Simple Drag and drop in C#
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This document provides steps to enable drag and drop functionality in a C# Windows Forms application. It instructs the user to create a new project with a multiline textbox, set the textbox's AllowDrop property to true, and add code to the textbox's DragEnter event to copy dragged data and add it to the textbox's text. Following these steps will allow dragging text from a web browser or other application into the textbox.
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Simple Drag and drop in C#
- 1. In this tutorial, I will be using C#. Step 1: Create a New Project (C# WinForms Application) in Visual Studio. Step 2: Add a "TextBox" and Set the Following Properties Property Value Name NotesTextBox Multiline True ScrollBars Vertical Step 3: Run the application and try to drag some text from web browser. You will see, it will NOT drag and drop any text into TextBox (NotesTextBox). Step 4: Now Set "AllowDrop" property of TextBox (NotesTextBox) to "True". Step 5: Now Add "TextBox DragEnter" event. Add the following code. The line "e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;" means copy the content. The line "NotesTextBox.Text += e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();" means add the "dragged" content to the TextBox. For more information, please follow the video. Drag And Drop 23 February 2015 09:04 Programming Page 1