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Include example HTML5 Drag and Drop API
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Description
There is a chapter called [“Drag'n'Drop with mouse events”](https://javascript.info/mouse-drag-and-drop), and it makes a passing reference to the Drag and Drop API. There are plenty of cases where it’s appropriate to choose this approach.
However, I think there also needs to be a “Drag'n'Drop with the API” chapter.
I’ve been using the DND API on a learning project. Although I got over the strange hurdle of learning which events apply to draggable items and which events apply to drop zones, I’m at a point where I am really missing the awesome guidance I can find on most other topics in your excellent work.
For the purpose of inspiration in creating such a chapter (or for anyone else reading this), one tutorial I found helpful helpful is this video (which includes the basics of the DND API, and implements a list-sorting feature):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfYWwQrtzzY
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Research direction
Read the existing “Drag'n'Drop with mouse events” chapter at https://javascript.info/mouse-drag-and-drop and review the referenced tutorial video for HTML5 Drag and Drop API coverage. Done means adding a new chapter that explains the API, including draggable-item and drop-zone events, and gives practical guidance on when to use it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html, javascript
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100