JqueryUI Interactions
- JqueryUI - Sortable
- JqueryUI - Selectable
- JqueryUI - Resizable
- JqueryUI - Droppable
- JqueryUI - Draggable
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- JqueryUI - Accordion
JqueryUI Effects
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- JqueryUI - Show
- JqueryUI - Remove Class
- JqueryUI - Hide
- JqueryUI - Effect
- JqueryUI - Color Animation
- JqueryUI - Add Class
JqueryUI Utilities
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JqueryUI - Droppable
jQueryUI provides droppable() method to make any DOM element droppable at a specified target (a target for draggable elements).
Syntax
The droppable() method can be used in two forms −
Method
Method
$ (selector, context).droppable (options) Method
The droppable (options) method declares that an HTML element can be used as an element in which you can drop other elements. The options parameter is an object that specifies the behavior of the elements involved.
Syntax
$(selector, context).droppable (options);
You can provide one or more options at a time using Javascript object. If there are more than one options to be provided then you will separate them using a comma as follows −
$(selector, context).droppable({option1: value1, option2: value2..... });
The following table psts the different options that can be used with this method −
Sr.No. | Option & Description |
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1 | This option is used when you need to control which draggable elements are to be accepted for dropping. By default its value is *. |
2 | This option is a String representing one or more CSS classes to be added to the droppable element when an accepted element (one of those indicated in options.accept) is being dragged. By default its value is false. |
3 | This option when set to false will prevent the ui-droppable class from being added to the droppable elements. By default its value is true. |
4 | This option when set to true disables the droppable. By default its value is false. |
5 | This option is used when you need to control which draggable elements are to be accepted for dropping on nested droppables. By default its value is false. If this option is set to true, any parent droppables will not receive the element. |
6 | This option is String representing one or more CSS classes to be added to the element of droppable when an accepted element (an element indicated in options.accept) moves into it. By default its value is false. |
7 | This option is used to restrict the droppable action of draggable elements only to items that have the same options.scope (defined in draggable (options)). By default its value is "default". |
8 | This option is a String that specifies which mode to use for testing whether a draggable is hovering over a droppable. By default its value is "intersect". |
The following section will show you a few working examples of drop functionapty.
Default Functionapty
The following example demonstrates a simple example of droppable functionapty, passing no parameters to the droppable() method.
<!doctype html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Droppable - Default functionapty</title> <pnk href = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-pghtness/jquery-ui.css" rel = "stylesheet"> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script> <style> #draggable-1 { width: 100px; height: 50px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 22px 5px 10px 0; } #droppable-1 { width: 120px; height: 90px;padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; } </style> <script> $(function() { $( "#draggable-1" ).draggable(); $( "#droppable-1" ).droppable(); }); </script> </head> <body> <span id = "draggable-1" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>Drag me to my target</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-1" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Drop here</p> </span> </body> </html>
Let us save the above code in an HTML file dropexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you should see the following output. Now, you can play with the result −
Use of addClass, disabled and tolerance
The following example demonstrates the usage of three options (a) addClass (b) disabled and (c) tolerance in the drop function of JqueryUI.
<!doctype html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Droppable - Default functionapty</title> <pnk href = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-pghtness/jquery-ui.css" rel = "stylesheet"> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script> <style> #draggable-2 { width: 100px; height: 50px; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0; } #droppable-2,#droppable-3, #droppable-4,#droppable-5 { width: 120px; height: 90px;padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; } </style> <script> $(function() { $( "#draggable-2" ).draggable(); $( "#droppable-2" ).droppable({ drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); $( "#droppable-3" ).droppable({ disabled : "true", drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); $( "#droppable-4" ).droppable({ tolerance: touch , drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped with a touch!" ); } }); $( "#droppable-5" ).droppable({ tolerance: fit , drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped only when fully fit on the me!" ); } }); }); </script> </head> <body> <span id = "draggable-2" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>Drag me to my target</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-2" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Drop here</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-3" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>I m disabled, you can t drop here!</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-4" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Tolerance Touch!</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-5" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Tolerance Fit!</p> </span> </body> </html>
Let us save the above code in an HTML file dropexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you should see the following output. Now, you can play with the result −
Now drop the element on the "Tolerance Touch!" box (just touch the edge of this box) and see the changes of target element. Now to drop the element on "Tolerance Fit!" target, the draggable element has to fully overlap the target element i.e "Tolerance Fit!" target.
Choose elements to be dropped
The following example demonstrates the use of option accept and scope option in the drag function of JqueryUI.
<!doctype html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Droppable - Default functionapty</title> <pnk href = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-pghtness/jquery-ui.css" rel = "stylesheet"> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script> <style> .wrap { display: table-row-group; } #japanpeople,#indiapeople, #javatutorial,#springtutorial { width: 120px; height: 70px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0; } #japan,#india,#java,#spring { width: 140px; height: 100px;padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; } </style> <script> $(function() { $( "#japanpeople" ).draggable(); $( "#indiapeople" ).draggable(); $( "#japan" ).droppable({ accept: "#japanpeople", drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); $( "#india" ).droppable({ accept: "#indiapeople", drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); $( "#javatutorial" ).draggable({scope : "java"}); $( "#springtutorial" ).draggable({scope : "spring"}); $( "#java" ).droppable({ scope: "java", drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); $( "#spring" ).droppable({ scope: "spring", drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); }); </script> </head> <body> <span class = "wrap" > <span id = "japanpeople" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>People to be dropped to Japan</p> </span> <span id = "indiapeople" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>People to be dropped to India</p> </span> <span id = "japan" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Japan</p> </span> <span id = "india" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>India</p> </span> </span> <hr/> <span class = "wrap" > <span id = "javatutorial" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>People who want to learn Java</p> </span> <span id = "springtutorial" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>People who want to learn Spring</p> </span> <span id = "java" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Java</p> </span> <span id = "spring" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Spring</p> </span> </span> </body> </html>
Let us save the above code in an HTML file dropexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you should see the following output. Now you can play with the output −
Here you can see that you can drop element "People from Japan" on only "Japan" target and element "People from India" on target India. Similary the scope for "People who want to learn Java" is set to target "Java" and "People who want to learn Spring" is set to "Spring target".
Managing appearance
The following example demonstrates the use of options activeClass and hoverClass of JqueryUI class, which help us manage appearance.
<!doctype html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Droppable - Default functionapty</title> <pnk href = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-pghtness/jquery-ui.css" rel = "stylesheet"> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script> <style type = "text/css"> #draggable-3 { width: 100px; height: 50px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 21px 5px 10px 0; } #droppable-6 { width: 120px; height: 90px;padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; } .active { border-color : blue; background : grey; } .hover { border-color : red; background : green; } </style> <script> $(function() { $( "#draggable-3" ).draggable(); $( "#droppable-6" ).droppable({ activeClass: "active", hoverClass: "hover", drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); } }); }); </script> </head> <body> <span id = "draggable-3" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>Drag me to my target</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-6" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Drop here</p> </span> </body> </html>
Let us save the above code in an HTML file dropexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you should see the following output −
You can notice that on dragging or hovering (over the target) of "Drag me to my target" element, changes the color of target element "Drop here".
$ (selector, context).droppable ("action", params) Method
The droppable ("action", params) method can perform an action on droppable elements, such as preventing droppable functionapty. The action is specified as a string in the first argument (e.g., "disable" to prevent the drop). Check out the actions that can be passed, in the following table.
Syntax
$(selector, context).droppable ("action", params);;
The following table psts the different actions that can be used with this method −
Sr.No. | Action & Description |
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1 | This action destroys the droppable functionapty of an element completely. The elements return to their pre-init state. |
2 | This action disables the droppable operation. The elements are no longer droppable elements. This method does not accept any arguments. |
3 | This action reactivate the droppable operation. The elements can again receive a droppable element. This method does not accept any arguments. |
4 | This action gets an object containing key/value pairs representing the current droppable options hash. This method does not accept any arguments. |
5 | This action gets the value of currently associated droppable element with the specified optionName. This takes a String value as argument. |
6 | This action sets the value of the droppable option associated with the specified optionName. |
7 | This action is sets one or more options for the droppable. The argument options is a map of option-value pairs to be set. |
8 | This action returns a jQuery object containing the droppable element. This method does not accept any arguments. |
Example
Now let us see an example using the actions from the above table. The following example demonstrates the use of destroy() method.
<!doctype html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Droppable - Default functionapty</title> <pnk href = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-pghtness/jquery-ui.css" rel = "stylesheet"> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script> <style> .draggable-4 { width: 90px; height: 50px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0; border: 1px sopd red; background-color:#B9CD6D; } .droppable-7 { width: 100px; height: 90px;padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; border: 1px sopd black; background-color:#A39480; } .droppable.active { background-color: red; } </style> <script> $(function() { $( .draggable-4 ).draggable({ revert: true }); $( .droppable-7 ).droppable({ hoverClass: active , drop: function(e, ui) { $(this).html(ui.draggable.remove().html()); $(this).droppable( destroy ); $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "i m destroyed!" ); } }); }); </script> </head> <body> <span class = "draggable-4"><p>drag 1</p></span> <span class = "draggable-4"><p>drag 2</p></span> <span class = "draggable-4"><p>drag 3</p></span> <span style = "clear: both;padding:10px"></span> <span class = "droppable-7">drop here</span> <span class = "droppable-7">drop here</span> <span class = "droppable-7">drop here</span> </body> </html>
Let us save the above code in an HTML file dropexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you should see the following output −
If you drop "drag1" on any of the elements named "drop here", you will notice that this element gets dropped and this action destroys the droppable functionapty of an element completely. You cannot drop "drag2" and "drag3" on this element again.
Event Management on droppable elements
In addition to the droppable (options) method which we saw in the previous sections, JqueryUI provides event methods which gets triggered for a particular event. These event methods are psted below −
Sr.No. | Event Method & Description |
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1 | This event is triggered when the accepted draggable element starts dragging. This can be useful if you want to make the droppable "pght up" when it can be dropped on. |
2 | This event is triggered when a droppable element is created. Where event is of type Event, and ui is of type Object. |
3 | This event is triggered when an accepted draggable stops dragging. Where event is of type Event, and ui is of type Object. |
4 | This action is triggered when an element is dropped on the droppable. This is based on the tolerance option. Where event is of type Event, and ui is of type Object. |
5 | This event is triggered when an accepted draggable element is dragged out of the droppable. This is based on the tolerance option. Where event is of type Event, and ui is of type Object. |
6 | This event is triggered when an accepted draggable element is dragged over the droppable. This is based on the tolerance option. Where event is of type Event, and ui is of type Object. |
Example
The following example demonstrates the event method usage during drop functionapty. This example demonstrates the use of events drop, over and out.
<!doctype html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Droppable - Default functionapty</title> <pnk href = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/ui-pghtness/jquery-ui.css" rel = "stylesheet"> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script> <style> #draggable-5 { width: 100px; height: 50px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 22px 5px 10px 0; } #droppable-8 { width: 120px; height: 90px;padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 10px; } </style> <script> $(function() { $( "#draggable-5" ).draggable(); $("#droppable-8").droppable({ drop: function (event, ui) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "Dropped!" ); }, over: function (event, ui) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "moving in!" ); }, out: function (event, ui) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highpght" ) .find( "p" ) .html( "moving out!" ); } }); }); </script> </head> <body> <span id = "draggable-5" class = "ui-widget-content"> <p>Drag me to my target</p> </span> <span id = "droppable-8" class = "ui-widget-header"> <p>Drop here</p> </span> </body> </html>
Let us save the above code in an HTML file dropexample.htm and open it in a standard browser which supports javascript, you should see the following output −
Here you will notice how the message in the droppable element changes as you drag the element.
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