--- title: "Drag-and-Drop Operations and Clipboard Support" ms.date: "03/30/2017" helpviewer_keywords: - "drag and drop [Windows Forms]" - "drag and drop [Windows Forms], Windows Forms" - "Clipboard [Windows Forms], Windows Forms" ms.assetid: 7cce79b6-5835-46fd-b690-73f12ad368b2 --- # Drag-and-Drop Operations and Clipboard Support You can enable user drag-and-drop operations within a Windows-based application by handling a series of events, most notably the , , and events. You can also implement user cut/copy/paste support and user data transfer to the Clipboard within your Windows-based applications by using simple method calls. ## In This Section [Walkthrough: Performing a Drag-and-Drop Operation in Windows Forms](walkthrough-performing-a-drag-and-drop-operation-in-windows-forms.md) Explains how to start a drag-and-drop operation. [How to: Perform Drag-and-Drop Operations Between Applications](how-to-perform-drag-and-drop-operations-between-applications.md) Illustrates how to accomplish drag-and-drop operations across applications. [How to: Add Data to the Clipboard](how-to-add-data-to-the-clipboard.md) Describes a way to programmatically insert information on the Clipboard. [How to: Retrieve Data from the Clipboard](how-to-retrieve-data-from-the-clipboard.md) Describes how to access the data stored on the Clipboard. ## Related Sections [Drag-and-Drop Functionality in Windows Forms](../drag-and-drop-functionality-in-windows-forms.md) Describes the methods, events, and classes used to implement drag-and-drop behavior. Describes the intricacies of the event that asks permission to continue the drag operation. Describes the intricacies of the method that is central to beginning a drag operation. Also see [How to: Send Data to the Active MDI Child](how-to-send-data-to-the-active-mdi-child.md).