<span my-draggable>Drag ME</span> angular.module('dragModule', []) .directive('myDraggable', ['$document', function($document) { return { link: function(scope, element, attr) { var startX = 0, startY = 0, x = 0, y = 0; element.css({ position: 'relative', border: '1px solid red', backgroundColor: 'lightgrey', cursor: 'pointer' }); element.on('mousedown', function(event) { // Prevent default dragging of selected content event.preventDefault(); startX = event.pageX - x; startY = event.pageY - y; $document.on('mousemove', mousemove); $document.on('mouseup', mouseup); }); function mousemove(event) { y = event.pageY - startY; x = event.pageX - startX; element.css({ top: y + 'px', left: x + 'px' }); } function mouseup() { $document.off('mousemove', mousemove); $document.off('mouseup', mouseup); } } }; }]);