Drag and Drop using AngularJS (with or without jQuery), how?

Question

what i want to do is exactly this , but that is in jQuery and i want to know if is there a way to do that in AngularJS, or if someone has alredy done it with the Angular way, an

Answer 1

Here is how I did it, it is a little more complicated, since I included the ability to add event handlers (start, drag, stop), and a container element. Here is a working fiddle for demonstration JSFiddle Without jQuery. Here is another fiddle with a version using jQuery and jQueryUI [JSFiddle w/ jQuery]. Hope it helps. JSFiddle With jQuery and jQueryUI.

You can use it like this

ng-draggable='dragOptions'

where in your controller you have

$scope.dragOptions = {
    start: function(e) {
      console.log("STARTING");
    },
    drag: function(e) {
      console.log("DRAGGING");
    },
    stop: function(e) {
      console.log("STOPPING");
    },
    container: 'container-id'
}

Here is the directive.

.directive('ngDraggable', function($document) {
  return {
    restrict: 'A',
    scope: {
      dragOptions: '=ngDraggable'
    },
    link: function(scope, elem, attr) {
      var startX, startY, x = 0, y = 0,
          start, stop, drag, container;

      var width  = elem[0].offsetWidth,
          height = elem[0].offsetHeight;

      // Obtain drag options
      if (scope.dragOptions) {
        start  = scope.dragOptions.start;
        drag   = scope.dragOptions.drag;
        stop   = scope.dragOptions.stop;
        var id = scope.dragOptions.container;
        container = document.getElementById(id).getBoundingClientRect();
      }

      // Bind mousedown event
      elem.on('mousedown', function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        startX = e.clientX - elem[0].offsetLeft;
        startY = e.clientY - elem[0].offsetTop;
        $document.on('mousemove', mousemove);
        $document.on('mouseup', mouseup);
        if (start) start(e);
      });

      // Handle drag event
      function mousemove(e) {
        y = e.clientY - startY;
        x = e.clientX - startX;
        setPosition();
        if (drag) drag(e);
      }

      // Unbind drag events
      function mouseup(e) {
        $document.unbind('mousemove', mousemove);
        $document.unbind('mouseup', mouseup);
        if (stop) stop(e);
      }

      // Move element, within container if provided
      function setPosition() {
        if (container) {
          if (x < container.left) {
            x = container.left;
          } else if (x > container.right - width) {
            x = container.right - width;
          }
          if (y < container.top) {
            y = container.top;
          } else if (y > container.bottom - height) {
            y = container.bottom - height;
          }
        }

        elem.css({
          top: y + 'px',
          left:  x + 'px'
        });
      }
    }
  }

})