# mouseDragged event in perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mousedragged-event-in-perspective/33353>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mousedragged-event-in-perspective/33353 "2020-03-24T11:50:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![kgamble](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kgamble/32/8019_2.png) [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mousedragged-event-in-perspective/33353/2 "2020-03-24T14:54:46Z")

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I needed something similar to click and drag an item, check out this thread and see if it solves your issue

> [@Perspective Mouse Click & Drag](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mouse-click-drag/28583/18):
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> I think we have a winner! It is not perfect, I think because of having to use the messagehandlers and timing, and with an onInstanceMouseDown and onInstanceMouseUp would really smooth that out. That would also eliminate the need to have the messageHandlers and output parameter too, making it a much smoother design. However, here is a working version incase anyone needs it! [PerspectiveClickAndDragComponents.zip](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/7/71c88f0d6a64d5b00fbab2bfb4773e6269c216e4.zip) (5.0 KB) [com-video-to-gif%20(2)]

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