JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" style="width:200px;height:200px;">
<text x="50" y="30" fill="red" text-anchor="start">I love SVG</text>
</svg>
JavaScript
var dragMove = function (d,i) {
x = parseInt(d3.select(this).attr("x"));
y = parseInt(d3.select(this).attr("y"));
d3.select(this).attr("x", x + d3.event.dx)
.attr("y", y + d3.event.dy);
};
var drag = d3.behavior.drag()
.on("drag", dragMove);
d3.select("svg")
.select("text")
.call(drag);