ngx-virtual-sortable

A virtual scrolling list component that can be sorted by dragging

Live demo

Simple usage

npm i ngx-virtual-sortable

virutal-list.module.ts

...
import { VirtualListModule } from 'ngx-virtual-sortable';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    ...
  ],
  imports: [
    ...
    VirtualListModule
  ],
  providers: []
})
export class ListModule { }

virutal-list.component.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'virutal-list',
  template: `
    <div #scroller>
      <div
        virtual-list
        [scroller]="scroller"
        [dataKey]="'id'"
        [keeps]="30"
        [(ngModel)]="list"
        (ngModelChange)="onChange($event)"
      >
        <ng-template let-item let-index="index">
          <div class="list-item">
            <span>{{ index }}</span>
            <p>{{ item.text }}</p>
          </div>
        </ng-template>
      </div>
    </div>
  `,
  styles: [],
})
export class AppComponent {
  public list = [
    { id: 'a', text: 'aaa' },
    { id: 'b', text: 'bbb' },
    { id: 'c', text: 'ccc' },
    ...
  ];

  onChange(data) {
    // the data changes after the dragging ends
  }
}

EventEmitters

Event	Description
onTop	Scrolled to top of scroll element
onBottom	Scrolled to bottom of scroll element
onScroll	Scroll event
onDrag	Element dragging started
onDrop	Element dragging is completed
onRangeChange	List rendering range changed

Props

Required Props

Prop	Type	Description
data-key	String	The unique identifier of each piece of data, in the form of 'a.b.c'
scroller	HTMLElement | Document	Virtual list scrolling element

Optional Props

Commonly used

Prop	Type	Default	Description
keeps	Number	30	The number of lines rendered by the virtual scroll
size	Number	-	The estimated height of each piece of data, it will be automatically calculated
handle	Function/String	-	Drag handle selector within list items
group	Object/String	-	string: 'name' or object: { name: 'group', put: true/false, pull: true/false/'clone', revertDrag: true/false }
direction	vertical | horizontal		scroll direction
lockAxis	x | y	-	Axis on which dragging will be locked
tableMode	Boolean	false	Using Virtual Lists in Tabular Mode
keepOffset	Boolean	false	When scrolling up to load data, keep the same offset as the previous scroll
debounceTime	Number	0	debounce time on scroll
throttleTime	Number	0	throttle time on scroll

Uncommonly used

Prop	Type	Default	Description
wrapper	HTMLElement	-	Virtual list wrapper
buffer	Number	Math.round(keeps / 3)	Buffer size to detect range change
sortable	Boolean	true	Allow Sorting by Dragging
draggable	String	[role="item"]	Specifies which items inside the element should be draggable
disabled	Boolean	false	Disables the sortable if set to true
animation	Number	150	Animation speed moving items when sorting
autoScroll	Boolean	true	Automatic scrolling when moving to the edge of the container
scrollSpeed	Object	{ x: 10, y: 10}	Vertical&Horizontal scrolling speed (px)
scrollThreshold	Number	55	Threshold to trigger autoscroll
delay	Number	0	Time in milliseconds to define when the sorting should start
delayOnTouchOnly	Boolean	false	Only delay on press if user is using touch
appendToBody	Boolean	false	Appends the ghost element into the document's body
dropOnAnimationEnd	Boolean	true	Whether to trigger the drop event when the animation ends
ghostClass	String	''	The class of the mask element when dragging
ghostStyle	Object	{}	The style of the mask element when dragging
chosenClass	String	''	The class of the selected element when dragging
placeholderClass	String	''	Class name for the drop placeholder

Public Methods

Method	Description
getSize(key)	Get the size of the current item by unique key value
getOffset()	Get the current scroll height
getClientSize()	Get wrapper element client viewport size (width or height)
getScrollSize()	Get all scroll size (scrollHeight or scrollWidth)
scrollToTop()	Scroll to top of list
scrollToBottom()	Scroll to bottom of list
scrollToKey(key)	Scroll to the specified data-key position
scrollToIndex(index, align)	Scroll to the specified index position
scrollToOffset(offset, align)	Scroll to the specified offset

Usage

import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { VirtualListComponent } from 'ngx-virtual-sortable';

@Component({
  selector: 'virutal-list',
  template: `
    <div #scroller>
      <virtual-list
        #virtualList
        ...
      >
        ...
      </virtual-list>
    </div>
    <button (click)="scrollToBottom()">scroll to bottom</button>
  `,
  styles: [],
})
export class ListComponent {
  @ViewChild('virtualList') virtualList: VirtualListComponent;

  scrollToBottom() {
    this.virtualList.scrollToBottom();
  }
}