Awesome work by @BjarkeCK. I made some modifications to his work, to use it as method in jquery:
$.fn.dropZone = function() {
var buttonId = "clickHere";
var mouseOverClass = "mouse-over";
var dropZone = this[0];
var $dropZone = $(dropZone);
var ooleft = $dropZone.offset().left;
var ooright = $dropZone.outerWidth() + ooleft;
var ootop = $dropZone.offset().top;
var oobottom = $dropZone.outerHeight() + ootop;
var inputFile = $dropZone.find("input[type='file']");
dropZone.addEventListener("dragleave", function() {
this.classList.remove(mouseOverClass);
});
dropZone.addEventListener("dragover", function(e) {
console.dir(e);
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
this.classList.add(mouseOverClass);
var x = e.pageX;
var y = e.pageY;
if (!(x < ooleft || x > ooright || y < ootop || y > oobottom)) {
inputFile.offset({
top: y - 15,
left: x - 100
});
} else {
inputFile.offset({
top: -400,
left: -400
});
}
}, true);
dropZone.addEventListener("drop", function(e) {
this.classList.remove(mouseOverClass);
}, true);
}
$('#drop-zone').dropZone();