javascriptdom-eventshtml5-draggable

Get previous element after drop

Is parent element from which draggable element was removed somewhere stored?

I have tried to make work arounds on dragStart with either 

dataTransfer.setData

or 

dataTransfer.addElement

With setData the element gets converted to string addElement exists only in firefox

For easier editing I'm adding jsFiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/

Solution

  • I ended up saving in dragstart event 

    var parentElement = e.target.parentElement;
e.dataTransfer.setData('ParentId', parentElement.id);

    and then getting that parent in drop event by 

    var parentItem = document.getElementById(e.dataTransfer.getData('ParentId'));