javascript - how to move a div with arrow keys

Question

I would like to move a div with my arrow keys using jQuery. So right, left, down and up.

Found a demo of what I want to accomplish here

I would like to be able to move a div around in another div.

How can this be done?

Answer 1

var pane = $('#pane'),
    box = $('#box'),
    w = pane.width() - box.width(),
    d = {},
    x = 3;

function newv(v,a,b) {
    var n = parseInt(v, 10) - (d[a] ? x : 0) + (d[b] ? x : 0);
    return n < 0 ? 0 : n > w ? w : n;
}

$(window).keydown(function(e) { d[e.which] = true; });
$(window).keyup(function(e) { d[e.which] = false; });

setInterval(function() {
    box.css({
        left: function(i,v) { return newv(v, 37, 39); },
        top: function(i,v) { return newv(v, 38, 40); }
    });
}, 20);

#pane {
  position: relative;
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  border: 2px solid red;
}

#box {
  position: absolute;
  top: 140px;
  left: 140px;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  background-color: black;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="pane">
  <div id="box"></div>
</div>