Below is the code(not very elegant or complete, but working) for the dragging functionality in react version 17. Dragging the element works from left to right, but not from right to left. Can anyone please advise the issue or is something is missing.
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
const Draggables = (props) => {
const [dragging, setDragging] = useState(false);
const [pos, setPos] = useState({ x: 0, y: 0 });
useEffect(() => {
if (dragging) {
document.addEventListener("mousemove", { onMouseMove });
document.addEventListener("mouseup", { onMouseUp });
} else if (!dragging) {
document.removeEventListener("mousemove", { onMouseMove });
document.removeEventListener("mouseup", { onMouseUp });
}
}, [dragging]);
const mouseDown = (e) => {
// only left mouse button
if (e.button !== 0) return;
setDragging(true);
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
};
const onMouseUp = (e) => {
setDragging(false);
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
};
const onMouseMove = (e) => {
if (!dragging) return;
setPos({
x: e.pageX,
});
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
};
return (
<div className="draggable"
onMouseDown={mouseDown}
onMouseMove={onMouseMove}
onMouseUp={onMouseUp}
style={{
position: "absolute",
left: `${pos.x}px`,
top: 50 + "px",
}}
>
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</div>
);
};
export default Draggables;
Below is the corresponding CSS.
.draggable {
cursor: pointer;
width: 4px;
height: 4px;
border-radius: 50px;
background-color: blue;
}
Thanks