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Asked: 2026-05-22T19:24:42+00:00

I have an HTML 5 page where I load an svg circle. When I

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I have an HTML 5 page where I load an svg circle. When I click on the circle I create another small circle where I click. I want to be able to drag the second circle but cant seem to do it with jquery-ui .draggable();

I am able to move the circle by accessing its cx and cy attributes so there must be a way to drag it.

    <!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html >
<head>
<title></title>
<link href="css/reset.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src="js/jquerysvg/jquery.svg.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src="js/jquery-ui.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script type="text/javascript" >
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    $('#target').svg({onLoad: drawInitial});
    $('circle').click(function(e){
        drawShape(e);
        var shape = this.id;

    });

    $('.drag').mousedown(function(e){
        var shape = this.id;
        this.setAttribute("cx", e.pageX);
        this.setAttribute("cy", e.pageY);
    });
})

function drawInitial(svg) {
    svg.add($('#svginline')); 
}

function drawShape(e) {
    var svg = $("#target").svg('get');
    $('#result').text(e.clientX + ": " +  e.pageX);
    var dragme = svg.circle(e.clientX, e.clientY, 5, {fill: 'green', stroke: 'red', 'stroke-width': 3, class_: 'drag'});    
    //$(dragme).draggable();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="target" ></div>
    <svg:svg id="svginline">
        <svg:circle id="circ11" class="area" cx="75" cy="75" r="50" stroke="black" stroke-width="2" fill="red"/>
    </svg:svg>
    <div id="result" >ffff</div>
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    jQuery UI draggable behavior does work, but you need to update the position manually in the drag handler, as relative CSS positioning doesn’t work inside SVG.

    svg.rect(20,10,100,50, 10, 10, {fill:'#666'});
svg.rect(40,20,100,50, 10, 10, {fill:'#999'});
svg.rect(60,30,100,50, 10, 10, {fill:'#ccc'});

$('rect')
  .draggable()
  .bind('mousedown', function(event, ui){
    // bring target to front
    $(event.target.parentElement).append( event.target );
  })
  .bind('drag', function(event, ui){
    // update coordinates manually, since top/left style props don't work on SVG
    event.target.setAttribute('x', ui.position.left);
    event.target.setAttribute('y', ui.position.top);
  });
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