docs: Added Drag and drop files Fiddle example

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <title>Drag and drop files</title>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <div class="section-wrapper">
+      <h1>Drag and drop files</h1>
+
+      <h3>
+        Electron supports dragging files and content out from web content into
+        the operating system's world.
+      </h3>
+
+      <p>
+        Open the
+        <a href="https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/native-file-drag-drop"
+          >full API documentation<span class="u-visible-to-screen-reader"
+            >(opens in new window)</span
+          ></a
+        >
+        in your browser.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="demo">
+      <div class="demo-wrapper">
+        <h2>Dragging files</h2>
+        <div class="demo-box">
+          <div class="demo-controls">
+            <a href="#" id="drag-file-link">Drag Demo</a>
+          </div>
+          <p>
+            Click and drag the link above to copy the renderer process
+            javascript file on to your machine.
+          </p>
+
+          <p>
+            In this demo, the <code>webContents.startDrag()</code> API is called
+            in response to the <code>ondragstart</code> event.
+          </p>
+          <h5>Renderer Process</h5>
+          <pre><code>
+const {ipcRenderer} = require('electron')
+
+const dragFileLink = document.getElementById('drag-file-link')
+
+dragFileLink.addEventListener('dragstart', (event) => {
+  event.preventDefault()
+  ipcRenderer.send('ondragstart', __filename)
+})
+        </code></pre>
+          <h5>Main Process</h5>
+          <pre>
+            <code>
+const {ipcMain} = require('electron')
+const path = require('path')
+
+ipcMain.on('ondragstart', (event, filepath) => {
+  const iconName = 'codeIcon.png'
+  event.sender.startDrag({
+    file: filepath,
+    icon: path.join(__dirname, iconName)
+  })
+})
+            </code></pre>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <script>
+      // You can also require other files to run in this process
+      require("./renderer.js");
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/docs/fiddles/native-ui/drag-and-drop/main.js b/docs/fiddles/native-ui/drag-and-drop/main.js
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+// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
+const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } = require('electron')
+const path = require('path')
+// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
+// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
+let mainWindow
+
+function createWindow () {
+  // Create the browser window.
+  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
+    width: 800,
+    height: 600,
+    webPreferences: {
+      nodeIntegration: true
+    }
+  })
+
+  // and load the index.html of the app.
+  mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')
+
+  // Open the DevTools.
+  // mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
+
+  // Emitted when the window is closed.
+  mainWindow.on('closed', function () {
+    // Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
+    // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
+    // when you should delete the corresponding element.
+    mainWindow = null
+  })
+}
+
+// This method will be called when Electron has finished
+// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
+// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
+app.on('ready', createWindow)
+
+// Quit when all windows are closed.
+app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
+  // On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
+  // to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
+    app.quit()
+  }
+})
+
+app.on('activate', function () {
+  // On OS X it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
+  // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
+  if (mainWindow === null) {
+    createWindow()
+  }
+})
+
+ipcMain.on('ondragstart', (event, filepath) => {
+  const iconName = 'codeIcon.png'
+  event.sender.startDrag({
+    file: filepath,
+    icon: path.join(__dirname, iconName)
+  })
+})
+
+// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
+// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
diff --git a/docs/fiddles/native-ui/drag-and-drop/renderer.js b/docs/fiddles/native-ui/drag-and-drop/renderer.js
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+const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
+
+const dragFileLink = document.getElementById('drag-file-link')
+
+dragFileLink.addEventListener('dragstart', event => {
+  event.preventDefault()
+  ipcRenderer.send('ondragstart', __filename)
+})