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event.dataTransfer is undefined

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Under the last Chrome version, the dataTransfer attribute is undefined on event object.

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Created 9 years ago
Comments:11 (4 by maintainers)

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larvatacommented, Jul 11, 2014

try this

if (e.dataTransfer) {
    e.dataTransfer.setData('text', id);
}
else if (e.originalEvent.dataTransfer){
    e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.setData('text', id);
}

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ghostcommented, Mar 20, 2018

@BuonOmo I am having the same issue. I use knockout.js. @larvata solution worked for me.

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