I'm in the process of creating a drag-and-drop quiz using only HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript. The concept involves having a div for answers and another for questions. The questions contain blank divs where draggable answers can be dropped.
For instance, if the answers are "a, b, c" and "x, y, z," and the question is "The 1st three letters of the alphabet are: ___"
I need assistance with two main tasks:
- I would like each blank div in the question to allow only one dropped element at a time (currently they can stack).
- After dropping an answer, I want to check if the answers in the current question divs are correct.
How can I achieve this?
P.S. I am new to HTML/CSS/JS, so please let me know if implementing this without external libraries and PHP is not possible.
/* Events fired on the drag target */
document.addEventListener("dragstart", function(event) {
// The dataTransfer.setData() method sets the data type and the value of the dragged data
event.dataTransfer.setData("Text", event.target.id);
// Output some text when starting to drag the p element
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Started to drag the p element.";
// Change the opacity of the draggable element
event.target.style.opacity = "0.4";
});
// While dragging the p element, change the color of the output text
document.addEventListener("drag", function(event) {
document.getElementById("demo").style.color = "red";
});
// Output some text when finished dragging the p element and reset the opacity
document.addEventListener("dragend", function(event) {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Finished dragging the p element.";
event.target.style.opacity = "1";
});
/* Events fired on the drop target */
// When the draggable p element enters the droptarget, change the DIVS's border style
document.addEventListener("dragenter", function(event) {
if ( event.target.className == "droptarget" ) {
event.target.style.border = "3px dotted red";
}
});
// By default, data/elements cannot be dropped in other elements. To allow a drop, we must prevent the default handling of the element
document.addEventListener("dragover", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
});
// When the draggable p element leaves the droptarget, reset the DIVS's border style
document.addEventListener("dragleave", function(event) {
if ( event.target.className == "droptarget" ) {
event.target.style.border = "";
}
});
/* On drop - Prevent the browser default handling of the data (default is open as link on drop)
Reset the color of the output text and DIV's border color
Get the dragged data with the dataTransfer.getData() method
The dragged data is the id of the dragged element ("drag1")
Append the dragged element into the drop element
*/
document.addEventListener("drop", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
if ( event.target.className == "droptarget" ) {
document.getElementById("demo").style.color = "";
event.target.style.border = "hidden";
var data = event.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
event.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
}
});.droptarget {
display: inline-block;
min-width: 50px;
height: 25px;
border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
color: #000;
text-align: center;
}
.container {
display: inline-block;
padding: 15px;
margin: 10px;
background: #eee;
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 5px;
box-sizing:border-box;
}
.dragtarget {
background-color: red;
padding: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
}
domande {
display: inline-block;
padding: 15px;
margin: 10px;
background: #eee;
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 5px;
box-sizing:border-box;
}<p>Drag the answer into the right square</p>
<div class="container">
<p draggable="true" class="dragtarget" id="dragtarget">A,B,C</p>
<p draggable="true" class="dragtarget" id="dragtarget">1,2,3</p>
</div>
<div class="domande">
<h3>First three letters of the alphabet<div class="droptarget"></div></h3>
<h3>First three numbers<div class="droptarget"></div></h3>
</div>
<p id="demo"></p>