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Click vs. Drag
license: gpl-3.0
redirect: https://observablehq.com/@d3/click-vs-drag

This example demonstrates how to disambiguate a click from a drag gesture using d3.event.defaultPrevented. Drag any circle to change its position, or click it to briefly inflate.

Note that you must be careful not to re-append the element on dragstart (mousedown), as this may prevent the browser from dispatching a click event! Instead, defer the move-to-front until the first drag event.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<style>
html,
body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
svg {
position: absolute;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = self.frameElement ? 960 : innerWidth,
height = self.frameElement ? 500 : innerHeight;
var data = d3.range(20).map(function() { return [Math.random() * width, Math.random() * height]; });
var color = d3.scale.category10();
var drag = d3.behavior.drag()
.origin(function(d) { return {x: d[0], y: d[1]}; })
.on("drag", dragged);
d3.select("body")
.on("touchstart", nozoom)
.on("touchmove", nozoom)
.append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.selectAll("circle")
.data(data)
.enter().append("circle")
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d + ")"; })
.attr("r", 32)
.style("fill", function(d, i) { return color(i); })
.on("click", clicked)
.call(drag);
function dragged(d) {
d[0] = d3.event.x, d[1] = d3.event.y;
if (this.nextSibling) this.parentNode.appendChild(this);
d3.select(this).attr("transform", "translate(" + d + ")");
}
function clicked(d, i) {
if (d3.event.defaultPrevented) return; // dragged
d3.select(this).transition()
.style("fill", "black")
.attr("r", 64)
.transition()
.attr("r", 32)
.style("fill", color(i));
}
function nozoom() {
d3.event.preventDefault();
}
</script>
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