Categories: dataTransfer

javascript dataTransfer getData( )

@March 15, 2008, 1:22 a.m.

getData( )	Firefox/Netscape/NN n/a IE 5(Win) Chrome/Safari/DOM n/a
getData(dataFormat)
Returns a copy of data from the dataTransfer object. The dataTransfer contents remain intact for subsequent reading in other script statements.

Parameters

`dataFormat` A string specifying the format for the data to be read. Earlier plans to allow multiple data types appear to have fallen through. As of IE 6, the only reliable format is Text.

Returned Value
String.

without explaining what dataFormat is this is worthless.

Eric - 2015-11-12