From 4325af9d259e5c4c3e9b854c6b7014a461075f62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bradley Spaulding <brad.spaulding@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:03:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] connectDragSource can specify custom dataTransfer data

This will be set on the drag event.
Use case is for interop with drop targets managed
by other external drag/drop libs.
---
 src/HTML5Backend.js | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/HTML5Backend.js b/src/HTML5Backend.js
index 7206bfe..428e4fc 100644
--- a/src/HTML5Backend.js
+++ b/src/HTML5Backend.js
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ export default class HTML5Backend {
     const sourceNodeOptions = this.sourceNodeOptions[sourceId];
 
     return defaults(sourceNodeOptions || {}, {
-      dropEffect: 'move'
+      dropEffect: 'move',
+      dataTransferData: {}
     });
   }
 
@@ -147,6 +148,10 @@ export default class HTML5Backend {
     return this.getCurrentSourceNodeOptions().dropEffect;
   }
 
+  getCurrentDataTransferData() {
+    return this.getCurrentSourceNodeOptions().dataTransferData;
+  }
+
   getCurrentSourcePreviewNodeOptions() {
     const sourceId = this.monitor.getSourceId();
     const sourcePreviewNodeOptions = this.sourcePreviewNodeOptions[sourceId];
@@ -297,8 +302,9 @@ export default class HTML5Backend {
       }
 
       try {
-        // Firefox won't drag without setting data
-        dataTransfer.setData('application/json', {});
+        // a) Firefox won't drag without setting data
+        // b) Interop with external drag targets/drag libs
+        dataTransfer.setData('application/json', this.getCurrentDataTransferData());
       } catch (err) {
         // IE doesn't support MIME types in setData
       }