---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.DroppedEventArgs.DropZone"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.DroppedEventArgs"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/EventArgs/DroppedEventArgs/DropZone/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# DroppedEventArgs.DropZone

Member of [DroppedEventArgs](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/EventArgs/DroppedEventArgs/index.md).

## DropZone

Gets the Dropzone control.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Never raised in the CLI: the events that pass it never fire there (DropZone.Dropped).
- Cloud: Never raised in the cloud: the events that pass it never fire there (DropZone.Dropped).

C#:

```csharp
public DropZone DropZone {get;}
```

Python:

```python
droppedEventArgs.DropZone: DropZone
```

### Returns

`DropZone` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.1.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
protected override void OnStart()
{
    var dropZone = new DropZone { Child = new TextBlock { Text = "Drop files here" } };
    dropZone.Dropped += OnDropZoneDropped;
    Chart.AddControl(dropZone);
}

private void OnDropZoneDropped(DroppedEventArgs args)
{
    Print("Files dropped, directories allowed: {0}", args.DropZone.IsDirectoryDropAllowed);
}
```

Python:

```python
def on_start(self):
    text_block = TextBlock()
    text_block.Text = "Drop files here"
    dropZone = DropZone()
    dropZone.Child = text_block
    dropZone.Dropped += self.on_drop_zone_dropped
    api.Chart.AddControl(dropZone)

def on_drop_zone_dropped(self, args):
    api.Print(f"Files dropped, directories allowed: {args.DropZone.IsDirectoryDropAllowed}")
```