Dragging sprites in Scratch

Question

How do I drag sprites during execution in Scratch?

Answer 1

This is covered on the Scratch Wiki.

boisvert's answer is technically correct, however, his script will always drag the sprite from it's center. Using a slightly more advanced script will drag from the spot it was picked up, more like the padlock:

when green flag clicked
forever
  if <<mouse down?> and <touching [mouse-pointer v]?>>
    repeat until <not <mouse down?>>
      set [offset x v] to ((x position) - (mouse x))
      set [offset y v] to ((y position) - (mouse y))
      go to x: ((mouse x) + (offset x)) y: ((mouse y) + (offset y))
    end
  else
    wait until <not <mouse down?>>
  end

(The wiki link above has this is visual blocks format.)