Removal of default UXP Drag and Drop ghost image

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Hello - does anyone have any suggestions to remove this default drag mouse cursor in UXP? I’ve been testing the drag and drop functionality for a Photoshop plugin and have found that in the Windows 10 (PS 25.9.0 and PS 24.7.4) implementation the default drag presentation is to show a small white rectangle with the word
‘-> Move’
next to the mouse cursor and a larger semi-opaque square placeholder that presumably is suppose to display some sort of image in it. A low quality photo of the drag icon i am seeing over a simple table is shown below… (I call this the square-and-label or SAL for convenience)
(note* - this SAL overlay issue is NOT happening on my Macbook with PS 24.7.4)

I have tried the standard solution of setting the drag image to a small transparent gif but this does not remove the square-and-label

var gBlankimg = new Image();
gBlankimg.src = ‘transparent.gif’;
event.dataTransfer.setDragImage(gBlankimg, 1, 1);

the code behind the screenshot is…

code for UXP drag and drop ghost image

> <div id="sortable-list">
>         <div class="sortable-item" draggable="true" style="background-color: #7833b9;">Item 1</div>
>         <div class="sortable-item" draggable="true" style="background-color: #619626;">Item 2</div>
>         <div class="sortable-item" draggable="true" style="background-color: #c52e35;">Item 3</div>
>         <div class="sortable-item" draggable="true" style="background-color: #dfc263;">Item 4</div>
>         <div class="sortable-item" draggable="true" style="background-color: #223b33;">Item 5</div>
>         <div class="sortable-item" draggable="true" style="background-color: #ac786b;">Item 6</div>
> 
>     </div>

> 
> 
> function initialise()
> {
> 
>    // Usage example
> sortable(document.getElementById('sortable-list'), () => {
>    console.log('List changed');
> }, () => {
>    console.log('Drag ended');
> });
> }
> 
> 
> var gBlankimg = document.createElement('img');//new Image();
> gBlankimg.src = 'transparent.gif';//'data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=';
> 
> function sortable(rootEl, onSortChangeCallback, onUpdate) 
> {
>    let dragEl = null;
>    const items = rootEl.querySelectorAll('.sortable-item');
>             
>    items.forEach(item => {
>        item.addEventListener('dragstart', (evt) => {
>            dragEl = item;
>            item.classList.add('dragging');
>            evt.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
>            evt.dataTransfer.setDragImage(gBlankimg, 1, 1);
>        });
> 
>        item.addEventListener('dragend', () => {
>            item.classList.remove('dragging');
>            dragEl = null;
>            if (onUpdate) onUpdate();
>        });
>    });
> 
>    rootEl.addEventListener('dragover', (evt) => {
>        evt.preventDefault();
>        evt.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move';
>        evt.dataTransfer.setDragImage(gBlankimg, 1, 1);
>        
>        const afterElement = getDragAfterElement(rootEl, evt.clientY);
>        if (afterElement == null) {
>            rootEl.appendChild(dragEl);
>        } else {
>            rootEl.insertBefore(dragEl, afterElement);
>        }
> 
>        if (onSortChangeCallback) onSortChangeCallback();
>    });
> 
>    // Helper function to get element's vertical center
>    const getElementVerticalCenter = (el) => {
>       const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
>       return rect.top + (rect.height / 2);
>    };
> 
>    function getDragAfterElement(container, y) 
>    {
>        const draggableElements = [...container.querySelectorAll('.sortable-item:not(.dragging)')];
> 
>        return draggableElements.reduce((closest, child) => {
>            const box = child.getBoundingClientRect();
>            const offset = y - box.top - box.height / 2;
>            if (offset < 0 && offset > closest.offset) {
>                return { offset: offset, element: child };
>            } else {
>                return closest;
>            }
>        }, { offset: Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY }).element;
>    }
> }