DragManager

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Manager for drag-and-drop operations throughout the application.

Import:

import type { DragManager } from '@obsidian-typings/obsidian-public-latest';

Signature:

export interface DragManager

Constructor

new DragManager(app: App)

Constructor.

To get the constructor instance, use getDragManagerConstructor from obsidian-typings/implementations.

Properties

	Property	Type	Description
	actionEl	HTMLElement | null	Element displaying the current drop action label.
	app	App	Reference to the app.
	draggable	Draggable | null	Currently active draggable item.
	dragStart	DragStartEvent | null	Information about the initial drag start event.
	ghostEl	HTMLElement | null	Ghost element shown while dragging.
	hoverClass	string	CSS class currently applied to the hover target.
	hoverEl	HTMLElement | null	Element currently being hovered over during drag.
	isDragOverHandled	boolean	Whether the drag-over event has been handled by a drop target.
	overlayEl	HTMLElement	Overlay element shown during drag operations to indicate drop zones.
	shouldHideOverlay	boolean	Whether the overlay should be hidden on the next update.
	sourceClass	string	CSS class applied to the source elements during drag.
	sourceEls	HTMLElement[] | null	Elements from which the drag originated.

Methods

	Method	Returns	Description
	dragFile(event, file, source?)	Draggable	Start a drag operation for a single file.
	dragFiles(event, files, source?)	Draggable | null	Start a drag operation for multiple files.
	dragFolder(event, folder, source?)	Draggable	Start a drag operation for a folder.
	dragLink(event, linkText, sourcePath, title?, source?)	Draggable	Start a drag operation for a link.
	handleDrag(el, draggableGetter)	void	Register an element as a drag source with a callback to produce a draggable.
	handleDrop(el, dropHandler, draggable?)	void	Register an element as a drop target with a handler callback.
	hideOverlay()	void	Hide the drop zone overlay.
	onDragEnd()	void	Handle the end of a drag operation, cleaning up state.
	onDragLeave(event)	void	Handle the drag-leave event on a drop target.
	onDragOver(event)	void	Handle the drag-over event to update hover state.
	onDragOverFirst()	void	Handle the first drag-over event when entering a drop zone.
	onDragStart(event, draggable)	void	Handle the start of a drag operation with a draggable item.
	onDragStartGlobal(event)	void	Handle a global drag start event.
	onTouchEnd(event)	void	Handle touch end event for mobile drag operations.
	removeOverlay()	void	Remove the drop zone overlay element from the DOM.
	setAction(action)	void	Set the current drop action label.
	showOverlay(doc, rect)	void	Show the drop zone overlay at the specified position.
	updateHover(hoverEl, hoverClass)	void	Update the hover target element and its CSS class.
	updateSource(sourceEls, sourceClass)	void	Update the drag source elements and their CSS class.

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