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Bug 8729 - dataTransfer for dragenter and dragover can't really be Empty if the drop target is to actually determine whether it can accept the drag. In an ideal world, files would exist but only make the mime type of the file available.
Summary: dataTransfer for dragenter and dragover can't really be Empty if the drop tar...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-01-12 23:04 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:27 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-01-12 23:04:08 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dndevents

Comment:
dataTransfer for dragenter and dragover can't really be Empty if the drop
target is to actually determine whether it can accept the drag. In an ideal
world, files would exist but only make the mime type of the file available.

Posted from: 216.239.45.4
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-02-06 11:05:32 UTC 
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: The spec changed to clarify the meaning of "Empty". The types of string values are available now. The types of the files aren't, though. I have plans to fix this in a future version (see recent discussion on the WHATWG list), but I think we should wait until the spec is implemented more reliably before adding more here.