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Article Information
This article applies to the following ZCS versions.
ZCS 7.0
ZCS 6.0

Description

This zimlet will display in the Zimlet panel. It registered to accept drag-n-drop items of types: appointment, contact, conversation and mail messages.

When items of those types are dropped on the panel item, the Zimlet Handler Object com_zimbra_example_paneldragsource_HandlerObject.prototype.doDrop(obj) is called. Then the handler can process the dropped obj.

Definition File

<zimlet name="com_zimbra_example_paneldragsource" version="1.0" description="Demos panel zimlet that accepts drag source objects">
  <include>com_zimbra_example_paneldragsource.js</include>
  <handlerObject>com_zimbra_example_paneldragsource_HandlerObject</handlerObject>
  <zimletPanelItem label="Test Panel with Drag Source">
	<toolTipText>Drag and drop an object</toolTipText>
	<dragSource type="ZmAppt" />
	<dragSource type="ZmContact" />
	<dragSource type="ZmConv" />
	<dragSource type="ZmMailMsg" />
  </zimletPanelItem>
</zimlet>

Handler Object

Here is doDrop(obj) method of the Zimlet Handler Object:

/**
 * This method gets called by the Zimlet framework when an item or items are dropped on the panel.
 * 
 * @param	obj		the dropped object
 */
com_zimbra_example_paneldragsource_HandlerObject.prototype.doDrop =
function(obj) {

	var type = obj.TYPE;
	switch(type) {
		case "ZmAppt": {
			// do something with ZmAppt
			break;
		}
		case "ZmContact": {
			// do something with ZmContact
			break;
		}
		case "ZmConv": {
			// do something with ZmConv
			break;
		}
		case "ZmMailMsg": {
			// do something with ZmMailMsg
			break;
		}
	}

};

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Useful Links

• Zimlet Definition File Reference
• Zimlet Definition File <dragSource> element