In my attempt to change the cursor of a draggable item in Chrome, I have encountered difficulties. Despite trying various methods, nothing seems to be working. The solutions I found on Stackoverflow are outdated and incompatible with the current version of Chrome.
During dragging, the item gets copied to a container which serves as the dragimage for the draggable.
My goal is to have a grabbing cursor while dragging. Is there a way to achieve this? Any suggestions?
Please refer to my code snippet for an example:
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
text_drop: 'Droppable Area',
text_drag: 'Drag Area',
drag_elements: [
{text: 'one', selected: true},
{text: 'two', selected: false},
{text: 'three', selected: false},
{text: 'four', selected: false},
]
},
computed: {
selected_elements(){
let selected = [];
this.drag_elements.map((drag) => {
if(drag.selected){
selected.push(drag);
}
})
return selected;
}
},
methods: {
drag_it(event){
let html = document.getElementById("dragElement");
let drop_docs = this.selected_elements;
if(drop_docs.length > 1){
let multiple = document.createElement('div');
multiple.classList.add('dragMultiple');
multiple.innerHTML = drop_docs.length + ' items';
html.innerHTML = '';
html.appendChild(multiple)
}else{
html.innerHTML = event.target.outerHTML;
}
event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain', '' );
event.dataTransfer.setDragImage(html, 0, 0);
event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = "move";
},
drag_over(event){
document.documentElement.style.cursor="-webkit-grabbing";
},
drag_end(event){
document.documentElement.style.cursor="default";
},
select(event, drag_element){
if(event.metaKey || event.shiftKey){
drag_element.selected = !drag_element.selected;
} else {
this.drag_elements.map((drag) => {
if(drag === drag_element){
drag.selected = true;
}else{
drag.selected = false;
}
})
}
}
}
})#Dragme{
width: 200px;
height: 50px;
margin-left: 20px;
text-align: center;
border:1px solid black;
float:left;
}
#Dragme:hover {
cursor: -webkit-grab;
}
#Dragme:active {
cursor: -webkit-grabbing;
}
#Dropzone{
float: left;
width: 500px;
height: 100px;
border: 1px solid;
margin-bottom: 50px;
}
.selected{
border: 2px solid yellow !important;
}
.dragMultiple{
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 10px;
background-color: white;
}
#dragElement{
position: absolute;
top: 400px;
}<script src="https://vuejs.org/js/vue.min.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<div id="Dropzone">{{text_drop}}</div>
<div id="drag_elements">
<div v-for="drag in drag_elements"
@dragstart="drag_it"
@dragover="drag_over"
@dragend="drag_end"
@mouseup="select($event, drag)"
draggable="true"
:class="{selected: drag.selected}"
id="Dragme">{{drag.text}}</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="dragElement">
</div>Update I have found a solution that addresses the cursor issue. You can check out the answer here.
Make sure to include the dndclass.
Thank you!
Blockquote
A special thanks to Carr for the helpful hint.
Update After dragging or dropping, the cursor does not revert to its default state. It only changes back when moved again. Any thoughts on how to resolve this?
Update By using the command key on Mac or the shift key, it is possible to select and drag multiple items. A new dragitem is created for this purpose, but sometimes the cursor does not reset after dragging or dropping.
Update Integrating the method from Carr's answer.