Can this type of flash dragging, dropping, and animation be done in a javascript library?

Question

Sorry. I don't know a good title for this, but please look here:

http://joshblog.net/projects/logic-gate-simulator/Logicly.html

I saw this from delicious over the weekend. It is in flash and I wondered if something like this, as far as the graphics and interaction goes, could be done in javascript (jquery or other library, not rolling my own.)

Again, I do not mean logic gates specifically but more the dragging, dropping and the drawing lines between objects, moving them around, etc.

Does anyone know of a website that has something like this in javascript? It kind of reminds me of dragging and dropping points on google maps but nicer. Thank you.

Answer 1

Im sure you could work something similar with jQuery. Checkout the jQuery UI, they have demos of its capabilities.

Answer 2

Looks like someone has recently made a Logic Gate Thing that might interest you, though it doesn't quite have the level of animation that the Flash version has. (Here is an explanation from the author.)

Answer 3

jQuery UI has some effects such as dragging and animations. There are some demos at http://jqueryui.com/demos/

Answer 4

Mootools can also do this - they have some pretty slick demos on their website.

Answer 5

http://javascript.neyric.com/wireit/ and jQuery draggables is what you want.

Too bad the wire-it library is YUI. Would be nice if it were jQuery.