Draggable Div with Pure JavaScript

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Draggable Div with Pure JavaScript

A JavaScript only solution to make a div draggable and that stays within the Viewport of the browser when dragging. No jQuery or other plugin is needed.
The code will put the div being dragged on top with the z-index. You can remove those pieces of code if you do not want it, or will only use one draggable div.

The downside is that this only works with a mouse, not a touch interface. If you wanto to use Touch Devices, check out my other solution that uses jQuery.

View source on GitHub

Code Snippets

var dragDivZindex = 100;

//which div's to drag
draggableDiv(document.getElementById("DraggableDiv1"));
draggableDiv(document.getElementById("DraggableDiv2"));


function draggableDiv(div) {
    //some variables
    var pos1 = 0
    var pos2 = 0
    var pos3 = 0
    var pos4 = 0;
    var margin = 10;
    var extra_margin_right = 3;
    var extra_margin_bottom = 3;

    //set the inital z-index
    div.style.zIndex = dragDivZindex;

    //extra margin right when there is a vertical scrollbar
    if (document.body.scrollHeight > window.innerHeight) {
        extra_margin_right = 20;
    }

    //extra margin bottom when there is a horizontal scrollbar
    if (document.body.scrollWidth > window.innerWidth) {
        extra_margin_bottom = 20;
    }

    //use the Header for drag if there is one, if not drag on the whole div
    var header = div.id + '_Header';
    if (document.getElementById(header)) {
        document.getElementById(header).onmousedown = dragDivMouseDown;
    } else {
        div.onmousedown = dragDivMouseDown;
    }

    //add a mouse enter event for the z-index
    div.onmouseenter = dragDivMouseEnter;

    //start dragging
    function dragDivMouseDown(e) {
        e = e || window.event;
        e.preventDefault();

        //track coordinates
        pos3 = e.clientX;
        pos4 = e.clientY;

        //attach functions
        document.onmouseup = dragDivMouseUp;
        document.onmousemove = dragDivMouseMove;
    }

    //drag the div
    function dragDivMouseMove(e) {
        e = e || window.event;
        e.preventDefault();

        //track coordinates
        pos1 = pos3 - e.clientX;
        pos2 = pos4 - e.clientY;
        pos3 = e.clientX;
        pos4 = e.clientY;

        var top = div.offsetTop - pos2;
        var left = div.offsetLeft - pos1;

        //check if the element does not exceed the viewport at the top of bottom
        if (top < margin) {
            top = margin;
        } else if (top + div.clientHeight + margin + extra_margin_bottom > window.innerHeight) {
            top = window.innerHeight - margin - div.clientHeight - extra_margin_bottom;
        }

        //check if the element does not exceed the viewport at the left of right
        if (left < margin) {
            left = margin;
        } else if (left + div.clientWidth + margin + extra_margin_right > window.innerWidth) {
            left = window.innerWidth - margin - div.clientWidth - extra_margin_right;
        }

        //set the css of the div
        div.style.top = top + 'px';
        div.style.left = left + 'px';
    }

    //stop dragging
    function dragDivMouseUp() {
        document.onmouseup = null;
        document.onmousemove = null;
    }

    //if there are more than one, set the element being dragged on top with z-index
    function dragDivMouseEnter() {
        dragDivZindex++;
        div.style.zIndex = dragDivZindex;
    }
}

The CSS

.DraggableDiv {
    /* to allow the draggable div's to scroll with the content make the position absolute */
    position: fixed;
    top: 30%;
    left: 20%;
    width: 250px;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    background: #beccf3;
    box-shadow: 5px 5px 3px 0px rgba(97,97,97,0.5);
}

.DraggableDiv div {
    padding: 5px;
}

.DraggableDiv .Header {
    cursor: move;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #ffffff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    background-color: #566895;
}

#DraggableDiv2 {
    cursor: move;
    top: 40%;
    left: 25%;
}

The HTML

<div class="DraggableDiv" id="DraggableDiv1">
    <div class="Header" id="DraggableDiv1_Header">
        Header
    </div>
    <div class="Content">
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    </div>
</div>

<div class="DraggableDiv" id="DraggableDiv2">
    <div class="Content">
        <strong>No Header</strong>
        <br />
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    </div>
</div>

Draggable Div 1

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Draggable Div 2 - No Header
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