Disable drop and dragover event in internet explorer 8

Question

I would like to disable the option to drag and drop files to a webpage in IE 8. Currently the behavior is that IE 8 tries to open the file.

I am using JQuery and this code:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('body').on('drop dragover', function(e) {
        e.preventDefault(); // for everything else - this works but not for IE 8
        e.returnValue = false; // for IE 8 - but this does not work
    });
});

update:

$(document).on('drop dragover', function(e) {
            if(e.preventDefault){
                e.preventDefault(); // for everything else - this works but not for IE 8
            }
            else{
                e.returnValue = false; // for IE 8 - but this does not work
            }

jsfiddle for Chrome to prove this works: https://jsfiddle.net/07qgw36b/

Are you using a 1.x or 2.x version of jQuery? Browser compatibility might be the issue: https://jquery.com/browser-support/ — apandit, Aug 11 '15 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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Try the following:

(event.preventDefault) ? event.preventDefault() : event.returnValue = false;

Maybe it is not getting the the event.returnValue line because e.preventDefault() comes back undefined.

PreventDefault alternative for IE8

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Aug 11 '15 at 14:33

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Disable drop and dragover event in internet explorer 8

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