Chapter 8. Drag Me, Drop Me
In this chapter we will cover:
- Making a component draggable
- Restricting dragging by axis, grid, and containment
- Snapping to the edges of the nearest elements
- Defining droppable targets
- Restricting dropping by tolerance and acceptance
- AJAX-enhanced drag-and-drop
- Integrating drag-and-drop with data iteration components
Introduction
Drag-and-drop is an action, meaning grabbing an object and dragging it to a different location. Components capable of being dragged and dropped enrich the Web and make a solid base for modern UI patterns. The drag-and-drop utilities in PrimeFaces allow us to create draggable and droppable user interfaces efficiently. They make it abstract for developers to deal with the implementation details on a ...
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