If anyone could help me figure out how to make the draggable elements contained in a div that changes scale based on window size, i'd really appreciate any guidance.
If I do:
element.draggable({
cursor: "move",
containment: '#container'
});
What will happen is it gives me the containment for the regular size of the container. So if I have a transform: scale(1.5)
, there will be space in the container that the draggable element can not go.
I've also tried containment: 'parent'
but that get's very glitchy.
EDIT
I've found out how to get the top and left containment but I can't figure out how to get the right and bottom.
var containmentArea = $("#container");
containment: [containmentArea.offset().left, containmentArea.offset().top, ???, ???]
I've tried width and height from containmentArea[0].getBoundingClientRect()
but that doesn't seem to be the right move either.
Here is a jsfiddle of some example code.
A version with resetting the coordinates in the drag event (since they were being recalculated already for the scale transformations), without using the containment:
var percent = 1, containmentArea = $("#container");
function dragFix(event, ui) {
var contWidth = containmentArea.width(), contHeight = containmentArea.height();
ui.position.left = Math.max(0, Math.min(ui.position.left / percent , contWidth - ui.helper.width()));
ui.position.top = Math.max(0, Math.min(ui.position.top / percent, contHeight- ui.helper.height()));
}
$(".draggable").draggable({
cursor: "move",
drag: dragFix,
});
//scaling here (where the percent variable is set too)
Fiddle
In the example width and height of the container are obtained inside the dragevent, you could also store them when scaling for better performance. By having them calculated inside the event, they still work after rescaling, although the percent variable still has to be set. To be truly generic, it could be obtained inside the event as well (and instead of a fixed container, ui.helper.parent() could be used)
Since the offset inside the dragevent is (0,0) related to the container (at least it is for the current setup), took the liberty of simplifying originalleft + (position - originalposition)/percent
to position / percent
Start offset didn't seem to be necessary any more, so left it out in the fiddle, but can be re-added if needed.
Take a look to this :
http://jsfiddle.net/z0gqy9w2/3/
The edited code is the following one :
// Matrix regex to take the scale value property of $('#container') element
var matrixRegex = /matrix\((-?\d*\.?\d+),\s*0,\s*0,\s*(-?\d*\.?\d+),\s*0,\s*0\)/,
matches = $('#container').css('transform').match(matrixRegex);
// Matches have this value : ["matrix(1.5, 0, 0, 1.5, 0, 0)", "1.5", "1.5"] , so we need matches[1] value :
var scaleValue = matches[1];
$(".draggable").draggable({
cursor: "move",
start: startFix,
drag: dragFix,
containment: [containmentArea.offset().left, containmentArea.offset().top,
( ( containmentArea.offset().left + ( containmentArea.width() * scaleValue ) ) - ( $(".draggable").width() * scaleValue ) ) ,
( ( containmentArea.offset().top + ( containmentArea.height() * scaleValue ) ) - ( $(".draggable").height() * scaleValue ) ) ]
});
As you see, here is the trick :
( ( containmentArea.offset().left + ( containmentArea.width() * scaleValue ) ) - ( $(".draggable").width() * scaleValue ) )
Your right max position will be : The main container left offset + the true width of the container ( with scale ) - the item true width (to let it inside the container).
(Tip: Be free to change the "percent" var value as you want too see the results)
regex ref
Here is my solution:
var _zoom = 1.2,
$element = $('.draggable-element'),
$container = $('#container');
var containmentW,
containmentH,
objW,
objH;
$element.draggable({
start: function(evt, ui) {
ui.position.left = 0;
ui.position.top = 0;
containmentW = $container.width() * _zoom;
containmentH = $container.height() * _zoom;
objW = $(this).outerWidth() * _zoom;
objH = $(this).outerHeight() * _zoom;
},
drag: function(evt, ui) {
var boundReached = false,
changeLeft = ui.position.left - ui.originalPosition.left,
newLeft = ui.originalPosition.left + changeLeft / _zoom,
changeTop = ui.position.top - ui.originalPosition.top,
newTop = ui.originalPosition.top + changeTop / _zoom;
// right bound check
if(ui.position.left > containmentW - objW) {
newLeft = (containmentW - objW) / _zoom;
boundReached = true;
}
// left bound check
if(newLeft < 0) {
newLeft = 0;
boundReached = true;
}
// bottom bound check
if(ui.position.top > containmentH - objH) {
newTop = (containmentH - objH) / _zoom;
boundReached = true;
}
// top bound check
if(newTop < 0) {
newTop = 0;
boundReached = true;
}
// fix position
ui.position.left = newLeft;
ui.position.top = newTop;
// inside bounds
if(!boundReached) {
// do stuff when element is dragged inside bounds
}
}
});
Link to fiddle