Drag-and-Drop Operations and Clipboard Support

You can enable user drag-and-drop operations within a Windows-based application by handling a series of events, most notably the DragEnter, DragLeave, and DragDrop events.

You can also implement user cut/copy/paste support and user data transfer to the Clipboard within your Windows-based applications by using simple method calls.

In This Section

• Walkthrough: Performing a Drag-and-Drop Operation in Windows Forms
  Explains how to start a drag-and-drop operation.

• How to: Perform Drag-and-Drop Operations Between Applications
  Illustrates how to accomplish drag-and-drop operations across applications.

• How to: Add Data to the Clipboard
  Describes a way to programmatically insert information on the Clipboard.

• How to: Retrieve Data from the Clipboard
  Describes how to access the data stored on the Clipboard.

Related Sections

• Drag-and-Drop Functionality in Windows Forms
  Describes the methods, events, and classes used to implement drag-and-drop behavior.

• QueryContinueDrag
  Describes the intricacies of the event that asks permission to continue the drag operation.

• DoDragDrop
  Describes the intricacies of the method that is central to beginning a drag operation.

• Clipboard