I am using the interact.js library for drag-and-dropping elements inside a grid. Once it is inside my grid I want to be able to resize them which is working, but what is the recommend way for preventing two resizable elements from overlapping. I basically want to stop the resizable move listener when it hits another resizable element. I already know when one resizable elements hits another, But how do I prevent the user from being able to overlap them?
full function for resizing elements:
function resizeZone(target, parentContainer, minHeight, width) {
if (interact.isSet(target) == false) {
interact(target)
.resizable({
edges: { top: true, left: false, bottom: true, right: false },
listeners: {
start: function (event) {
startDataSet = event.target.dataset;
startDeltaRect = event.deltaRect;
startRect = event.rect;
},
move: function (event) {
var elementsAtDragLocation = document.elementsFromPoint(event.x0, event.client.y);
for (let elementId in elementsAtDragLocation) {
var result = elementsAtDragLocation[elementId].getAttribute('free-schedule');
var isFalseSet = (result === 'false');
if (isFalseSet) {
let dragLocationRoutineId = elementsAtDragLocation[elementId].id;
let routineId = event.target.id;
// if user drags element past other element they will overlap, because the isFalseSet check won't work =(
if (dragLocationRoutineId !== routineId) {
return;
}
}
}
let { x, y } = event.target.dataset
x = (parseFloat(x) || 0) + event.deltaRect.left
y = (parseFloat(y) || 0) + event.deltaRect.top
Object.assign(event.target.style, {
width: `${event.rect.width}px`,
height: `${event.rect.height}px`,
transform: `translate(${x}px, ${y}px)`
});
Object.assign(event.target.dataset, { x, y });
},
end: async function (event) {
let routineId = event.target.id;
ResizeTaskTrigger(routineId, event.rect.height, event.deltaRect);
},
},
modifiers: [
interact.modifiers.restrictSize({
min: { width: width, height: minHeight },
}),
interact.modifiers.restrictRect({
restriction: parentContainer
}),
],
});
}
}