DataTransferItem: type property

{{APIRef("HTML Drag and Drop API")}} 

The read-only DataTransferItem.type property returns the type (format) of the {{domxref("DataTransferItem")}}  object representing the drag data item. The type is a Unicode string generally given by a MIME type, although a MIME type is not required.

Some example types are: text/plain and text/html.

Value

A string representing the drag data item’s type.

Examples

This example shows the use of the type property.

function dropHandler(ev) {
  console.log("Drop");
  ev.preventDefault();
  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
      console.log("… Drop: HTML");
    } else if (item.kind === "string" && item.type.match("^text/uri-list")) {
      // Drag data item is URI
      console.log("… Drop: URI");
    } else if (item.kind === "file" && item.type.match("^image/")) {
      // Drag data item is an image file
      const f = item.getAsFile();
      console.log("… Drop: File");
    }
  }
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("DataTransfer.types()")}} 
• List of common MIME types