JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by 20yco
HTML
<div class="draggable"><div>drag me!</div><div>If you drag from here, it will jump at first</div></div>
<div class="draggable">you can drag me too, if you like</div>
<div class="draggable">hep hep</div>
<div id="guide-h" class="guide"></div>
<div id="guide-v" class="guide"></div>
CSS
body{
font-family: courier new, courier;
font-size: 12px;
}
.draggable{
border: 1px solid #ccc;
display: inline-block;
cursor: move;
position: absolute;
}
.guide{
display: none;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
}
#guide-h{
border-top: 1px dashed #55f;
width: 100%;
}
#guide-v{
border-left: 1px dashed #55f;
height: 100%;
}
JavaScript
var MIN_DISTANCE = 5; // minimum distance to "snap" to a guide
var guides = []; // no guides available ...
var innerOffsetX, innerOffsetY; // we'll use those during drag ...
$( ".draggable" ).draggable({
start: function( event, ui ) {
guides = $.map( $( ".draggable" ).not( this ), computeGuidesForElement );
innerOffsetX = event.originalEvent.offsetX;
innerOffsetY = event.originalEvent.offsetY;
},
drag: function( event, ui ){
// iterate all guides, remember the closest h and v guides
var guideV, guideH, distV = MIN_DISTANCE+1, distH = MIN_DISTANCE+1, offsetV, offsetH;
var chosenGuides = { top: { dist: MIN_DISTANCE+1 }, left: { dist: MIN_DISTANCE+1 } };
var $t = $(this);
var pos = { top: event.originalEvent.pageY - innerOffsetY, left: event.originalEvent.pageX - innerOffsetX };
var w = $t.outerWidth() - 1;
var h = $t.outerHeight() - 1;
var elemGuides = computeGuidesForElement( null, pos, w, h );
$.each( guides, function( i, guide ){
$.each( elemGuides, function( i, elemGuide ){
if( guide.type == elemGuide.type ){
var prop = guide.type == "h"? "top":"left";
var d = Math.abs( elemGuide[prop] - guide[prop] );
if( d < chosenGuides[prop].dist ){
chosenGuides[prop].dist = d;
chosenGuides[prop].offset = elemGuide[prop] - pos[prop];
chosenGuides[prop].guide = guide;
}
}
} );
} );
if( chosenGuides.top.dist <= MIN_DISTANCE ){
$( "#guide-h" ).css( "top", chosenGuides.top.guide.top ).show();
ui.position.top = chosenGuides.top.guide.top - chosenGuides.top.offset;
}
else{
$( "#guide-h" ).hide();
ui.position.top = pos.top;
}
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