Anagram Play

by Kearnan Kelly

HTML

<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">T</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">H</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">E</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">M</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">O</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">R</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">S</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">E</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">C</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">O</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">D</div>
</div>
<div class="dragger">
  <div class="letter">E</div>
</div>

CSS

.dragger {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 9;
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 36px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  user-select: none;
}

.letter {
  padding: 10px;
  cursor: move;
  z-index: 10;
  color: #2196F3;
  background-color: #fff;
}

JavaScript

// Make the DIV element draggable:
//dragElement(document.getElementById("K1"));
//dragElement(document.getElementById("E1"));

let elems = document.getElementsByClassName('dragger');
for(i=0; i< elems.length; i++) {
	dragElement(elems[i]);
  let lft = (i * 60) + 'px';
  elems[i].style.left = lft;
}

function dragElement(elmnt) {

  var pos1 = 0, pos2 = 0, pos3 = 0, pos4 = 0;
  
    // otherwise, move the DIV from anywhere inside the DIV:
  elmnt.onmousedown = dragMouseDown;

  function dragMouseDown(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    e.preventDefault();
    // get the mouse cursor position at startup:
    pos3 = e.clientX;
    pos4 = e.clientY;
    document.onmouseup = closeDragElement;
    // call a function whenever the cursor moves:
    document.onmousemove = elementDrag;
  }

  function elementDrag(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    e.preventDefault();
    // calculate the new cursor position:
    pos1 = pos3 - e.clientX;
    pos2 = pos4 - e.clientY;
    pos3 = e.clientX;
    pos4 = e.clientY;
    // set the element's new position:
    elmnt.style.top = (elmnt.offsetTop - pos2) + "px";
    elmnt.style.left = (elmnt.offsetLeft - pos1) + "px";
  }

  function closeDragElement() {
    // stop moving when mouse button is released:
    document.onmouseup = null;
    document.onmousemove = null;
  }
}