How to create a mouse drag slider for HTML elements?

Question

Many slider plugins that I have found are either only click to view next image or, if they do have mouse drag or touch drag capabilities, only allow images. Does anyone know of a plugin or possible way to code a mouse drag slider for any html elements? I'm specifically using an SVG, but it would be nice to have something in the future for sliding between div elements.

Answer 1

HTML:

<div id="slider">
    <ul>
        <li style="background-color: #F00"></li>
        <li style="background-color: #0F0"></li>
        <li style="background-color: #00F"></li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS:

#slider {
    width: 400px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
li {
    width: 400px;
    height: 400px;
    float: left;
}

JS:

$(function() {
    var slides = $('#slider ul').children().length;
    var slideWidth = $('#slider').width();
    var min = 0;
    var max = -((slides - 1) * slideWidth);

    $("#slider ul").width(slides*slideWidth).draggable({
        axis: 'x',
        drag: function (event, ui) {
        if (ui.position.left > min) ui.position.left = min;
            if (ui.position.left < max) ui.position.left = max;
        }
    });
});

jsFiddle code