Drop in a div for javascript

Question

I am trying to drag and drop the image into the div area but i was only able to drag it but it doesn't appear in the div when i have droped it. I wanted to also duplicate the image so that when it is dropped, the original one doesn't disappear.

Javascript code:

var dragItem1 = document.getElementById("drag1");

                var dropdiv1 = document.getElementById("div1");



                //event will be fired when a user starts dragging the item

                dragItem1.ondragstart = function (evt) {

                    evt.dataTransfer.setData('key1', evt.target.id);

                    console.log("its dragging..");

                }



                //event will be fired when an element is selected and dragged over a drop location

                dropdiv1.ondragover = function (evt) {

                    evt.preventDefault();

                    console.log("it's dragover..");

                }



                //event will be fired when you drop dragged item on drop location

                dropdiv1.ondrop = function (evt) {

                    evt.preventDefault();

                    var dropItem1 = evt.dataTransfer.getData('key1');

                    console.log(evt);

                    console.log("its dropped..");

                    console.log(dropItem1);

                    var myElement1 = document.getElementById(dropItem1);

                    console.log(myElement1);

                    var myNewElement = document.createElement('img');

                    myNewElement.src = myElement1.src;

                    console.log(myNewElement);

                }

HTML code:

<img id="drag1" draggable="true" src="images/equation1_3.png">



<div class="boxFirstCol box1 b1 box" id="div1" ondrop="ondrop(event)" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"> </div>

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Answer 1

Use document.getElementById("div1").appendChild(myNewElement); to add the element to the drop location.

var dragItem1 = document.getElementById("drag1");
                var dropdiv1 = document.getElementById("div1");

                //event will be fired when a user starts dragging the item
                dragItem1.ondragstart = function (evt) {
                    evt.dataTransfer.setData('key1', evt.target.id);
                    
                }

                //event will be fired when an element is selected and dragged over a drop location
                dropdiv1.ondragover = function (evt) {
                    evt.preventDefault();
                  
                }

                //event will be fired when you drop dragged item on drop location
                dropdiv1.ondrop = function (evt) {
                    evt.preventDefault();
                    var dropItem1 = evt.dataTransfer.getData('key1');
                   
                    var myElement1 = document.getElementById(dropItem1);
                    console.log(myElement1);
                    var myNewElement = document.createElement('img');
                    var myNewElement
                    myNewElement.src = myElement1.src;
                    document.getElementById("div1").appendChild(myNewElement);

                }

<img id="drag1" draggable="true" src="http://www.icon2s.com/img64/64x64-animal-icon-hamster.png">

<div style="background-color:red;width:200px;height:200px;" id="div1" ondrop="ondrop(event)" ondragover="allowDrop(event)"> </div>

Drop in a div for javascript

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