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The draggable Method

  • The draggable method allows you to convert any view or an array of views into draggable elements.
  • You can set basic animations when dragging or dropping elements using the drag: and drop: modifiers.
  • You can apply or animate the properties either globally or locally using the drag-apply or drag-animate classes.
  • You can also constraint any view using the horizontal-constraint or vertical-constraint classes.
$.draggableAnimation.draggable('A View or an array of Views');
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You can create a blank Animation object or use an existing one to call the draggable method to convert a view or array of views into 'draggable' objects.

When using an Animation object on an array of views, it will handle the zIndex of each draggable element.

draggable example​

index.xml
<Alloy>
  <Window class="keep-screen-on exit-on-close-false">
    <Label text="Draggable Example" class="mt-16 text-center" />

    <View id="red" class="w-32 h-32 ml-4 bg-red-500 rounded-lg" />

    <View id="green" class="w-32 h-32 ml-10 bg-green-500 rounded-lg" />

    <View id="blue" class="w-32 h-32 ml-16 bg-blue-500 rounded-lg" />
  </Window>

  <Animation id="draggableAnimation" module="purgetss.ui" />
</Alloy>
index.js
$.index.open();

$.draggableAnimation.draggable([$.red, $.green, $.blue]);

Draggable Method

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drag and drop modifiers​

  • The drag: and drop: modifiers allow you to set basic animations while dragging and dropping elements.
  • You can set 'global' modifiers in the Animation object or you can set individual modifiers for each view.
  • Local modifiers will overwrite any global modifier.
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To simplify things, we are restricting the types of animations that can be applied while dragging (or dropping).

Mainly, we are not applying any size, scale, or anchorPoint transformation.

drag & drop example​

index.xml
<Alloy>
  <Window class="keep-screen-on exit-on-close-false">
    <Label text="Global Modifiers:\ndrag:duration-100 drag:opacity-50 drop:opacity-100" class="mt-16 text-center" />

    <!-- No local modifiers -->
    <Label id="red" class="w-32 h-32 mx-2 ml-4 text-xs text-center text-white bg-red-500 rounded-lg" text="No local modifiers" />

    <!-- drag:bg-green-800 drop:bg-green-500 -->
    <Label id="green" class="w-32 h-32 ml-10 text-xs text-center text-white bg-green-500 rounded-lg drag:bg-green-800 drop:bg-green-500" text="drag:bg-green-800 drop:bg-green-500" />

    <!-- drag:opacity-25 -->
    <Label id="blue" class="w-32 h-32 ml-16 text-xs text-center text-white bg-blue-500 rounded-lg drag:opacity-25" text="drag:opacity-25" />

    <!-- Global set of modifiers -->
    <Animation id="draggableAnimation" module="purgetss.ui" class="drag:duration-100 drag:opacity-50 drop:opacity-100" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>

drag and drop modifiers

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draggingType property​

To control how drag: and drop: modifiers are applied, you can use either the drag-animate (default) or drag-apply class. The drag-animate class will animate the properties, while the drag-apply class will apply them immediately.

tailwind.tss
// Component(s): For the Animation Component
// Property(ies): draggingType
'.drag-apply': { draggingType: 'apply' }
'.drag-animate': { draggingType: 'animate' }

draggingType example​

In the following example, the Animation element sets the global dragging type to drag-apply, but the green square overwrites it to drag-animate.

index.xml
<Alloy>
  <Window class="keep-screen-on exit-on-close-false">
    <Label text="draggingType Example:\ndrag-apply drag:duration-500 drag:opacity-50 drop:opacity-100" class="mt-16 text-center" />

    <!-- No local modifiers, will be using the global modifiers -->
    <Label id="red" class="w-32 h-32 ml-4 text-xs text-center text-white bg-red-500 rounded-lg" text="No local modifiers" />

    <!-- drag-animate drag:bg-green-800 drop:bg-green-500 -->
    <Label id="green" class="w-32 h-32 ml-10 text-xs text-center text-white bg-green-500 rounded-lg drag-animate drag:bg-green-800 drop:bg-green-500" text="drag-animate drag:bg-green-800 drop:bg-green-500" />

    <!-- drag:opacity-25 -->
    <Label id="blue" class="w-32 h-32 ml-16 text-xs text-center text-white bg-blue-500 rounded-lg drag:opacity-25" text="drag:opacity-25" />

    <!-- Global set of modifiers -->
    <Animation id="draggableAnimation" module="purgetss.ui" class="drag-apply drag:duration-500 drag:opacity-50 drop:opacity-100" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>

drag and drop modifiers

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bounds modifier​

  • You can set boundaries in which a view can move within its parent view using the horizontal-constraint or vertical-constraint classes.
  • You can set global boundaries to the Animation object and/or local boundaries to each individual child view.
  • Local values will overwrite any global values.

bounds example 1​

The card view has a boundary of m-4 and a bottom boundary of mb-16.

index.xml
<Alloy>
  <Window class="keep-screen-on exit-on-close-false bg-green-50">
    <View class="w-screen h-screen mx-6 mt-10 mb-6 bg-green-200 rounded-lg">
      <View id="card" class="w-64 h-24 mt-8 shadow-lg bounds:m-2 bounds:mb-16">
        <View id="cardInside" class="w-screen bg-white border-2 border-purple-700 rounded-lg ">
          <ImageView id="theImage" class="w-16 h-16 m-4 ml-4 rounded-16 prevent-default-image bg-gray-50" image="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/17.jpg" />

          <View class="w-screen ml-24 vertical">
            <Label class="ml-0 text-sm font-bold text-gray-800" text="Ms. Jane Doe" />
            <Label class="ml-0 text-xs font-bold text-gray-400" text="Website Designer" />
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>

      <Label class="mx-2 mb-2 h-12 rounded-lg text-white text-center w-screen bg-(#80000000)" text="Some Element..." />
    </View>

    <Animation id="draggableAnimation" module="purgetss.ui" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>
index.js
$.index.open();

$.draggableAnimation.draggable($.card);

Local Bounds

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bounds example 2​

In this example, the boundaries are set globally in the draggableAnimation view.

Every card view will use these global values.

index.xml
<Alloy>
  <Window class="keep-screen-on exit-on-close-false bg-green-50">
    <View class="w-screen h-screen mx-6 mt-10 mb-6 bg-green-200 rounded-lg">
      <View id="card" class="w-64 h-24 mt-8 shadow-lg">
        <View id="cardInside" class="w-screen bg-white border-2 border-purple-700 rounded-lg ">
          <ImageView id="theImage" class="w-16 h-16 m-4 ml-4 rounded-16 prevent-default-image bg-gray-50" image="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/17.jpg" />

          <View class="w-screen ml-24 vertical">
            <Label class="ml-0 text-sm font-bold text-gray-800" text="Ms. Jane Doe" />
            <Label class="ml-0 text-xs font-bold text-gray-400" text="Website Designer" />
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>

      <View id="card2" class="w-64 h-24 mt-40 shadow-lg">
        <View id="cardInside" class="w-screen bg-white border-2 border-purple-700 rounded-lg ">
          <ImageView id="theImage" class="w-16 h-16 m-4 ml-4 rounded-16 prevent-default-image bg-gray-50" image="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/21.jpg" />

          <View class="w-screen ml-24 vertical">
            <Label class="ml-0 text-sm font-bold text-gray-800" text="Ms. Jane Doe" />
            <Label class="ml-0 text-xs font-bold text-gray-400" text="Website Designer" />
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>

      <View id="card3" class="w-64 h-24 shadow-lg mt-72">
        <View id="cardInside" class="w-screen bg-white border-2 border-purple-700 rounded-lg ">
          <ImageView id="theImage" class="w-16 h-16 m-4 ml-4 rounded-16 prevent-default-image bg-gray-50" image="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/25.jpg" />

          <View class="w-screen ml-24 vertical">
            <Label class="ml-0 text-sm font-bold text-gray-800" text="Ms. Jane Doe" />
            <Label class="ml-0 text-xs font-bold text-gray-400" text="Website Designer" />
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>

      <Label class="mx-2 mb-2 h-12 rounded-lg text-white text-center w-screen bg-(#80000000)" text="Some Element..." />
    </View>

    <Animation id="draggableAnimation" module="purgetss.ui" class="bounds:m-2 bounds:mb-16" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>
index.js
$.index.open();

$.draggableAnimation.draggable([$.card, $.card2, $.card3]);

Global Bounds

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vertical and horizontal constraints​

To add a vertical and horizontal constraint to any dragging element, set the vertical-constraint or horizontal-constraint classes on the view.

// Component(s): Ti.UI.Animation
// Property(ies): A custom property to use it with the Animation module
'.horizontal-constraint': { constraint: 'horizontal' }
'.vertical-constraint': { constraint: 'vertical' }

Constraint example​

In this example the card View will move only from side to side.

index.xml
<Alloy>
  <Window class="keep-screen-on exit-on-close-false">
    <View id="card" class="w-64 h-24 shadow-lg horizontal-constraint">
      <View id="cardInside" class="w-screen bg-white border-2 border-purple-700 rounded-lg">
        <ImageView id="theImage" class="w-16 h-16 m-4 ml-4 rounded-16" image="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/17.jpg" />

        <View class="w-screen ml-24 vertical">
          <Label class="ml-0 text-sm font-bold text-gray-800" text="Ms. Jane Doe" />
          <Label class="ml-0 text-xs font-bold text-gray-400" text="Website Designer" />
        </View>
      </View>
    </View>

    <Animation id="draggableAnimation" module="purgetss.ui" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>
index.js
$.index.open();

$.draggableAnimation.draggable($.card);

drag and drop modifiers

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