HTML Drag And Drop On Mobile Devices

Question

When you add drag and drop to a web page using JavaScript, such as jQuery UI draggable and droppable, how do you get this to work when viewed via a browser on a mobile devic

Answer 1

here is my solution:

$(el).on('touchstart', function(e) {
    var link = $(e.target.parentNode).closest('a')  
    if(link.length > 0) {
        window.location.href = link.attr('href');
    }
});

Answer 2

jQuery UI Touch Punch just solves it all.

It's a Touch Event Support for jQuery UI. Basically, it just wires touch event back to jQuery UI. Tested on iPad, iPhone, Android and other touch-enabled mobile devices. I used jQuery UI sortable and it works like a charm.

http://touchpunch.furf.com/