In an attempt to both learn how to construct plugins for jQuery, as well as learning some of jQuery 1.4, I’ve created the DragForm Plugin.
So what’s the point? Why create a plugin for dragging and dropping form elements? I thought I’d try a different take on the typical web-form usability and created what I think is a pretty decent alternative.
Drag and drop elements have been around forever. It’s a pretty good metaphor in terms of describing to the user how certain elements of a user interface are to function. The web is a different matter however. Drag and drop, while isn’t all that new to the web, it hasn’t been as widely adopted with how web sites are designed and are meant to be interacted with.