Prevent browser from loading a drag-and-dropped file

You can add a event listener to the window that calls preventDefault() on all dragover and drop events.
Example:

window.addEventListener("dragover",function(e){
  e = e || event;
  e.preventDefault();
},false);
window.addEventListener("drop",function(e){
  e = e || event;
  e.preventDefault();
},false);

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