Chapter 18. Drag and Drop

# Chapter 18. Drag and Drop

`Gtk::Widget` has several methods and signals which are prefixed with "drag_". These are used for Drag and Drop.

## Sources and Destinations

Things are dragged from `sources` to be dropped on `destinations`. Each source and destination has infomation about the data formats that it can send or receive, provided by `Gtk::TargetEntry` items. A drop destination will only accept a dragged item if they both share a compatible `Gtk::TargetEntry` item. Appropriate signals will then be emitted, telling the signal handlers which `Gtk::TargetEntry` was used.

`Gtk::TargetEntry` objects contain this information:

- target: A name, such as "STRING"

- info: An identifier which will be sent to your signals to tell you which TargetEntry was used.

- flags: Used only for drag and drop, this specifies whether the data may be dragged to other widgets and applications, or only to the same ones.

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