JavaScript - Simple Movable Object

Submitted by razormist on Monday, March 11, 2019 - 14:45.

In this tutorial we will create a Simple Movable Object using JavaScript. This code can move the object to an another HTML element when drop. It will get the object id, then append it to the parent as a new child element. You can apply this script to your system, it is a user-friendly program feel free to modify it. We will use JavaScript to add some new interactive element that is written in the HTML. It extends your website experience and add an additional feature that help you engage with the user.

Getting Started:

This is the link for the bootstrap that i used for the layout design https://getbootstrap.com/.

The Main Interface

This code contains the interface of the application. To create this just write these block of code inside the text editor and save this as index.html.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
        <head>
                <meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
                <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css" />
        </head>
<body>
        <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
                <div class="container-fluid">
                        <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sourcecodester.com">Sourcecodester</a>
                </div>
        </nav>
        <div class="col-md-3"></div>
        <div class="col-md-6 well">
                <h3 class="text-primary">JavaScript - Simple Movable Object</h3>
                <hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"/>
                <div class="col-md-1"></div>
                <div class="col-md-5" style="border:1px SOLID #ccc; height:200px;" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="dragOver(event)"></div>
                <div class="col-md-1"></div>
                <div class="col-md-5" style="border:1px SOLID #ccc; height:200px;" ondrop="drop(event)" ondragover="dragOver(event)"></div>
                <br style="clear:both;"/><br />
                <center><img src="images/object.jpg" id="object" height="200" width="300" draggable="true" ondragstart="drag(event)"/></center>
        </div>
<script src="js/script.js"></script>    
</body> 
</html>

Creating the Script

This code contains the script of the application. This code can move the object from div to div. To do this just copy and write these block of codes as shown below inside the text editor and save it as script.js inside the js directory

function dragOver(e){
        e.preventDefault();
}
        
function drop(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        var data = e.dataTransfer.getData("data");
        e.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
        document.getElementById(data).style="width:100%;";
}
 
function drag(e){
        e.dataTransfer.setData("data", e.target.id);
}

There you have it we successfully created a Simple Movable Object using JavaScript. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!

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