170168 2017-03-27 22:52:30 -0700 Implement the DataTransfer constructor 2024-08-28 07:38:53 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit HTML Editing WebKit Nightly Build Unspecified Unspecified RESOLVED DUPLICATE 215837 P2 Normal --- 1 d webkit-unassigned ahmad.saleem792 andersca annevk ap bdakin boyer.jonathan jimmy rniwa wenson_hsieh oldest_to_newest 1291807 0 d 2017-03-27 22:52:30 -0700 Spec change: https://github.com/whatwg/html/commit/688a102b52c7050a6808a05c5d8fe149c0937fd7 Tests: http://w3c-test.org/html/editing/dnd/datastore/datatransfer-constructor-001.html This is part of a larger feature for async clipboard APIs; see discussion in https://github.com/w3c/clipboard-apis/issues/33. But it can be implemented independently. 1601834 1 boyer.jonathan 2019-12-30 01:13:39 -0800 This constructor will also allow the instanciation of a FileList (it currently works on Firefox / Chromium) Without this API it's impossible to create a FileList from a File array const data = new DataTransfer() // This is not working on webkit files.forEach(file => data.items.add(file)) return data.files 1680694 2 jimmy 2020-08-16 15:42:39 -0700 The only real usecase i see with having a DataTransfer constructor is having a way to update that damm input[type=file] with another FileList item. there is no way of getting it in safari... new ClipboardEvent('paste').clipboardData new DragEvent('drag').dataTransfer new DataTransfer() https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3269 2010485 3 ahmad.saleem792 2024-02-04 06:22:39 -0800 WPT Test Case: https://wpt.fyi/results/html/editing/dnd/datastore/datatransfer-constructor-001.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned= WPT Test Case Live Link - http://wpt.live/html/editing/dnd/datastore/datatransfer-constructor-001.html 2055938 4 annevk 2024-08-28 07:38:53 -0700 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 215837 ***