Drag select and move multiple items

Hi there,
I'm currently creating a word game where I would like to place tiles, but if possible I need it to be possible to drag select groups of tiles (preferably with a visible selection box as you drag) and move them around all together.. is there a simple way to implement this and still have the tiles snap to a grid ?
Many Thanks in advance
Martin

you can reparent your selected group to a new parent and drag the parent.

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