Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@rogerbraun
Created February 15, 2012 15:19
Show Gist options
  • Save rogerbraun/1836610 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save rogerbraun/1836610 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Dragging a div, dynamically created
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Drag</title>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="normal">
<h1>Drag-Test</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. </p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. </p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. </p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. </p>
</div>
<button id="makeBox">Box</button>
</body>
</html>
window.onload = function() {
var button = document.getElementById("makeBox");
var makeBox = function() {
// Loading the CSS for the box
var css = document.createElement("link");
css.rel = "stylesheet";
css.href = "style.css";
document.body.appendChild(css);
// Constructing the box
var draggable = document.createElement("div");
var dragbar = document.createElement("h1");
var closeable = document.createElement("span");
var content = document.createElement("p");
content.innerText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. ";
draggable.appendChild(closeable)
draggable.appendChild(dragbar);
draggable.appendChild(content);
draggable.id = "draggable";
dragbar.id = "dragbar";
closeable.id = "closeable";
dragbar.innerText = "Drag me to hell";
closeable.innerHTML = "<a href='#'>&times;</a>";
document.body.appendChild(draggable);
// Make the box closeable
closeable.onclick = function() {
draggable.parentNode.removeChild(draggable);
}
// Make the box draggable
var startMousePos = {x:0, y:0}
var startDivPos = {x:0, y:0}
var dragging = false;
dragbar.onmousedown = function(event) {
startMousePos.x = event.clientX;
startMousePos.y = event.clientY;
startDivPos.x = draggable.offsetLeft;
startDivPos.y = draggable.offsetTop;
dragging = true;
}
dragbar.onmousemove = function(event) {
if(dragging){
deltaX = event.clientX - startMousePos.x;
deltaY = event.clientY - startMousePos.y;
draggable.style.left = (deltaX + startDivPos.x) + "px";
draggable.style.top = (deltaY + startDivPos.y) + "px";
}
}
dragbar.onmouseup = function(event) {
dragging = false;
}
}
button.onclick = makeBox;
}
#draggable {
z-index: 999;
width: 300px;
padding: 10px;
border-style: dotted;
border-width: 1px;
background-color: #fff;
border-radius: 5px;
position: fixed;
top: 50px;
left: 300px;
}
#draggable h1 {
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
-o-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
background: #eee;
}
#closeable {
float: right;
}
#closeable a {
text-decoration: none;
}
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment