# Drag and drop files between File Explorers

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-files-between-file-explorers/17810>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-files-between-file-explorers/17810 "2018-04-23T22:13:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![wainam.siu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@wainam.siu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wainam.siu)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-files-between-file-explorers/17810/1 "2018-04-23T22:13:39Z")

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working on a project that needs the drag and drop function so that one can drag a file from one file explorer to another, saw a thread posted about similar scenario but don’t know how to incorporate the droptarget() to component like file explorer…any suggestion will be appreciated.