phaser/examples/groups/replace.js

var game = new Phaser.Game(800, 600, Phaser.CANVAS, 'phaser-example', { preload: preload, create: create, render: render });

// Left and right group.
var left
var right;

// The first selected item.
var selected = null;

function preload() {
    game.load.spritesheet('item', 'assets/buttons/number-buttons-90x90.png', 90, 90);
}

function create() {

    left = game.add.group();
    right = game.add.group();

    // Add some items to left side, and set a onDragStop listener
    // to limit its location when dropped.
    var item;

    for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
    {
        // Directly create sprites from the left group.
        item = left.create(290, 98 * (i + 1), 'item', i);
        // Enable input.
        item.input.start(0, false, true);
        item.events.onInputUp.add(select);
        // Add another to the right group.
        item = right.create(388, 98 * (i + 1), 'item', i + 3);
        // Enable input.
        item.input.start(0,true);
        item.events.onInputUp.add(select);
    }
}

function select(item, pointer) {

    // If there's no one selected, mark it as selected.
    if (!selected)
    {
        selected = item;
        selected.alpha = 0.5;
    }
    else
    {
        // Items from different group selected, replace with each other;
        // Something like a swap action, maybe better done with
        // group.swap() method.
        if (selected.group !== item.group)
        {
            // Move the later selected to the first selected item's position.
            item.x = selected.x;
            item.y = selected.y;
            // Replace first selected with the second one.
            selected.group.replace(selected, item);
        }
        else
        {
            selected.alpha = 1;
        }

        // After checking, now clear the helper var.
        selected = null;
    }
    
}

function render() {

    game.debug.renderText('Left Group', 300, 80);
    game.debug.renderText('Right Group', 400, 80);
    game.debug.renderText('Click an item and one from another group to replace it.', 240, 480);

}