Questions tagged [drag-and-drop]
Drag and drop is an easy method to copy documents to SharePoint. From a content source, you can drop as many as a hundered documents on a document library, and have them uploaded to SharePoint.
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Cannot drag file from SharePoint Online and drop onto local Desktop? (Windows 11 / Edge)
Our users are unable to drag and drop a file from SharePoint Online to their local desktop.
As seen in the screenshot, when the file is clicked, then dragged outside of MS Edge, the cursor icon ...
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Drag and drop a folder of 55 GB inside a document library inside SharePoint online
I have a large folder containing images, videos and documents of size 55 GB and it contain 7 main folders. now i drag and drop the large main folder inside SharePoint online document library and the ...
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Issue with moving folders in SharePoint Online
When I move folder by drag and drop to a higher level in the folder structure, sometimes the folder is moved completely, i.e. a "cut and paste" result. But sometimes it is moved to the upper ...
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Library Drag and Drop no working for all users
Need help in troubleshooting possible causes for why a user is unable to drag and drop documents into a SharePoint Online library. They have contribute rights to the site and contribute rights to the ...
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Drag and Drop attachments to Outlook from Metadata driven SharePoint library
I am currently have prepared a library with a few thousand files which is driven completely by metadata and it works AMAZING, however, I get a lot of issues with metadata library if I am trying to ...
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Custom Drag n Drop webpart in sharepoint Edit Mode
Can anyone help me in SPFx online?
I am creating a custom web-part in which I am using HTML drag and drop API in edit mode. Somehow my drag and drop functionality is working if used it in preview ...
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SPFX and react-dnd
I promised myself never to write a StackExchange post with lots of code. But here we go.
I am basically trying to get some basic drag-and-drop behavior working in an SPFX (1.9.1) web-part using ...
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Drag n Drop API not working as expected
I am working on a project on which user will drag a text from webpart(e.g. webpart1) & dropping the same text into other webpart(e.g. webpart2).
I am referring This link as reference . Based ...
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Disabling the ability to add, upload or drag and drop folders into a document library - Sharepoint Online
My company is implementing a sharepoint structure of a single hub site consisting of many sites, no subsites. We don't want the presence of folders being in our sharepoint online document libraries. ...
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Help: Modify code to only show once the Edit Form
The code bellow allows for the edit for to show up when you use the Drag&Drop option to upload files.
If you select multiple files, the edit form will also appear multiple files
Is it possible ...
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When Drag/Drop a file inside a document library, error "A file with the name XXXX.oft already exists. It was last modified"
We have sharepoint 2013 on-premises, and inside a team site we have a document library which does not have versioning enabled, as follow:-
now i uploaded a file named n1.oft using the "upload&...
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Sharepoint 2013 on premise mapped drive office 2016 drag drop uploading corrupt files with 0kb
When I have a mapped drive to my sharepoint on premise document library and try to drag / drop a folder from my desktop, the files are being uploaded as empty / corrupt files for some users, but ...
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SharePoint Document Library after drag and drop file, status bar does not get closed automatically
I have one document library in SharePoint online.
When I drag and drop any file to this library, the status bar does not get closed automatically. However, file uploading is already completed (...
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Is there a way enforce use of a custom content type for drag&drop and for File/New Folder button?
I created a custom content type called PIN Folder. The content type has 3 attributes - title (required), ms (optional), and comment (optional). In my library I created a default view for PIN Folders ...
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SharePoint 2016 document library drag and drop event receiver
We are using SharePoint 2016 and have sites and document libraries. Is it possible to do some logic when someone drag and drop a document to a document library? For example to set some dynamic text ...
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Problems uploading Js files in SiteAssets library through browser but same gets uploaded when tried on the server
These two images the problem . However, if I try to upload the files after copying them on the server , same gets upload correctly.
Any help is highly appreciated.
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Uploading entire folders to Sharepoint server 2016 without using "Open With Explorer"
Is there any way to enable drag and drop functionality to upload entire folders to a document library on Sharepoint server 2016? I know this functionality exists on Sharepoint online. So, there must ...
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What might keep a user from being able to drag and drop a document into a document library?
I have a user who is suddenly unable to drag and drop documents into a shared document library. I recently updated the main page of the site, but the changes were purely cosmetic and I did not change ...
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SharePoint 2013 - Attach file to custom list using drag and drop
In Sharepoint 2013, is it possible to drag and drop a file (.jpg , .pdf, .png) to a custom list as an attachment? If so, can this be achieved by using a script (JS, jquery)? So, if a user is reporting ...
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Is there a way to tell if a document was uploaded using drag-and-drop vs regular upload in an event receiver?
The scenario:
Content Organizer enabled, Drop Off Library has a bunch of custom content types as well as the default "Document" content type (library default is set to "Document").
Multiple users ...
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User have only edit permission (not add/delete) but can still drag and drop documents and replace existing ones
I've created a custom permission that only allows user to edit item, and not allow user to add or delete.
However, user is still able to drag and drop items into the document library and even replace ...
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Submit multiple items on a Drop Off Library - SPO
I'm trying to use SPO content organizer to make life easier for the end user (or DOL [Drop Off Library from now on]), the idea is that they don't have to mind about where they upload the documents, ...
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Metadata Enforcement SharePoint 2013
If you drag and drop ONE file (NO FOLDERS) you are not presented with the edit properties screen. My users are not going to go back and apply metadata - its TOO many clicks.
Now I've found this code ...
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Drag n Drop documents in SharePoint 365 Trial not working
I am not able to Drag n Drop documents in Master Page Gallery in SharePoint 365 Trial.
How to enable it?
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Drag and Drop custom function doesn't work in Chrome
We are using SharePoint 2013 on premises. We have modified our master page to enforce metadata with drag and drop similar by modifying the UploadProgressFunc
It is working fine in IE, however, in ...
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Drag-and-drop DOWNLOAD from SharePoint to PC
Disclaimer: I've been Googling and experimenting on this for hours and have found people looking for answers - but no answers...
SharePoint Online has very intuitive support for drag-and-drop from ...
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Drag & Drop Attachment to List
I am using SPO. I would like to be able to drag and drop a document file (.pdf etc) to a new list item when using the New Item Form, rather than utilising the attach button from the ribbon and needing ...
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drag files here not available with wiki library?
If I create a Document/Report Library in SharePoint, I can upload multiple or drag and drop files into it.
However, I really want to use a Wiki Library, so I can have the functionality of creating ...
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Increasing the 'Drop Here' area when 'dragging and dropping' Documents in a LVWP
I want to make the 'Drop Here' area as big as possible. I'm assuming that the size of the 'Drop Here' area corresponds with the size of the LVWP. Is there a way to increase it?
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Drag and Drop Upload "appears" to not work
This issue has been driving me crazy for a few days now:
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When dragging a file (Word Document, PDF, Image, etc.) to a SharePoint 2013 document library to upload said file, it appears to upload ...
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Drag and Drop document on doc library with added lookup column,
I'm having a problem with drag drop on a document library.
The document library has a WebPart view filter to show only the document from a selected task WebPart. This works because the document ...
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Remove "or drag files here" text
I've figured out how to disable drag and drop functionality on my document list. The problem is, it still says "or drag files here" text beside the +new document link. I want to keep the +new ...
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Preference of list versus library when storing files
What might be a preference to use a list versus library when storing files? I just found that there is no drag and drop functionality in lists and I use that a lot.
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Sharepoint 2013 file move with drag & drop not working
I created a new folder and intended to move a file (or more files) from the root of Shared Documents to the new folder.
It does not matter if I use Firefox 44, Microsoft Edge, or Internet Explorer 11,...
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Drag-and-drop on a web part not working
I've just encountered a funny glitch in O365 in which I can't drag-and-drop files into a document library through its web part displayed on a web part page. Drag-and-drop works fine on the library ...
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Event receiver on item with drag and drop
I'm writing an event receiver on a document library.
My issue is event itemupdating ou itemupdated are not fire when i drag and drop a document.
if i log my event it only passes in itemadding and ...
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Drag & Drop a New Version
When a file is drag and dropped into a document library that has versioning enabled (a document set in my case) and a file with that name already exists, SharePoint shows this message:
But when a ...
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Drag n drop files to Document Libraries in Quick Launch bar?
In a Document Library with files and folders in it, I can drag 'n' drop files to the folders from the browser. However, I'm unable to drag 'n' drop files to other Document Libraries on the Quick ...
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Drag and Drop document in a library with multiple content types associated
In a library with multiple Content type assigned how can I choose the CT in the document if i'm using drag and drop? How can I change the CT in case there is a CT associated per default?
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Drag and Drop show form
Is there a way to show the form(NewForm.aspx) when you do the drag and drop in a document library?
I already put some of the fields mandatory so the user won't be able to do the ckeck-in without fill ...
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Drag and drop problems in Sharepoint
I really need help because I'm going crazy over here.
I want to drag and drop a web part on a web part page in the same web part zone.
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In IE8 I can drag and drop web parts but the scroll-bar ...
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$.getscript returning 'undefined'
I am trying to get the script found under 'Enforce Drag and Drop documents to apply metadata' to work and I am always getting an 'Undefined' error here:
$.getScript("path_to_my_custom_js_file/...
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File Drag and Drop Prompt Metadata Properties Dialog
When a user drags and drops a file or files into a SharePoint library, how can you enforce the metadata properties dialog box to prompt?
I found a solution through the Enhance Document Upload by ...
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drag and drop sharepoint 2007
When I go to upload a document in my environment I get the normal browse to upload the document. Yet when someone else does it they get the drag and drop functionality.
It's not a webpart but ...
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Remove upload limit
My task is to upload more than 100 items. For example, I select 200 items in a folder and drag to the library.
But I get an exception from SharePoint stating that there is a limit of 100 files that ...
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Drag and Drop into Document Library via Page Webpart
I've created a Document Library that I can drag and drop documents into.
Then I added that Document Library as a webpart on a 3 column page.
I am able to drag and drop in if the page is checked-out. ...
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How to avoid automatic checkout of documents when uploading multiple files or using drag and drop?
I need help with document check-out.
My client when you drag the document to the library he gets checked out to the person who dragged the document.
I need to disable this check out that ...
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SharePoint 2013 Drag and Drop Uploader 'drop here' box placement
I've been working on a SharePoint site that's been custom branded and run in to an issue with the drag and drop uploader in the document libraries.
For reasons unknown to me, the 'Drop here...' box ...
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Catch on drop event in document library
I am trying to write a JSLink file that hooks to the event "ondrop" (or whatever it is called) from a document library. The reason behind this is, we want a jquery dialog to open when someone drags a ...
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Ascertain the method of file upload in SharePoint 2013 document library?
In an ItemAdded event receiver, is there a way to ascertain whether the file was uploaded via the "new item" button in the document library or whether it was dragged and dropped into the browser ...
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