jQuery ui multi select drag

jquery, jquery-ui

Solution

Here is a demo of multiselect drag

Demo

Just use selectable plugin to select multiple items

$(".itemlist").selectable({filter:"li"});

Problem

I need the below functionalities - select the items from list by mouse dragging and cntrl key similar to the jquery ui selectables. - Multiple items should be draggable at a time. I need the application similar to the operating system drag and drop functionality. my problem is if i would like to select multiple items the mouse pointer item is dragging, how to resolve it. I was tried to use the code but it has some defects on selecting multiple items. ``` $(document).ready(function(){ var selectedClass = 'ui-state-highlight', clickDelay = 600, // click time (milliseconds) lastClick, diffClick; // timestamps $("#draggable li") // Script to deferentiate a click from a mousedown for drag event .bind('mousedown mouseup', function(e){ if (e.type=="mousedown") { lastClick = e.timeStamp; // get mousedown time } else { diffClick = e.timeStamp - lastClick; if ( diffClick < clickDelay ) { // add selected class to group draggable objects $(this).toggleClass(selectedClass); } } }) .draggable({ revertDuration: 10, // grouped items animate separately, so leave this number low containment: '.demo', start: function(e, ui) { ui.helper.addClass(selectedClass); }, stop: function(e, ui) { // reset group positions $('.' + selectedClass).css({ top:0, left:0 }); }, drag: function(e, ui) { // set selected group position to main dragged object // this works because the position is relative to the starting position $('.' + selectedClass).css({ top : ui.position.top, left: ui.position.left }); } }); $("#droppable, #draggable") .sortable() .droppable({ drop: function(e, ui) { $('.' + selectedClass) .appendTo($(this)) .add(ui.draggable) // ui.draggable is appended by the script, so add it after .removeClass(selectedClass) .css({ top:0, left:0 }); } }); }); ```

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