In Drag and Drop File Upload jQuery example, I have explained how to implement drag and drop file upload using HTML5 and jQuery AJAX API.
Drag and drop is supported only in HTML5 browsers. Supported Browsers are: IE 10+ , Firefox ,Chrome , Safari, Opera.
Follow the steps to make drag and drop file upload as shown in the above image.
Step 1). Add jQuery library to your HTML
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Step 2). Add a div tag to body which handles file uploads
<div id="dragandrophandler">Drag & Drop Files Here</div>
We can add some style to div using below CSS.
#dragandrophandler
{
border:2px dotted #0B85A1;
width:400px;
color:#92AAB0;
text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;
padding:10px 10px 10 10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
font-size:200%;
}
Step 3). Handle drag and drop events with jQuery
var obj = $("#dragandrophandler");
obj.on('dragenter', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
$(this).css('border', '2px solid #0B85A1');
});
obj.on('dragover', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
obj.on('drop', function (e)
{
$(this).css('border', '2px dotted #0B85A1');
e.preventDefault();
var files = e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.files;
//We need to send dropped files to Server
handleFileUpload(files,obj);
});If the files are dropped outside the div, file is opened in the browser window. To avoid that we can prevent ‘drop’ event on document.
$(document).on('dragenter', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
$(document).on('dragover', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
obj.css('border', '2px dotted #0B85A1');
});
$(document).on('drop', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
Step 4) Read the file contents using HTML5 FormData() when the files are dropped.
function handleFileUpload(files,obj)
{
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
{
var fd = new FormData();
fd.append('file', files[i]);
var status = new createStatusbar(obj); //Using this we can set progress.
status.setFileNameSize(files[i].name,files[i].size);
sendFileToServer(fd,status);
}
}
Step 5) Send FormData() to Server using jQuery AJAX API
function sendFileToServer(formData,status)
{
var uploadURL ="https://hayageek.com/examples/jquery/drag-drop-file-upload/upload.php"; //Upload URL
var extraData ={}; //Extra Data.
var jqXHR=$.ajax({
xhr: function() {
var xhrobj = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
if (xhrobj.upload) {
xhrobj.upload.addEventListener('progress', function(event) {
var percent = 0;
var position = event.loaded || event.position;
var total = event.total;
if (event.lengthComputable) {
percent = Math.ceil(position / total * 100);
}
//Set progress
status.setProgress(percent);
}, false);
}
return xhrobj;
},
url: uploadURL,
type: "POST",
contentType:false,
processData: false,
cache: false,
data: formData,
success: function(data){
status.setProgress(100);
//$("#status1").append("File upload Done<br>");
}
});
status.setAbort(jqXHR);
}Putting All together: Drag and Drop File Upload jQuery Example
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<style>
#dragandrophandler
{
border:2px dotted #0B85A1;
width:400px;
color:#92AAB0;
text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;
padding:10px 10px 10 10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
font-size:200%;
}
.progressBar {
width: 200px;
height: 22px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
border-radius: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
display:inline-block;
margin:0px 10px 5px 5px;
vertical-align:top;
}
.progressBar div {
height: 100%;
color: #fff;
text-align: right;
line-height: 22px; /* same as #progressBar height if we want text middle aligned */
width: 0;
background-color: #0ba1b5; border-radius: 3px;
}
.statusbar
{
border-top:1px solid #A9CCD1;
min-height:25px;
width:700px;
padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;
vertical-align:top;
}
.statusbar:nth-child(odd){
background:#EBEFF0;
}
.filename
{
display:inline-block;
vertical-align:top;
width:250px;
}
.filesize
{
display:inline-block;
vertical-align:top;
color:#30693D;
width:100px;
margin-left:10px;
margin-right:5px;
}
.abort{
background-color:#A8352F;
-moz-border-radius:4px;
-webkit-border-radius:4px;
border-radius:4px;display:inline-block;
color:#fff;
font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;
padding:4px 15px;
cursor:pointer;
vertical-align:top
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="dragandrophandler">Drag & Drop Files Here</div>
<br><br>
<div id="status1"></div>
<script>
function sendFileToServer(formData,status)
{
var uploadURL ="https://hayageek.com/examples/jquery/drag-drop-file-upload/upload.php"; //Upload URL
var extraData ={}; //Extra Data.
var jqXHR=$.ajax({
xhr: function() {
var xhrobj = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
if (xhrobj.upload) {
xhrobj.upload.addEventListener('progress', function(event) {
var percent = 0;
var position = event.loaded || event.position;
var total = event.total;
if (event.lengthComputable) {
percent = Math.ceil(position / total * 100);
}
//Set progress
status.setProgress(percent);
}, false);
}
return xhrobj;
},
url: uploadURL,
type: "POST",
contentType:false,
processData: false,
cache: false,
data: formData,
success: function(data){
status.setProgress(100);
$("#status1").append("File upload Done<br>");
}
});
status.setAbort(jqXHR);
}
var rowCount=0;
function createStatusbar(obj)
{
rowCount++;
var row="odd";
if(rowCount %2 ==0) row ="even";
this.statusbar = $("<div class='statusbar "+row+"'></div>");
this.filename = $("<div class='filename'></div>").appendTo(this.statusbar);
this.size = $("<div class='filesize'></div>").appendTo(this.statusbar);
this.progressBar = $("<div class='progressBar'><div></div></div>").appendTo(this.statusbar);
this.abort = $("<div class='abort'>Abort</div>").appendTo(this.statusbar);
obj.after(this.statusbar);
this.setFileNameSize = function(name,size)
{
var sizeStr="";
var sizeKB = size/1024;
if(parseInt(sizeKB) > 1024)
{
var sizeMB = sizeKB/1024;
sizeStr = sizeMB.toFixed(2)+" MB";
}
else
{
sizeStr = sizeKB.toFixed(2)+" KB";
}
this.filename.html(name);
this.size.html(sizeStr);
}
this.setProgress = function(progress)
{
var progressBarWidth =progress*this.progressBar.width()/ 100;
this.progressBar.find('div').animate({ width: progressBarWidth }, 10).html(progress + "% ");
if(parseInt(progress) >= 100)
{
this.abort.hide();
}
}
this.setAbort = function(jqxhr)
{
var sb = this.statusbar;
this.abort.click(function()
{
jqxhr.abort();
sb.hide();
});
}
}
function handleFileUpload(files,obj)
{
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
{
var fd = new FormData();
fd.append('file', files[i]);
var status = new createStatusbar(obj); //Using this we can set progress.
status.setFileNameSize(files[i].name,files[i].size);
sendFileToServer(fd,status);
}
}
$(document).ready(function()
{
var obj = $("#dragandrophandler");
obj.on('dragenter', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
$(this).css('border', '2px solid #0B85A1');
});
obj.on('dragover', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
obj.on('drop', function (e)
{
$(this).css('border', '2px dotted #0B85A1');
e.preventDefault();
var files = e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.files;
//We need to send dropped files to Server
handleFileUpload(files,obj);
});
$(document).on('dragenter', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
$(document).on('dragover', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
obj.css('border', '2px dotted #0B85A1');
});
$(document).on('drop', function (e)
{
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Reference: FormData Browser Support
