I want to make whole HTML blocks draggable, not just text or images, so i've e up with this : /
The drag end event won't fire when i release the mouse button. Neither will the drop event. Do you know why ?
CSS :
html * {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
table {
position: relative;
}
td {
padding: 5px;
background: #DDF;
}
JS :
(function($) {
$(document).ready(function() {
var $this;
var mouseMoveHandler = function(e) {
$this.css('position', 'fixed')
.css('top', e.pageY - $this.height() / 2)
.css('left', e.pageX - $this.width() / 2);
};
$('td').on({
dragstart: function(e) {
$this = $(this);
$(window).bind('mousemove', mouseMoveHandler);
},
dragenter: function(e) {
alert('dragenter');
},
dragleave: function() {
alert('dragleave');
},
dragover: function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // Chrome / Safari
alert('dragover');
},
drop: function(e) {
alert('drop');
},
dragend: function(e) {
var data = e.dataTransfer.getData('text/html');
$this.html($(this).html());
$(this).html(data);
$(window).unbind('mousemove', mouseMoveHandler);
},
click: function() {
}
});
});
})(jQuery);
HTML :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_00</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_01</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_02</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_03</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_04</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_10</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_11</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_12</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_13</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_20</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_21</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_22</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_23</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_30</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_31</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_32</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_33</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_40</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_41</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_42</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_43</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_44</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Thanks for your help !
PS : i'm not planning to use jQuery UI
I want to make whole HTML blocks draggable, not just text or images, so i've e up with this : http://jsfiddle/8D7YK/
The drag end event won't fire when i release the mouse button. Neither will the drop event. Do you know why ?
CSS :
html * {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
table {
position: relative;
}
td {
padding: 5px;
background: #DDF;
}
JS :
(function($) {
$(document).ready(function() {
var $this;
var mouseMoveHandler = function(e) {
$this.css('position', 'fixed')
.css('top', e.pageY - $this.height() / 2)
.css('left', e.pageX - $this.width() / 2);
};
$('td').on({
dragstart: function(e) {
$this = $(this);
$(window).bind('mousemove', mouseMoveHandler);
},
dragenter: function(e) {
alert('dragenter');
},
dragleave: function() {
alert('dragleave');
},
dragover: function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // Chrome / Safari
alert('dragover');
},
drop: function(e) {
alert('drop');
},
dragend: function(e) {
var data = e.dataTransfer.getData('text/html');
$this.html($(this).html());
$(this).html(data);
$(window).unbind('mousemove', mouseMoveHandler);
},
click: function() {
}
});
});
})(jQuery);
HTML :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_00</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_01</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_02</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_03</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_04</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_10</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_11</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_12</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_13</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_20</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_21</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_22</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_23</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_30</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_31</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_32</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_33</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_40</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_41</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_42</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_43</td>
<td draggable="true">TEXT_44</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Thanks for your help !
PS : i'm not planning to use jQuery UI
Share Improve this question edited Apr 20, 2013 at 11:28 Virus721 asked Apr 20, 2013 at 10:46 Virus721Virus721 8,37514 gold badges76 silver badges129 bronze badges 5- Yes sorry, i changed it just to test, but dragend does not work either. – Virus721 Commented Apr 20, 2013 at 11:28
- Could not reproduce. Using Opera with fixed dragstop -> dragend. – TNW Commented Apr 20, 2013 at 11:31
- Is this code working on opera ? :o I'm using waterfox actually, could be just a bug... – Virus721 Commented Apr 20, 2013 at 11:32
- @Virus721 I don't know about the code, but yes, event fires. – TNW Commented Apr 20, 2013 at 11:35
- Yeah i've just downloaded opera and tried it but it behaves strangly : hen i start dragging it does like if i was dragging an image, there is a stop cursor and an opacity on what i drag. Strange. – Virus721 Commented Apr 20, 2013 at 11:37
2 Answers
Reset to default 1The script stops inside your dragend event at the
var data = e.dataTransfer.getData('text/html');
line. I tried to put some alerts before and after and well, before it it's working, but not after it.
My guess is you are using a firefox browser. MDN says that gecko based browser's DO NOT fire a 'dragend' event if the node is moved. Do check this link out: https://developer.mozilla/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTML_Drag_and_Drop_API/Drag_operations#dragend
Also I checked the jsFiddle link in your question and changed the 'dragstop' to 'dragend' and tried it in chrome, it worked.
I think handling the unbind in the 'drop' would do the trick than binding it in 'dragend'