Drag and Drop file upload means you can upload the file by drag & drop. Drag and Drop interfaces permit web applications to drag and drop files on a web page. You may have seen this type of file upload feature on most sites. There are many JavaScript libraries to create this type of drag & drop file upload feature with a few lines of JavaScript codes but today in this blog I’ll create it with pure JavaScript means without using any library.
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In this program [Drag & Drop or Browse – File upload Feature], on the webpage, there is a drop area container with some text, icon, and browse file button. When you drag any image file over the drag area, the border of the container also changed to solid, and the text “Drag & Drop to upload file” also changed to “Release to upload file”.
When you release your image file in the drag area, immediately the preview of that image will appear. You can also upload an image by clicking on the browse file button. When you click on the button, there is open a file window and you have to select one image file, after you selected it then it will appear in the drag area.
If you are feeling difficulty understanding what am I trying to say, So you can check the source code or preview it as well.
How to create Drag & Drop or Browse Feature in Javascript [Source Code]
Initially, the preview will not run you'll have to click on the RUN PEN button then the program will run, and then you'll be able to check the preview.
You can make changes in this after creating this program like you can change the colors and background colors. You don't need to use only this design. You can create a better version of this by modifying it.
I hope you like it. If you want to create this. You'll have to create three files HTML, CSS with the extension for example:- For HTML - .HTML and for CSS - .css and for Javascript- .js just paste the given code in the files and don't forget to link the CSS and Javascript files to the HTML file.
Hurray! now you've created a drag & drop file uploader. You can download files by clicking on the download button after downloading the file if you are facing any kind of problem feel free to ask me in the comment section and you can also contact me via e-mail. Thanks for giving your precious time for reading this blog. Here is the download button:-