HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <title>How to drag and drop files</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <main>
      <h1>How to drag and drop files</h1>
      <p>Drag and drop one or multiple files onto the page.</p>
      <pre></pre>
    </main>
  </body>
</html>

CSS


        :root {
  color-scheme: dark light;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

*,
*:before,
*:after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1rem;
  font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
  line-height: 1.5;
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

img,
video {
  height: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
}

main {
  flex-grow: 1;
}

footer {
  margin-top: 1rem;
  border-top: solid CanvasText 1px;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
}

JS


        const supportsFileSystemAccessAPI =
  "getAsFileSystemHandle" in DataTransferItem.prototype;
const supportsWebkitGetAsEntry =
  "webkitGetAsEntry" in DataTransferItem.prototype;

const elem = document.querySelector("main");
const debug = document.querySelector("pre");

elem.addEventListener("dragover", (e) => {
  // Prevent navigation.
  e.preventDefault();
});

elem.addEventListener("dragenter", (e) => {
  elem.style.outline = "solid red 1px";
});

elem.addEventListener("dragleave", (e) => {
  elem.style.outline = "";
});

elem.addEventListener("drop", async (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  elem.style.outline = "";
  const fileHandlesPromises = [...e.dataTransfer.items]
    .filter((item) => item.kind === "file")
    .map((item) =>
      supportsFileSystemAccessAPI
        ? item.getAsFileSystemHandle()
        : supportsWebkitGetAsEntry
        ? item.webkitGetAsEntry()
        : item.getAsFile()
    );

  for await (const handle of fileHandlesPromises) {
    if (handle.kind === "directory" || handle.isDirectory) {
      console.log(`Directory: ${handle.name}`);
      debug.textContent += `Directory: ${handle.name}\n`;
    } else {
      console.log(`File: ${handle.name}`);
      debug.textContent += `File: ${handle.name}\n`;
    }
  }
});