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DragAndDrop.StartDrag

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Declaration

public static void StartDrag(string title);

Description

Start a drag operation.

Initiates a drag operation with the current drag object state. Use paths and/or objectReferences to setup drag state.

Additional resources: PrepareStartDrag, paths, objectReferences.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour { void OnGUI() { if (Event.current.type == EventType.MouseDrag) { // Clear out drag data DragAndDrop.PrepareStartDrag();

// Set up what we want to drag DragAndDrop.paths = new string[] { "/Users/joe/myPath.txt" };

// Start the actual drag DragAndDrop.StartDrag("Dragging title");

// Make sure no one uses the event after us Event.current.Use(); } } }