Rails spinoffs - Mar 2006 - Drag Drop problem with Div using overflow:auto

There seems to be a problem with dragging an object outside a div if using
overflow:auto on the div style.

My problem is the same as the one described in the following thread but the
responder''s "fix" did not work for me.  Is there a fix for
this problem?

http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails-spinoffs/2006-February/002599.html

Regards 

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> There seems to be a problem with dragging an object outside a div if using
> overflow:auto on the div style.
>
> My problem is the same as the one described in the following thread but
> the responder''s "fix" did not work for me.  Is there a
fix for this problem?

I had the exact same problem, so i used Ryan Gahl''s rework of the
dragdrop.js library and it works like a charm.  I dont have a copy to attach
here, but i highly recommend using his as a baseline for whatever drag/drop
functionality that you need.


BDins


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I took a look at the code I copied off the thread:
http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails-spinoffs/2006-February/002599.html

Seems this only does some magic when using ghosting and floating options.  I
hardcoded these options to true and it now drags out of the div but the object I
am dragging becomes very far away from the mouse pointer (positioning problem).

Has anyone else seen this?  Is there a fix that doesn’t require the floating and
ghosting to be set to true?

Regards

 


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There seems to be a problem with dragging an object outside a div if using
overflow:auto on the div style.

My problem is the same as the one described in the following thread but the
responder''s "fix" did not work for me.  Is there a fix for
this problem?

 

I had the exact same problem, so i used Ryan Gahl''s rework of the
dragdrop.js library and it works like a charm.  I dont have a copy to attach
here, but i highly recommend using his as a baseline for whatever drag/drop
functionality that you need.

 

 

BDins



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> I took a look at the code I copied off the thread:
>
http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails-spinoffs/2006-February/0025
99.html
> Seems this only does some magic when using ghosting and floating
options.  > I hardcoded these options to true and it now drags out of
the div but the > object I am dragging becomes very far away from the
mouse pointer 
> (positioning problem).
> Has anyone else seen this?  Is there a fix that doesn''t require
the
> floating and ghosting to be set to true?
> Regards
Yes, as I mentioned in my original post with that file, I made it to
work for my application... so there are some idiosyncrasies (perhaps
some day when I have more time I''ll genericize all my enhancements and
submit a proper patch to Thomas)...at any rate, I did mention
"beware".

But, more than anything I submitted that file to this list for those who
wanted to see a train of thought for a solution to this common
problem... with the expectation that people would adapt it to work with
their specific application.

So my suggestion, is basically to change my file as you see fit, as I
have done to the original dragdrop.js file for MY purposes. I.e. make it
so ghosting and floating are not required, etc...

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