diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/topology/layer/forcesvg/draggable/draggable.directive.ts b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/topology/layer/forcesvg/draggable/draggable.directive.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnChanges } from '@angular/core';
+import { ForceDirectedGraph, Node } from '../models';
+import * as d3 from 'd3';
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[onosDraggableNode]'
+})
+export class DraggableDirective implements OnChanges {
+    @Input() draggableNode: Node;
+    @Input() draggableInGraph: ForceDirectedGraph;
+
+    constructor(
+        private _element: ElementRef
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    ngOnChanges() {
+        this.applyDraggableBehaviour(
+            this._element.nativeElement,
+            this.draggableNode,
+            this.draggableInGraph);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A method to bind a draggable behaviour to an svg element
+     */
+    applyDraggableBehaviour(element, node: Node, graph: ForceDirectedGraph) {
+        const d3element = d3.select(element);
+
+        function started() {
+            /** Preventing propagation of dragstart to parent elements */
+            d3.event.sourceEvent.stopPropagation();
+
+            if (!d3.event.active) {
+                graph.simulation.alphaTarget(0.3).restart();
+            }
+
+            d3.event.on('drag', dragged).on('end', ended);
+
+            function dragged() {
+                node.fx = d3.event.x;
+                node.fy = d3.event.y;
+            }
+
+            function ended() {
+                if (!d3.event.active) {
+                    graph.simulation.alphaTarget(0);
+                }
+
+                node.fx = null;
+                node.fy = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        d3element.call(d3.drag()
+            .on('start', started));
+    }
+}