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"this" not reffering to the selected element

I am trying to drag and drop elements to a div from another div through jQuery. I am adding the clone but not the actual element I have dragged to the droppable div.
I have then added the original element which I have dragged to the source div. Also, I have added the class "clone" to the clone element.
The problem is when I drag and drop the element in the droppable div(which is actually a clone), the element is copied and added to the droppable div but at the wrong position.
$("#drop").droppable({ accept: ".draggable",
drop: function(event, ui) {
var droppable = $(this);
console.log("drop");
$(this).removeClass("border").removeClass("over");
var dropped = ui.draggable;
var droppedOn = $(this);
console.log($(this).attr('class'));
if(!($(this).hasClass("clone"))) {
console.log("no clone");
$(dropped).detach().css({top: 0,left: 0}).appendTo("#origin");
var clone = dropped.clone().addClass("clone");
clone.appendTo(droppedOn);
}
},
I then found out that the "this" I was referring to is not updating correctly and I am very confused at this point.
I am a noob and I can't think of the solution.
Here is the pen:
https://codepen.io/ishankgupta95/pen/rZyOYb

The problem with your code is that your $(this) is pointing your div id="box" rather than the individual cloned div or images. so $(this) will never have a class named clone.
Here, solved it replace this in your code, Issue is fixed.
$("#drop").droppable({ accept: ".draggable",
drop: function(event, ui) {
var check = 0;
// $( "#test" ).droppable( "dragstart", function( event, ui ) {check = 1;} );
var x = event.clientX, y = event.clientY,
elementMouseIsOver = document.elementFromPoint(x, y);
var droppable = $(this);
console.log("drop");
$(this).removeClass("border").removeClass("over");
var dropped = ui.draggable;
var droppedOn = $(this);
console.log($(this).attr('class'));
if(!elementMouseIsOver.classList.contains("clone")) {
console.log("no clone");
$(dropped).detach().css({top: 0,left: 0}).appendTo("#origin");
// dropped.clone().appendTo(droppedOn);
var clone = dropped.clone().addClass("clone");
clone[0].id = 'test';
clone.appendTo(droppedOn);
}
},
over: function(event, elem) {
$(this).addClass("over");
console.log("over");
},
out: function(event, elem) {
$(this).removeClass("over");
}
});

Create Drag & Drop, Destory, Save Re-create - jQuery

Ok, I have an issue with drag and drop.
What they do, they click a button, it initializes the whole drag and drop.
function sortElements() {
// Place droppable elements
var x = 0;
$("#content-body div[data-type='column'],#content-body div[data-type='carousel']").each(function() {
var el = $(this);
if(x == 0){
el.before('<div class="neoDroppableEle" id="neoDroppableEle-' + x + '"><\/div>');
x++;
}
el.addClass('edit_el').after('<div class="neoDroppableEle" id="neoDroppableEle-' + x + '"><\/div>');
x++;
el.append('<div class="drag-handle"><i class="fa fa-arrows"></i></div>');
var w = el.width();
el.css('width',w+'px');
});
$("#content-body div[data-type='insertable']").each(function() {
var el = $(this);
el.prepend('<div class="neoDroppableEle" id="neoDroppableEle-' + x + '"><\/div>');
x++;
});
// Swap entire columns
$("#content-body div[data-type='column']").draggable({
refreshPositions: true,
helper: "clone",
handle:'.drag-handle',
appendTo: "body",
zIndex: 10000,
start: function( event, ui ) {
$(".neoDroppableEle").addClass('dragging');
},
stop: function( event, ui ) {
$(".neoDroppableEle").removeClass('dragging');
}
});
$(".neoDroppableEle").droppable({
accept: "div[data-type='column']",
tolerance: "pointer",
hoverClass: "focus_in",
activeClass: "focus_in_active",
drop: function(event, ui) {
cur_ele = this.id;
var el = ui.draggable;
var html = el.html();
el.remove();
$("#" + cur_ele).replaceWith('<div class="row" data-type="column">'+html+'</div>');
}
});
// Swap individual photos within columns
$("#content-body div[data-type='imagewrap']").each(function(){
$(this).draggable({
revert: "invalid",
helper: "clone" ,
zIndex: 10001,
});
$(this).droppable({
accept: "div[data-type='imagewrap']",
activeClass: "ui-state-hover",
hoverClass: "ui-state-active",
drop: function( event, ui ) {
var draggable = ui.draggable, droppable = $(this);
draggable.swap(droppable);
}
});
});
}
When they are done, they click the button again.
function sortElementsComplete() {
$(".ui-droppable").droppable("destroy");
$(".ui-draggable").draggable("destroy");
$(".edit_el").removeAttr('style').removeClass('edit_el');
$(".neoDroppableEle").remove();
$(".drag-handle").remove();
}
This all runs and works great!
But now I am tryng to save the HTML code after each drop for undo's. And when I save the undo, I need to remove all additional classes and elements my function to drag and drop add's. Because they may not be in the sorting area when they click undo and do not want drag handles and my borders I set up as visual aids just appearing.
So now I have:
$(".neoDroppableEle").droppable({
accept: "div[data-type='column']",
tolerance: "pointer",
hoverClass: "focus_in",
activeClass: "focus_in_active",
drop: function(event, ui) {
cur_ele = this.id;
var el = ui.draggable;
var html = el.html();
el.remove();
$("#" + cur_ele).replaceWith('<div class="row" data-type="column">'+html+'</div>');
setTimeout(function(){
sortElementsComplete();
editor_add();
},1000);
}
});
The above with the timeout code always fails with:
Error: cannot call methods on droppable prior to initialization;
attempted to call method 'destroy'
How so? It IS initialized and running. After the drop I should be able to destroy it, make my save and rebuild it. Using disable gives the same error. To me the error makes no sense.
After editor_add() is ran, it re-builds whatever they were doing, in this case it will fire sortElements(); after the save.
But the below runs fine?
// Swap individual photos within columns
$(this).droppable({
accept: "div[data-type='imagewrap']",
activeClass: "ui-state-hover",
hoverClass: "ui-state-active",
drop: function( event, ui ) {
var draggable = ui.draggable, droppable = $(this);
draggable.swap(droppable);
setTimeout(function(){
sortElementsComplete();
editor_add();
},250);
}
});
It will error if I do not have the timeout above. Seems 250 is the min, anything lower it errors. But the first one will not ever work, no matter how long or short I make the timeout.
Really hope this makes sense.

Maybe if I used
var draggable = ui.draggable, droppable = $(this);
draggable.swap(droppable);
On it instead it would work. o.O

Dropping a draggable in a droppable at the drop position

I have been trying to clone and drop a draggable at the position in a droppable at the coordinates where the drop happens. I have found examples online that deal with appending draggables to droppables, but they all seem to move the draggable to a specific part of the droppable on the initial drop.
Here is an example that does just that: - http://jsfiddle.net/scaillerie/njYqA/
//JavaScript from the jsfiddle
jQuery(function() {
jQuery(".component").draggable({
// use a helper-clone that is append to 'body' so is not 'contained' by a pane
helper: function() {
return jQuery(this).clone().appendTo('body').css({
'zIndex': 5
});
},
cursor: 'move',
containment: "document"
});
jQuery('.ui-layout-center').droppable({
activeClass: 'ui-state-hover',
accept: '.component',
drop: function(event, ui) {
if (!ui.draggable.hasClass("dropped"))
jQuery(this).append(jQuery(ui.draggable).clone().addClass("dropped").draggable());
}
});
});
Is there anyway I can make the draggable stay at the coordinates where the drop occured?

you must define the coordinates in the cloned element on the drop:
drop: function(event, ui) {
if (!ui.draggable.hasClass("dropped"))
var clone=jQuery(ui.draggable).clone().addClass("dropped").draggable();
clone.css('left',ui.position.left);
clone.css('top',ui.position.top);
jQuery(this).append(clone);
}
});
and also set the position absolute by css on the cloned components
.ui-layout-center .component {
position:absolute !important;
}
Here is working: http://jsfiddle.net/o2epq7p2/

Edited you code and used appendTo() and set the offset
jQuery(function() {
jQuery(".component").draggable({
// use a helper-clone that is append to 'body' so is not 'contained' by a pane
helper: function() {
return jQuery(this).clone().appendTo('body').css({
'zIndex': 5
});
},
cursor: 'move',
containment: "document"
});
jQuery('.ui-layout-center').droppable({
activeClass: 'ui-state-hover',
accept: '.component',
drop: function(event, ui) {
var _this = jQuery(this);
if (!ui.draggable.hasClass("dropped")) {
var cloned = jQuery(ui.draggable).clone().addClass("dropped").draggable();
jQuery(cloned).appendTo(this).offset({
top : ui.offset.top,
left: ui.offset.left
});
}
}
});
});

ui in the drop handler contains the dragged element's position absolute to the page. You need to transform those values to a position relative to the drop target and absolute position the cloned element inside the drop target using these values.
drop: function(e, ui) {
if (!ui.draggable.hasClass("dropped")) {
var parentOffset = jQuery('.ui-layout-center').offset();
var dropped = jQuery(ui.draggable).clone().addClass("dropped").draggable();
dropped.css('left', (ui.position.left - parentOffset.left) +'px');
dropped.css('top', (ui.position.top - parentOffset.top) +'px');
jQuery(this).append(dropped);
}
}
http://jsfiddle.net/3Lnqocf3/

dragging DIVs to horizontal sortable container

I'm building some sort of a playlist creator. I have some items the user can choose from and a horizontal sortable timeline area to drop those items on.
The Draggable:
$(".Name:not(#Add a .Name)").draggable({
revert: 'invalid',
start: function(){
$('#MainPage').css('cursor', '-moz-grabbing');
$(".Name").css('cursor', '-moz-grabbing');
},
// helper: "clone",
helper: function() {
return $("<div class='"+$(this).parent().attr('class')+"' id='"+$(this).parent().attr('id')+"'><div class='"+$(this).attr("class")+"' id='"+$(this).attr("id")+"'>"+ $(this).attr("class").split(' ')[1] +"</div></div>");
},
stop: function() {
$('#MainPage').css('cursor', 'auto');
$(".Name").css('cursor', '-moz-grab');
},
connectToSortable: "#TimelineDrop",
appendTo: '#MainPage',
containment: 'DOM',
zIndex: 800,
addClasses: false
});
The Sortable:
$("#TimelineDrop").sortable({
over: function(event, ui) {
var Breite = ((TimeSpace*5)/(TimeSpace/(currentspacing+24)))-2;
$("#TimelineDrop").append("<div class='TimelineMarker' style='width:"+ Breite +"px;'>\u00A0</div>");
},
receive: function(event, ui) {
dropped=true;
AddElementToTimeline($(this), event, ui, dropped);
},
start: function( event, ui ){
$('#MainPage').css('cursor', '-moz-grabbing');
$('.TimelineElement').css('cursor', '-moz-grabbing');
drag=true;
},
axis: "x",
stop: function( event, ui ){
$('#MainPage').css('cursor', 'auto');
$('.TimelineElement').css('cursor', '-moz-grab');
database.updateElementPosition($('.TimelineElement').index($(ui.item)), $(ui.item).children('.TimelineElementTitle').attr('id').split('D')[1], GET('id'));
drag=false;
}
});
I tried all kinds of different stuff but can't get it to work propperly. What would like to be able to is drag items from the available area to the timeline und drop them between allready appended ones. So far the helper allways get appended (vertically) above the existing elements and when I drop it the final element get append at the very last position. I hope It's clear what I'm trying to archive...
I have a fiddle right here:
http://jsfiddle.net/5SBax/4/
I want the marker to be displayed where the element will be added (between others). And I need to get rid of the helper element which also get added every time...

Take a look at this fiddle. I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but this is a good example of drag and drop capabilities. I can't comment, and I am not quite sure what you are asking. But best of luck to you!
http://jsfiddle.net/cuhuak/4CHDZ/
function FieldType(typeName, name) {
var self = this;
self.TypeName = ko.observable(typeName || "");
self.Name = ko.observable(name || this.TypeName());
self.createField = function () {
return new Field(
{
Name: this.Name(),
TypeName: this.TypeName()
}
);
}
self.onDragStart = function(event, ui) {
dropFieldType = ko.utils.domData.get(this, "ko_drag_data");
};
self.onDragStop = function(event, ui) {
dropFieldType = null;
};
}

disable/enable draggable on drop in jQuery

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/py3DE/
$(".source .item").draggable({ revert: "invalid", appendTo: 'body', helper: 'clone',
start: function(ev, ui){ ui.helper.width($(this).width()); } // ensure helper width
});
$(".target .empty").droppable({ tolerance: 'pointer', hoverClass: 'highlight',
drop: function(ev, ui){
var item = ui.draggable;
if (!ui.draggable.closest('.empty').length) item = item.clone().draggable();// if item was dragged from the source list - clone it
this.innerHTML = ''; // clean the placeholder
item.css({ top: 0, left: 0 }).appendTo(this); // append item to placeholder
}
});
$(".target").on('click', '.closer', function(){
var item = $(this).closest('.item');
item.fadeTo(200, 0, function(){ item.remove(); })
});
My goal here is when an item is taken from .source and dropped on to .target, I want to disable the draggable that was dropped so that I can only have a single instance of an item from .source end up in .target. Conversely, I am also trying to re-enable the item once it is removed from .target.

Given that your creating a clone of the original you need to track this and be able to tie back to the original when you close the clone.
var mapOrig = [];
$(".source .item:not(.added)").draggable({ revert: "invalid", appendTo: 'body', helper: 'clone',
start: function(ev, ui){ ui.helper.width($(this).width()); } // ensure helper width
});
$(".target .empty").droppable({ tolerance: 'pointer', hoverClass: 'highlight',
drop: function(ev, ui){
var item = ui.draggable;
if (!ui.draggable.closest('.empty').length) {
var orig = item;
item = item.clone().draggable();// if item was dragged from the source list - clone it
orig.draggable('disable');
mapOrig.push({item: item, orig: orig});
}
this.innerHTML = ''; // clean the placeholder
item.css({ top: 0, left: 0 }).appendTo(this); // append item to placeholder
}
});
$(".target").on('click', '.closer', function(){
var item = $(this).closest('.item');
for(var i = 0; i < mapOrig.length; ++i){
if(item.is(mapOrig[i].item)){
mapOrig[i].orig.draggable('enable');
mapOrig.splice(i, 1);
}
}
item.fadeTo(200, 0, function(){ item.remove(); })
});
I've created an updated fiddle at http://jsfiddle.net/xmltechgeek/FCj2a/ that show a way to do this using a tracking array for your old item when you create the clone. You can just use the enable/disable functionality from jquery for the actual task of enabling or disabling.

use this code inside droppable -
deactivate: function( event, ui ) {
var item = ui.draggable;
item.draggable('disable');
}
Demo Fiddle