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I'm building a site which allows users to create an html page which can then be saved and shared on another site. I want them to be able to resize and drag the page elements. I can do this using jQuery, but I'm not sure how I then save that so that when the page is viewed elsewhere, it looks the same.
I haven't decided yet how to store the page info, but what I'm thinking is that I can store each element in the database along with its absolute position, and its contents. Does that sound like a good plan?
If so, how do I get the position for the div to pass to the php so that it can be saved?
Thanks.
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The . position() method allows us to retrieve the current position of an element relative to the offset parent. Contrast this with . offset() , which retrieves the current position relative to the document.
Limit draggable area using 'containment' option It is simple. All you have to do is, add an option called containment to the draggable() method. The containment option has a value parent.
All you need to do is define draggable=true in your element and code the relevant ondragstart and ondragend logic. This works with both vanilla JS and frameworks like React.
JQueryUI Resizable has an event called resize that you can use:
var resposition = '';
$('#divresize').resizable({
//options...
resize: function(event,ui){
resposition = ui.position;
}
});
The same occurs with JQueryUI Draggable and its event drag:
var dragposition = '';
$('#divdrag').draggable({
// other options...
drag: function(event,ui){
dragposition = ui.position;
}
});
resposition and dragposition is going to be arrays. You can see it working here: http://jsbin.com/uvuzi5
EDIT: using a form, you can save dragposition and resposition into hidden inputs
var inputres = '<input type="hidden" id="resposition" value="'+resposition.left+','+resposition.top+'"/>'
$('#myform').append(inputres);
var inputdrag = '<input type="hidden" id="dragposition" value="'+dragposition.left+','+dragposition.top+'"/>'
$('#myform').append(inputdrag);
And in your PHP file to handle the form:
$dragposition = $_GET['dragposition'];
$resposition = $_GET['resposition'];
$dragposition = explode(',',$dragposition);
$resposition = explode(',',$resposition);
Finally, both variables should be arrays with top and left attributes:
$dragposition => [top,left] attributes from draggable
$resposition => [top,left] attributes from resizable
you have to save position at some where so that you can get position details when next time you open page.
option 1: you can store html elements position details in "localStorage" its default browser storage. Example: Demo
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Dashboard</title>
<!-- jQuery -->
<script src="vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dist/css/jquery-ui.min.css">
<script src="dist/js/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
var positions = JSON.parse(localStorage.positions || "{}");
$(function() {
var d = $("[id=draggable]").attr("id", function(i) {
return "draggable_" + i
})
$.each(positions, function(id, pos) {
$("#" + id).css(pos)
})
d.draggable({
containment: "#wrapper",
scroll: false,
stop: function(event, ui) {
positions[this.id] = ui.position
localStorage.positions = JSON.stringify(positions)
}
});
});
</script>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="draggable" class="ui-widget-content draggable" style="height:100px;width:100px;float:left">Div1</div>
<div id="draggable" class="ui-widget-content draggable" style="height:100px;width:100px;float:left">Div2</div>
<div id="draggable" class="ui-widget-content draggable" style="height:100px;width:100px;float:left">Div3</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
option 2: you can store html elements position details in "your database"
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