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HTML
<svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" width="400" height="200">
<style>
.draggable {
cursor: move;
}
</style>
<script type="text/ecmascript">
var selectedElement = 0;
var currentX = 0;
var currentY = 0;
var currentMatrix = 0;
function selectElement(evt) {
selectedElement = evt.target;
currentX = evt.clientX;
currentY = evt.clientY;
currentMatrix = selectedElement.getAttributeNS(null, "transform").slice(7, -1).split(' ');
for (var i = 0; i < currentMatrix.length; i++) {
currentMatrix[i] = parseFloat(currentMatrix[i]);
}
selectedElement.setAttributeNS(null, "onmousemove", "moveElement(evt)");
selectedElement.setAttributeNS(null, "onmouseout", "deselectElement(evt)");
selectedElement.setAttributeNS(null, "onmouseup", "deselectElement(evt)");
}
function moveElement(evt) {
var dx = evt.clientX - currentX;
var dy = evt.clientY - currentY;
currentMatrix[4] += dx;
currentMatrix[5] += dy;
selectedElement.setAttributeNS(null, "transform", "matrix(" + currentMatrix.join(' ') + ")");
currentX = evt.clientX;
currentY = evt.clientY;
}
function deselectElement(evt) {
if (selectedElement != 0) {
selectedElement.removeAttributeNS(null, "onmousemove");
selectedElement.removeAttributeNS(null, "onmouseout");
selectedElement.removeAttributeNS(null, "onmouseup");
selectedElement = 0;
}
}
</script>
<rect x="0.5" y="0.5" width="399" height="199" fill="none" stroke="black" />
<rect class="draggable" x="30" y="30" width="80" height="80" fill="blue" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 25 20)" onmousedown="selectElement(evt)" />
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