How do I detect a file is being dragged rather than a draggable element on my page?

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You can detect what is being dragged by inspecting dataTransfer.types. This behaviour is not (yet) consistent across browsers so you have to check for the existence of 'Files' (Chrome) and 'application/x-moz-file' (Firefox).

// Show the dropzone when dragging files (not folders or page
// elements). The dropzone is hidden after a timer to prevent 
// flickering to occur as `dragleave` is fired constantly.
var dragTimer;
$(document).on('dragover', function(e) {
  var dt = e.originalEvent.dataTransfer;
  if (dt.types && (dt.types.indexOf ? dt.types.indexOf('Files') != -1 : dt.types.contains('Files'))) {
    $("#dropzone").show();
    window.clearTimeout(dragTimer);
  }
});
$(document).on('dragleave', function(e) {
  dragTimer = window.setTimeout(function() {
    $("#dropzone").hide();
  }, 25);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="dropzone" style="border: 2px dashed black; background: limegreen; padding: 25px; margin: 25px 0; display: none; position">
  🎯 Drop files here!
</div>
📄 hover files here

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