# Drag and Drop in Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-in-ignition/9397>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-in-ignition/9397 "2014-12-02T08:21:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-in-ignition/9397/12 "2020-04-17T19:02:16Z")

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> [@Drag and drop from tag browse tree to power table](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-from-tag-browse-tree-to-power-table/15260/3):
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> Here’s a sample window I came up with a while back. Note that is pretty low-level Java Swing stuff - so you’re on your own merits to figure out how it all works. Also, don’t even try and call into support about this. [Power Table Tags Dropped.proj](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/7/70c831f665ee8ad4a4167c49a595750bf5859a8b.proj) (19.9 KB) For a brief explanation: The initialize() function of the power table fires the addListener() custom method, which creates an instance of a custom [DropTargetListener](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/dnd/DropTargetListener.html). That custom DropTargetListener has an overridden drop() function…

Have at it 🙂

Drag and drop in Java Swing is non-trivial if you have direct access to the source code. Doing it from the Jython environment in Ignition is another layer of complexity.

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