Drag a rectangle (graphic program)

[ccie007]

Hi frens,
This program called DrawRectange is from the book "Art and science of Java" which lets you draw rectangle on canvas by pressing mouse and dragging.The code for this program is as follows:

/*
* File: DrawRectangle.java
* ------------------------
* This program allows users to create rectangles on the canvas
* by clicking and dragging with the mouse.
*/
import java.awt.event.*;
import acm.graphics.*;
import acm.program.*;
/** This class allows users to drag rectangles on the canvas */
public class DrawRectangle extends GraphicsProgram {
/** Runs the program */
public void run() {
addMouseListeners();
}
/** Called on mouse press to record the starting coordinates */
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
startX = e.getX();
startY = e.getY();
currentRect = new GRect(startX, startY, 0, 0);
currentRect.setFilled(true);
add(currentRect);
}
/** Called on mouse drag to reshape the current rectangle */
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
double x = Math.min(e.getX(), startX);
double y = Math.min(e.getY(), startY);
double width = Math.abs(e.getX() - startX);
double height = Math.abs(e.getY() - startY);
currentRect.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
}
/* Private state */
private GRect currentRect; /* The current rectangle */
private double startX; /* The initial mouse X position */
private double startY; /* The initial mouse Y position */
}

Now I got to do this exercise which says

Modify the DrawRectangle program ,so that clicking the mouse
inside an existing rectangle allows you to drag that rectangle to a new position on the
canvas.

I tried my best to do this exercise but I couldn't.Can anybody give me ideas please how to do this?

[Tolls]

You know where on the screen the mouse was clicked (it's there in the code you posted).
You already have the current rectangle stored (I presume that's what currentRect is).
SO you should be able to determine if those coordinates for the mouse click are within the rectangle.

Can you achieve that bit?

[ccie007]

I try that Tolls,thank you for your help mate.

[Tolls]

How you get it to move after you've clicked on it I can't say accurately because I don't know acm.