script.aculo.us Drag & Drop starteffect Option

Last Updated : 25 Nov, 2020

This script.aculo.us Drag & Drop starteffect Option is used to define the function which is called when a suitable drag-gable element starts being dragged. The function can be used to define any effect.

Syntax:

{ starteffect: effectFunction }

Values:

effectFunction: This value defines the function that contains the effect to be shown when the drag-gable is being starts being dragged.

The below example illustrates Drag & Drop starteffect Option:

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="prototype.js"> 
    </script> 
      
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="scriptaculous.js"> 
    </script> 
      
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
  
        window.onload = function () { 
            $A($('draggables') 
                .getElementsByTagName('img')) 
                .each(function (item) { 
                    new Draggable(item, { 
                        revert: true, 
  
                        // Define the effect to be used 
                        // when the dragging starts 
                        starteffect: function (element) { 
                            new Effect.Opacity(element, 
                                { 
                                    from: 0, 
                                    to: 1.0, 
                                    duration: 5 
                                }) 
                        } 
                    }); 
                }); 
        } 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align: center;"> 
    <div> 
        <h1 style="color: green"> 
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        </h1> 
  
        <p>A Computer Science Portal 
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        </p> 
    </div> 
  
    <strong> 
        script.aculo.us Drag & Drop 
        starteffect Option 
    </strong> 
    <div id="draggables"> 
        <img src= 
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/cdn-uploads/20200817185016/gfg_complete_logo_2x-min.png"> 
    </div> 
</body> 
  
</html> 