Example10DragFromOutside.vue

<template>
    <div>
        <div>
            <div class="layoutJSON">
                Displayed as <code>[x, y, w, h]</code>:
                <div class="columns">
                    <div class="layoutItem" v-for="item in layout">
                        <b>{{ item.i }}</b>: [{{ item.x }}, {{ item.y }}, {{ item.w }}, {{ item.h }}]
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <br/>
        <div @drag="drag" @dragend="dragend" class="droppable-element" draggable="true"
             unselectable="on">Droppable Element (Drag me!)</div>
        <div id="content">
            <grid-layout ref="gridlayout" :layout.sync="layout"
                         :col-num="12"
                         :row-height="30"
                         :is-draggable="true"
                         :is-resizable="true"
                         :vertical-compact="true"
                         :use-css-transforms="true"
            >
                <grid-item :key="item.i" v-for="item in layout"
                           :x="item.x"
                           :y="item.y"
                           :w="item.w"
                           :h="item.h"
                           :i="item.i"
                >
                    <span class="text">{{ item.i }}</span>
                </grid-item>
            </grid-layout>
        </div>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import {GridLayout, GridItem} from "vue-grid-layout"

let mouseXY = {"x": null, "y": null};
let DragPos = {"x": null, "y": null, "w": 1, "h": 1, "i": null};


export default {
    components: {
        GridLayout,
        GridItem
    },
    data() {
        return {
            layout: [
                {"x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 2, "h": 2, "i": "0"},
                {"x": 2, "y": 0, "w": 2, "h": 4, "i": "1"},
                {"x": 4, "y": 0, "w": 2, "h": 5, "i": "2"},
                {"x": 6, "y": 0, "w": 2, "h": 3, "i": "3"},
                {"x": 8, "y": 0, "w": 2, "h": 3, "i": "4"},
                {"x": 10, "y": 0, "w": 2, "h": 3, "i": "5"},
                {"x": 0, "y": 5, "w": 2, "h": 5, "i": "6"},
                {"x": 2, "y": 5, "w": 2, "h": 5, "i": "7"},
                {"x": 4, "y": 5, "w": 2, "h": 5, "i": "8"},
                {"x": 5, "y": 10, "w": 4, "h": 3, "i": "9"},
            ],

            controller: new window.AbortController()
        };
    },
    mounted() {
        document.addEventListener("dragover", function (e) {
            mouseXY.x = e.clientX;
            mouseXY.y = e.clientY;
        }, {
            capture: false,
            signal: this.controller?.signal
        });
    },
    beforeDestroy() {
        this.controller.abort();
    },
    methods: {
        drag: function (e) {
            let parentRect = document.getElementById('content').getBoundingClientRect();
            let mouseInGrid = false;
            if (((mouseXY.x > parentRect.left) && (mouseXY.x < parentRect.right)) && ((mouseXY.y > parentRect.top) && (mouseXY.y < parentRect.bottom))) {
                mouseInGrid = true;
            }
            if (mouseInGrid === true && (this.layout.findIndex(item => item.i === 'drop')) === -1) {
                this.layout.push({
                    x: (this.layout.length * 2) % (this.colNum || 12),
                    y: this.layout.length + (this.colNum || 12), // puts it at the bottom
                    w: 1,
                    h: 1,
                    i: 'drop',
                });
            }
            let index = this.layout.findIndex(item => item.i === 'drop');
            if (index !== -1) {
                try {
                    this.$refs.gridlayout.$children[this.layout.length].$refs.item.style.display = "none";
                } catch {
                }
                let el = this.$refs.gridlayout.$children[index];
                el.dragging = {"top": mouseXY.y - parentRect.top, "left": mouseXY.x - parentRect.left};
                let new_pos = el.calcXY(mouseXY.y - parentRect.top, mouseXY.x - parentRect.left);

                if (mouseInGrid === true) {
                    this.$refs.gridlayout.dragEvent('dragstart', 'drop', new_pos.x, new_pos.y, 1, 1);
                    DragPos.i = String(index);
                    DragPos.x = this.layout[index].x;
                    DragPos.y = this.layout[index].y;
                }
                if (mouseInGrid === false) {
                    this.$refs.gridlayout.dragEvent('dragend', 'drop', new_pos.x, new_pos.y, 1, 1);
                    this.layout = this.layout.filter(obj => obj.i !== 'drop');
                }
            }
        },
        dragend: function (e) {
            let parentRect = document.getElementById('content').getBoundingClientRect();
            let mouseInGrid = false;
            if (((mouseXY.x > parentRect.left) && (mouseXY.x < parentRect.right)) && ((mouseXY.y > parentRect.top) && (mouseXY.y < parentRect.bottom))) {
                mouseInGrid = true;
            }
            if (mouseInGrid === true) {
                alert(`Dropped element props:\n${JSON.stringify(DragPos, ['x', 'y', 'w', 'h'], 2)}`);
                this.$refs.gridlayout.dragEvent('dragend', 'drop', DragPos.x, DragPos.y, 1, 1);
                this.layout = this.layout.filter(obj => obj.i !== 'drop');

                // UNCOMMENT below if you want to add a grid-item
                /*
                this.layout.push({
                    x: DragPos.x,
                    y: DragPos.y,
                    w: 1,
                    h: 1,
                    i: DragPos.i,
                });
                this.$refs.gridLayout.dragEvent('dragend', DragPos.i, DragPos.x,DragPos.y,1,1);
                try {
                    this.$refs.gridLayout.$children[this.layout.length].$refs.item.style.display="block";
                } catch {
                }
                */
            }
        },
    }
}
</script>

<style scoped>

.droppable-element {
    width: 150px;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fdd;
    border: 1px solid black;
    margin: 10px 0;
    padding: 10px;
}


.vue-grid-layout {
    background: #eee;
}

.vue-grid-item:not(.vue-grid-placeholder) {
    background: #ccc;
    border: 1px solid black;
}

.vue-grid-item .resizing {
    opacity: 0.9;
}

.vue-grid-item .static {
    background: #cce;
}

.vue-grid-item .text {
    font-size: 24px;
    text-align: center;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    margin: auto;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

.vue-grid-item .no-drag {
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

.vue-grid-item .minMax {
    font-size: 12px;
}

.vue-grid-item .add {
    cursor: pointer;
}

.vue-draggable-handle {
    position: absolute;
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='10' height='10'><circle cx='5' cy='5' r='5' fill='#999999'/></svg>") no-repeat;
    background-position: bottom right;
    padding: 0 8px 8px 0;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-origin: content-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.layoutJSON {
    background: #ddd;
    border: 1px solid black;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
}

.layoutJSON {
    background: #ddd;
    border: 1px solid black;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
}

.columns {
    -moz-columns: 120px;
    -webkit-columns: 120px;
    columns: 120px;
}
</style>