I\'m trying to build a jQuery plugin that allows you to drag and draw a rectangle (or a div with a border) but I\'m not sure how to do it. I don\'t know of any that currently ha
The basics for something like this are quite simple, when you think about it:
mousedown events on some container (possible the entire document);
event object (e.pageX and e.pageY);mousemove events to change the width and height object (based on the mouse coordinates);mouseup event to detach the mousemove event listener.The aforementioned absolute placed element is, e.g., a Update: here is an example: Demo: http://jsbin.com/ireqix/226/background: transparent.
$(function() {
var $container = $('#container');
var $selection = $('