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File drag and drop area

Renders a file drag and drop component for a single file.

.filedrop {
  min-height: 120px;
  border: 3px solid #d3d3d3;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 24px;
  padding: 32px;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

.filedrop.drag {
  border: 3px dashed #1e90ff;
}

.filedrop.ready {
  border: 3px solid #32cd32;
}
const FileDrop = ({ onDrop }) => {
  const [drag, setDrag] = React.useState(false);
  const [filename, setFilename] = React.useState('');
  let dropRef = React.createRef();
  let dragCounter = 0;

  const handleDrag = e => {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
  };

  const handleDragIn = e => {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
    dragCounter++;
    if (e.dataTransfer.items && e.dataTransfer.items.length > 0) setDrag(true);
  };

  const handleDragOut = e => {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
    dragCounter--;
    if (dragCounter === 0) setDrag(false);
  };

  const handleDrop = e => {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
    setDrag(false);
    if (e.dataTransfer.files && e.dataTransfer.files.length > 0) {
      onDrop(e.dataTransfer.files[0]);
      setFilename(e.dataTransfer.files[0].name);
      e.dataTransfer.clearData();
      dragCounter = 0;
    }
  };

  React.useEffect(() => {
    let div = dropRef.current;
    div.addEventListener('dragenter', handleDragIn);
    div.addEventListener('dragleave', handleDragOut);
    div.addEventListener('dragover', handleDrag);
    div.addEventListener('drop', handleDrop);
    return () => {
      div.removeEventListener('dragenter', handleDragIn);
      div.removeEventListener('dragleave', handleDragOut);
      div.removeEventListener('dragover', handleDrag);
      div.removeEventListener('drop', handleDrop);
    };
  });

  return (
    <div
      ref={dropRef}
      className={
        drag ? 'filedrop drag' : filename ? 'filedrop ready' : 'filedrop'
      }
    >
      {filename && !drag ? <div>{filename}</div> : <div>Drop a file here!</div>}
    </div>
  );
};

ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
  <FileDrop onDrop={console.log} />
);

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