Office.DroppedItems interface

Remarks

[ API set: Mailbox 1.5 ]

To learn more about the drag-and-drop feature and how to implement it across various Outlook clients, see Drag and drop messages and attachments into the task pane of an Outlook add-in.

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/outlook/80-events/drag-drop-item.yaml

function dragAndDropEventHandler(event) {
    Office.context.mailbox.addHandlerAsync(Office.EventType.DragAndDropEvent, (event) => {
    console.log(`Event type: ${event.type}`);

    const eventData = event.dragAndDropEventData;
    console.log(`x-coordinate: ${eventData.pageX}, y-coordinate: ${eventData.pageY}`);

    if (eventData.type == "drop") {
      console.log("Items dropped into task pane.");
      const files = eventData.dataTransfer.files;
      files.forEach((file) => {
        const content = file.fileContent;
        const name = file.name;
        const fileType = file.type;
        console.log(`File name: ${name}`);
        console.log(`File type: ${fileType}`);
        console.log(`Contents: ${content.text().then((text) => { console.log(text); })}`);
      });
    }
  });
}

Properties

files

files: DroppedItemDetails[]