drop handler will
// know which element to add to its tree
const dataList = ev.dataTransfer.items;
dataList.add(ev.target.id, "text/plain");
// Add some other items to the drag payload
dataList.add("<p>Paragraph…</p>", "text/html");
dataList.add("http://www.example.org", "text/uri-list");
});
source.addEventListener("dragend", (ev) => {
console.log("dragEnd");
const dataList = ev.dataTransfer.items;
// Clear any remaining drag data
dataList.clear();
});
target.addEventListener("drop", (ev) => {
console.log("Drop");
ev.preventDefault();
// Loop through the dropped items and log their data
for (const item of ev.dataTransfer.items) {
if (item.kind === "string" && item.type.match(/^text\/plain/)) {
// This item is the target node
item.getAsString((s) => {
ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(s));
});
} else if (item.kind === "string" && item.type.match(/^text\/html/)) {
// Drag data item is HTML
item.getAsString((s) => {
console.log(`… Drop: HTML = ${s}`);
});
} else if (item.kind === "string" && item.type.match(/^text\/uri-list/)) {
// Drag data item is URI
item.getAsString((s) => {
console.log(`… Drop: URI = ${s}`);
});
}
}
});
target.addEventListener("dragover", (ev) => {
console.log("dragOver");
ev.preventDefault();
// Set the dropEffect to move
ev.dataTransfer.dropEffect = "move";
});
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