How do you get the selected items from a dragstart event in Chrome? Is dataTransfer.getData broken?

Question

I am part of a team that works on a Java application that, among other things, helps people organize and annotate information from the web. We currently use a Firefox plug-

Answer 1

Paste this line before the error line:

event.dataTransfer = event.originalEvent.dataTransfer;

This worked for me.

Answer 2

WebKit, and hence Chrome, is quite restrictive on when you can call getData. You're not allowed to do it inside dragstart or dragover. I think this is the canonical bug.