created selectable module for selecting / grouping elements

public/less/admin/components.less

@@ -33,3 +33,24 @@
 	right:20px;
 	bottom:20px;
 }
+
+.selectable {
+	.selector {
+		position: absolute;
+		border: 1px solid #89B;
+		background: #BCE;
+		background-color: #BEC;
+		border-color: #8B9;
+		z-index: 999;
+	}
+
+	.selection {
+		border: 1px solid transparent;
+		margin: 2px;
+
+		&.dropped, &.active {
+			background-color: #ECF1DB;
+			border: 1px dashed #9B8;
+		}
+	}	
+}

public/src/modules/admin/selectable.js

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"use strict";
+
+/*globals define*/
+
+define('admin/selectable', function() {
+	var selectable = {};
+
+	selectable.enable = function(parentElement, elementsToSelect) {
+		parentElement = $(parentElement);
+		elementsToSelect = $(elementsToSelect);
+
+		var offset = parentElement.offset();
+
+		parentElement
+			.addClass('selectable')
+			.on('click', function(ev) {
+				if (!ev.shiftKey) {
+					elementsToSelect.removeClass('dropped');
+				}
+			})
+			.drag('start',function(ev, dd) {
+				if (!ev.shiftKey) {
+					elementsToSelect.removeClass('dropped');
+				}
+
+				return $('<div class="selector" />')
+					.css('opacity', 0.65 )
+					.appendTo('.tag-list');
+			})
+			.drag(function(ev, dd){
+				$(dd.proxy).css({
+					top: Math.min(ev.pageY - offset.top, dd.startY - offset.top),
+					left: Math.min(ev.pageX, dd.startX),
+					height: Math.abs(ev.pageY - dd.startY),
+					width: Math.abs(ev.pageX - dd.startX)
+				});
+			})
+			.drag('end',function(ev, dd){
+				$(dd.proxy).remove();
+			})
+			.css('padding-bottom', '100px');
+
+		elementsToSelect
+			.addClass('selection')
+			.drop('start',function(){
+				$(this).addClass('active');
+			})
+			.drop(function( ev, dd ){
+				$(this).addClass('dropped');
+			})
+			.drop('end',function(){
+				$(this).removeClass('active');
+			});
+
+		$.drop({
+			multi: true
+		});
+	};
+
+	return selectable;
+});