Adding dropzone.js on Vaadin Flow + Spring Boot project

Question

I want to add dropzone.js version 5 to my Vaadin Flow 12.0.7 & Spring Boot 2.1.3.RELEASE project but without any success.

I've tried both methods adding dropzone on the page: default one, described here: https://www.dropzonejs.com/#usage And programmatically described here: https://www.dropzonejs.com/#create-dropzones-programmatically

I've added dropzone.js to static resources in my project:

\src\main\resources\static\frontend\js

and imported it by

@JavaScript("/frontend/js/dropzone.js")

Then I've added a new form and div on my view:

@Route
@JavaScript("/frontend/js/dropzone.js")
public class MainView extends VerticalLayout {

    private final Div dropZoneDiv;

    private boolean dropZoneAttached = false;

    private MainView() {
        add(new H1("Vaadin Spring Dropzone"));

        add(new H2("Default adding method"));
        Element form = new Element("form");
        form.setAttribute("action", "file/post");
        form.setAttribute("class", "dropzone");
        form.setAttribute("id", "my-awesome-dropzone");
        getElement().appendChild(form);

        add(new H2("Create dropzone programmatically"));
        dropZoneDiv = new Div();
        dropZoneDiv.setId("dzDiv");
        add(dropZoneDiv);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onAttach(AttachEvent attachEvent) {
        super.onAttach(attachEvent);
        if (dropZoneDiv!=null && !dropZoneAttached) {
            UI.getCurrent().getPage().executeJavaScript(
                    "var myDropzone = new Dropzone(\"div#dzDiv\", { url: \"/file/post\"});\n" //+
            );
            dropZoneAttached = true;
        }
    }
}

I expected to see at least one dropzone on the page, but actually the div and form I'm attaching dropzone to are empty in Chrome or Firefox.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '19 at 12:23

I've got an answer thank to my friend and colleague.

Here is the working solution:

@Route
@JavaScript("/frontend/js/dropzone.js")
@StyleSheet("/frontend/js/dropzone.css")
public class MainView extends VerticalLayout {

    private MainView() {

        add(new H1("Vaadin Spring Dropzone"));

        add(new H2("Default adding method"));
        Element form = new Element("form");
        form.setAttribute("action", "uploadwsdl");
        form.setAttribute("class", "dropzone dz-clickable");
        form.setAttribute("id", "wsdlUpload");
        getElement().appendChild(form);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onAttach(AttachEvent attachEvent) {
        super.onAttach(attachEvent);
        UI.getCurrent().getPage().executeJavaScript("Dropzone._autoDiscoverFunction()");
    }

}

Adding dropzone.js on Vaadin Flow + Spring Boot project

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