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Moving items between different lists in JavaScript

I'm new in JavaScript and currently learning. I want to be able to move the list items between the different to do lists but the thing is it has to be written in native JavaScript. Right now I can only move the items from the first list and only the checked one. Here is my drag and drop code. codepen

let list = document.querySelector('.mylist');
let draggedItem;

function isLiItem(event) {
  return event.target && event.target.classList.contains("checked");
}

function onDragStart(event) {
  if (isLiItem(event)) {
    event.target.classList.add('on-drag-start');
    draggedItem = event.target;
    event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
    event.dataTransfer.setData('text/html', event.target.innerHTML);
  }
}

function onDragEnter(event) {
  if (isLiItem(event)) {
    event.target.classList.add('on-drag-enter');
  }
}

function onDragLeave(event) {
  if (isLiItem(event)) {
    event.stopPropagation();
    event.target.classList.remove('on-drag-enter');
  }
}

function onDragOver(event) {
  if (isLiItem(event)) {
    event.preventDefault();
    event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move';
  }
}

function onDragDrop(event) {
  if (isLiItem(event)) {
    list.insertBefore(draggedItem, event.target);
    draggedItem.classList.remove('on-drag-start');
    event.target.classList.remove('on-drag-start');
  }
}

function onDragEnd(event) {
  let allItems = list.querySelectorAll('.mylist .checked .unchecked');
  allItems.forEach((item) => item.classList.remove('on-drag-enter'));
  event.target.classList.remove('on-drag-start');
}

list.addEventListener('dragstart', onDragStart);
list.addEventListener('dragover', onDragOver);
list.addEventListener('dragenter', onDragEnter);
list.addEventListener('dragleave', onDragLeave);
list.addEventListener('drop', onDragDrop);
list.addEventListener('dragend', onDragEnd);
<div id="tasks">
  <details>
    <summary>Tasks</summary>
    <form class="additem" onsubmit="addItem(this); return false;">
      <input type="text" placeholder="Enter new task">
      <input type="submit" value="Add New Task">
    </form>

    <ul class="mylist" id="tasks_list">

    </ul>
  </details>
</div>

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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