Firing a drag event programmatically while having access to theevent.dataTransfer object?

[Peter]

Does anyone has inside knowledge on whether this is possible?

I've made a somewhat reduced example here: http://jsbin.com/usiqu4/3

Notice that when dragstart event is fired programmatically,
"e.dataTransfer is not available" will appear in console.

I've only tested it with Firefox and Safari on OSX.

Any input will be appreciated!

 

[David Mark]

Does anyone has inside knowledge on whether this is possible?

I've made a somewhat reduced example here: http://jsbin.com/usiqu4/3

Notice that when dragstart event is fired programmatically,
"e.dataTransfer is not available" will appear in console.

Sounds as if whatever event object you created was not up to snuff for
the dragstart event. I would read the documentation for that event to
see what its exact requirements are. And there is the possibility that
it is impossible to create an appropriate event object for this.