Draggable DIV Element

[Denny_KK]

I am confusing the first line of code in red " dragElement(document.getElementById("mydiv"));  ".
What do it mean?
Is there any other way to do it ?   

Thank you

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original link of the code: https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_js_draggable

<script>
//Make the DIV element draggagle:
dragElement(document.getElementById("mydiv"));

function dragElement(elmnt) {
  var pos1 = 0, pos2 = 0, pos3 = 0, pos4 = 0;
  if (document.getElementById(elmnt.id + "header")) {
    /* if present, the header is where you move the DIV from:*/
    document.getElementById(elmnt.id + "header").onmousedown = dragMouseDown;
  } else {
    /* otherwise, move the DIV from anywhere inside the DIV:*/
    elmnt.onmousedown = dragMouseDown;
  }

  function dragMouseDown(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    e.preventDefault();
    // get the mouse cursor position at startup:
    pos3 = e.clientX;
    pos4 = e.clientY;
    document.onmouseup = closeDragElement;
    // call a function whenever the cursor moves:
    document.onmousemove = elementDrag;
  }

  function elementDrag(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    e.preventDefault();
    // calculate the new cursor position:
    pos1 = pos3 - e.clientX;
    pos2 = pos4 - e.clientY;
    pos3 = e.clientX;
    pos4 = e.clientY;
    // set the element's new position:
    elmnt.style.top = (elmnt.offsetTop - pos2) + "px";
    elmnt.style.left = (elmnt.offsetLeft - pos1) + "px";
  }

  function closeDragElement() {
    /* stop moving when mouse button is released:*/
    document.onmouseup = null;
    document.onmousemove = null;
  }
}
</script>

[Ingolme]

I'm not sure what you're looking for. There may be other ways to access the element, but you still need to pass a reference to the element to the dragElement() function.

The line of code can be broken down into two parts:

• document.getElementById("mydiv"); gets a reference to the element. Read more about getElementById() here: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_document_getelementbyid.asp
• dragElement( ... ) is the function defined right below. It takes an HTML element as a parameter. You can read about function parameters here: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_functions.asp