The resulting code (with some minor formatting alterations) from an answer on Stack Overflow to a question about how to group two elements and drag them using d3.drag.
Kudos (and thanks) to Dragon_Slayer for the solution.
A block for the original (not working correctly) code is here.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.active {
stroke: #000;
stroke-width: 2px;
}
.rect {
pointer-events: all;
stroke: none;
stroke-width: 40px;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
var margin = {top: 10, right: 10, bottom: 30, left: 10},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var rectangles = d3.range(10).map(function() {
return {
x: Math.round(Math.random() * (width)),
y: Math.round(Math.random() * (height))
};
});
var color = d3.scaleOrdinal(d3.schemeCategory20);
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom);
var group = svg.selectAll('g')
.data(rectangles)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("transform",
"translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")")
.call(d3.drag()
.on("start", dragstarted)
.on("drag", dragged)
.on("end", dragended));
group.append("rect")
.attr("x", function(d) { return d.x; })
.attr("y", function(d) { return d.y; })
.attr("height", 60)
.attr("width", 30)
.style("fill", function(d, i) { return color(i); });
group.append("text")
.attr("x", function(d) { return d.x; })
.attr("y", function(d) { return d.y; })
.attr("text-anchor", "start")
.style("fill", "steelblue")
.text("Close");
function dragstarted(d) {
d3.select(this).raise().classed("active", true);
}
function dragged(d) {
d3.select(this).select("text")
.attr("x", d.x = d3.event.x)
.attr("y", d.y = d3.event.y);
d3.select(this).select("rect")
.attr("x", d.x = d3.event.x)
.attr("y", d.y = d3.event.y);
}
function dragended(d) {
d3.select(this).classed("active", false);
}
</script>
</body>