DragEventArgsBase.Effects Property

Gets or sets the target drag-and-drop operation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public DragDropEffects Effects { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Effects As DragDropEffects

Property Value

Type	Description
DragDropEffects	A member of the DragDropEffects enumeration specifying the target drag-and-drop operation.

Remarks

You can use DragDropEffects to display different mouse pointers for drag-and-drop operations.

The code sample below shows how to display an arrow symbol for moving nodes to another node’s child collection:

XAML

<dxg:GridControl>
   <!----> 
   <dxg:GridControl.View>
      <dxg:TreeListView AllowDragDrop="True" DragRecordOver="OnDragRecordOver" />
   </dxg:GridControl.View>
</dxg:GridControl>

C#

void OnDragRecordOver(object sender, DragRecordOverEventArgs e) {
   if (e.DropPosition == DropPosition.Inside) {
      e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Link;
      e.Handled = true;
   }
}

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-gridcontrols-t566656/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L14

if(e.IsFromOutside && typeof(Employee).IsAssignableFrom(e.GetRecordType())) {
    e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Move;
    e.Handled = true;

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-the-gridcontrol-and-other-controls-t566741/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L49

if (e.IsFromOutside && e.Data.GetDataPresent(typeof(Employee))) {
    e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Move;
    e.Handled = true;

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-the-gridcontrol-and-the-listboxedit-t566433/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L14

if (e.IsFromOutside && typeof(Employee).IsAssignableFrom(e.GetRecordType())) {
    e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Move;
    e.Handled = true;

VB.NET

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-gridcontrols-t566656/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L17

If e.IsFromOutside AndAlso GetType(Employee).IsAssignableFrom(e.GetRecordType()) Then
    e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Move
    e.Handled = True

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-the-gridcontrol-and-other-controls-t566741/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L52

If e.IsFromOutside AndAlso e.Data.GetDataPresent(GetType(Employee)) Then
    e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Move
    e.Handled = True

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-the-gridcontrol-and-the-listboxedit-t566433/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L17

If e.IsFromOutside AndAlso GetType(Employee).IsAssignableFrom(e.GetRecordType()) Then
    e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Move
    e.Handled = True