Build jQuery UI Draggable - Handles in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Draggable - Handles.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Draggable - Handles</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
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<style>
#draggable, #draggable2 { width: 100px; height: 100px; padding: 0.5em; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; }
#draggable p { cursor: move; }
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#draggable" ).draggable({ handle: "p" });
$( "#draggable2" ).draggable({ cancel: "p.ui-widget-header" });
$( "div, p" ).disableSelection();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="draggable" class="ui-widget-content">
<p class="ui-widget-header">I can be dragged only by this handle</p>
</div>

<div id="draggable2" class="ui-widget-content">
<p>You can drag me around&hellip;</p>
<p class="ui-widget-header">&hellip;but you can't drag me by this handle.</p>
</div>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>Allow dragging only when the cursor is over a specific part of the draggable.  Use the <code>handle</code> option to specify the jQuery selector of an element (or group of elements) used to drag the object.</p>
<p>Or prevent dragging when the cursor is over a specific element (or group of elements) within the draggable.  Use the <code>cancel</code> option to specify a jQuery selector over which to "cancel" draggable functionality.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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