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---
title: The use directive
---
Actions are essentially element-level lifecycle functions. They're useful for things like:
* interfacing with third-party libraries
* lazy-loaded images
* tooltips
* adding custom event handlers
In this app, we want to make the orange box 'pannable'. It has event handlers for the `panstart`, `panmove` and `panend` events, but these aren't native DOM events. We have to dispatch them ourselves. First, import the `pannable` function...
```js
import { pannable } from './pannable.js';
```
...then use it with the element:
```html
<div class="box"
use:pannable
on:panstart={handlePanStart}
on:panmove={handlePanMove}
on:panend={handlePanEnd}
style="transform: translate({$coords.x}px,{$coords.y}px)"
></div>
```
Open the `pannable.js` file. Like transition functions, an action function receives a `node` and some optional parameters, and returns an action object. That object must have a `destroy` function, which is called when the element is unmounted.
We want to fire `panstart` event when the user mouses down on the element, `panmove` events (with `dx` and `dy` properties showing how far the mouse moved) when they drag it, and `panend` events when they mouse up. One possible implementation looks like this:
```js
export function pannable(node) {
let x;
let y;
function handleMousedown(event) {
x = event.clientX;
y = event.clientY;
node.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('panstart', {
detail: { x, y }
}));
window.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMousemove);
window.addEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseup);
}
function handleMousemove(event) {
const dx = event.clientX - x;
const dy = event.clientY - y;
x = event.clientX;
y = event.clientY;
node.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('panmove', {
detail: { x, y, dx, dy }
}));
}
function handleMouseup(event) {
x = event.clientX;
y = event.clientY;
node.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('panend', {
detail: { x, y }
}));
window.removeEventListener('mousemove', handleMousemove);
window.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseup);
}
node.addEventListener('mousedown', handleMousedown);
return {
destroy() {
node.removeEventListener('mousedown', handleMousedown);
}
};
}
```
Update the `pannable` function and try moving the box around.
> This implementation is for demonstration purposes — a more complete one would also consider touch events.