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Swap-on-Drop Tiles

A copy-paste drag & drop component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.

Drag & DropHTMLCSSany framework

Drag a tile onto another to swap places. With focus, press Alt plus Arrow Left or Arrow Right.

A
B

Copy into your project

HTML
<!-- Swap-on-Drop Tiles — dropping tile A onto tile B swaps their DOM order.
     Keyboard: focus a tile, Alt+ArrowLeft/ArrowRight swaps with the neighbor. -->
<div class="nuda-dd2-swap-tiles" role="group" aria-label="Swap tiles by dragging" aria-describedby="dd2-swap-tiles-desc">
  <p id="dd2-swap-tiles-desc" class="nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__sr">Drag a tile onto another to swap places. With focus, press Alt plus Arrow Left or Arrow Right.</p>
  <div class="nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile--a" role="option" aria-selected="true" tabindex="0">A</div>
  <div class="nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile--b" role="option" aria-selected="false" tabindex="0">B</div>
</div>
CSS
.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles {
  position: relative;
  width: 160px;
  height: 70px;
}

.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__sr {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  margin: -1px;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0,0,0,0);
  white-space: nowrap;
  border: 0;
}

.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile {
  position: absolute;
  top: 9px;
  width: 52px;
  height: 52px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  border-radius: 12px;
  font: 800 16px ui-sans-serif,system-ui;
  cursor: grab;
}

.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
  outline-offset: 2px;
}

.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile--a {
  left: 24px;
  background: rgba(228,255,84,.12);
  border: 1.5px solid #e4ff54;
  color: #e4ff54;
  animation: nuda-dd2-swap-tiles-a 3s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1) infinite;
}

.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile--b {
  right: 24px;
  background: #161616;
  border: 1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
  color: #cfcfcf;
  animation: nuda-dd2-swap-tiles-b 3s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1) infinite;
}

@keyframes nuda-dd2-swap-tiles-a {
  0%,10%,90%,100% {
    transform: translateX(0) scale(1);
    box-shadow: none;
  }
  50% {
    transform: translateX(64px) scale(1.08);
    box-shadow: 0 10px 22px -8px rgba(228,255,84,.5);
  }
}

@keyframes nuda-dd2-swap-tiles-b {
  0%,10%,90%,100% {
    transform: translateX(0) scale(1);
  }
  50% {
    transform: translateX(-64px) scale(.96);
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
  .nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile--a,.nuda-dd2-swap-tiles__tile--b {
    animation: none;
  }
}

How to use Swap-on-Drop Tiles

Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.

Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.

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