Row Ordering/DnD Feature Guide - Material React Table Docs

Row Ordering (DnD) Feature Guide

Material React Table has exposes all the APIs necessary to enable rich row drag and drop features that you can easily build to meet your needs. This includes the ability to reorder rows, drag rows to other tables, or drag rows to other UI in your application.

This is not the Sorting Guide which is a different feature.

Relevant Props

	#	Type	More Info Links
	1	boolean
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	2	IconButtonProps \| ({ row, table }) => IconButtonProps	Material UI IconButton Props
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	3	OnChangeFn<MRT_Row<TData> \| null>
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	4	OnChangeFn<MRT_Row<TData> \| null>
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Relevant State

	#	Type
	1	MRT_Row \| null
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	2	MRT_Row \| null
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Enable Row Ordering

A common use for row drag and drop is to allow users to reorder rows in a table. This can be done by setting the enableRowOrdering prop to true, and then setting up an onDragEnd event handler on the muiTableBodyRowDragHandleProps prop.

<MaterialReactTable
  columns={columns}
  data={data}
  enableRowOrdering
  enableSorting={false} //usually you don't want to sort when re-ordering
  muiTableBodyRowDragHandleProps={{
    onDragEnd: (event, data) => {
      //data re-ordering logic here
    },
  }}
/>

Demo

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First Name	Last Name	City
Dylan	Murray	East Daphne
Raquel	Kohler	Columbus
Ervin	Reinger	South Linda
Brittany	McCullough	Lincoln
Branson	Frami	Charleston

Source Code

1import React, { FC, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
2import MaterialReactTable, {
3  MRT_ColumnDef,
4  MRT_Row,
5} from 'material-react-table';
6import { data as initData, Person } from './makeData';
7
8const Example: FC = () => {
9  const columns = useMemo<MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[]>(
10    //column definitions...
11    () => [
12      {
13        accessorKey: 'firstName',
14        header: 'First Name',
15      },
16      {
17        accessorKey: 'lastName',
18        header: 'Last Name',
19      },
20      {
21        accessorKey: 'city',
22        header: 'City',
23      },
24    ],
25    [],
26    
27  );
28
29  const [data, setData] = useState(() => initData);
30
31  return (
32    <MaterialReactTable
33      autoResetPageIndex={false}
34      columns={columns}
35      data={data}
36      enableRowOrdering
37      enableSorting={false}
38      muiTableBodyRowDragHandleProps={({ table }) => ({
39        onDragEnd: () => {
40          const { draggingRow, hoveredRow } = table.getState();
41          if (hoveredRow && draggingRow) {
42            data.splice(
43              (hoveredRow as MRT_Row<Person>).index,
44              0,
45              data.splice(draggingRow.index, 1)[0],
46            );
47            setData([...data]);
48          }
49        },
50      })}
51    />
52  );
53};
54
55export default Example;
56

Drag and Drop Rows to Other UI or Tables

The Drag and Drop features are not limited to just internally within the same table. You can use them to drag rows to other UI in your application, or even to other tables. This can be done by setting the enableRowDragging prop to true, and then setting up an onDragEnd event handler on the muiTableBodyRowDragHandleProps prop to perform whatever logic you want to happen when a row is dropped.

Demo

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Nice List

First Name	Last Name	City
Dylan	Murray	East Daphne
Raquel	Kohler	Columbus
Ervin	Reinger	South Linda

Naughty List

Move	First Name	Last Name	City
	Brittany	McCullough	Lincoln
	Branson	Frami	Charleston

Source Code

1import React, { FC, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
2import MaterialReactTable, {
3  MaterialReactTableProps,
4  MRT_ColumnDef,
5  MRT_Row,
6} from 'material-react-table';
7import { Box, Typography } from '@mui/material';
8import { data, Person } from './makeData';
9
10const Example: FC = () => {
11  const columns = useMemo<MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[]>(
12    //column definitions...
13    () => [
14      {
15        accessorKey: 'firstName',
16        header: 'First Name',
17      },
18      {
19        accessorKey: 'lastName',
20        header: 'Last Name',
21      },
22      {
23        accessorKey: 'city',
24        header: 'City',
25      },
26    ],
27    [],
28    
29  );
30
31  const [data1, setData1] = useState<Person[]>(() => data.slice(0, 3));
32  const [data2, setData2] = useState<Person[]>(() => data.slice(3, 5));
33
34  const [draggingRow, setDraggingRow] = useState<MRT_Row<Person> | null>(null);
35  const [hoveredTable, setHoveredTable] = useState<string | null>(null);
36
37  const commonTableProps: Partial<MaterialReactTableProps<Person>> & {
38    columns: MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[];
39  } = {
40    columns,
41    enableRowDragging: true,
42    enableFullScreenToggle: false,
43    muiTableContainerProps: {
44      sx: {
45        minHeight: '320px',
46      },
47    },
48    onDraggingRowChange: setDraggingRow,
49    state: { draggingRow },
50  };
51
52  return (
53    <Box
54      sx={{
55        display: 'grid',
56        gridTemplateColumns: { xs: 'auto', lg: '1fr 1fr' },
57        gap: '1rem',
58        overflow: 'auto',
59        p: '4px',
60      }}
61    >
62      <MaterialReactTable
63        {...commonTableProps}
64        data={data1}
65        getRowId={(originalRow) => `table-1-${originalRow.firstName}`}
66        muiTableBodyRowDragHandleProps={{
67          onDragEnd: () => {
68            if (hoveredTable === 'table-2') {
69              setData2((data2) => [...data2, draggingRow!.original]);
70              setData1((data1) =>
71                data1.filter((d) => d !== draggingRow!.original),
72              );
73            }
74            setHoveredTable(null);
75          },
76        }}
77        muiTablePaperProps={{
78          onDragEnter: () => setHoveredTable('table-1'),
79          sx: {
80            outline: hoveredTable === 'table-1' ? '2px dashed pink' : undefined,
81          },
82        }}
83        renderTopToolbarCustomActions={() => (
84          <Typography color="success.main" component="span" variant="h4">
85            Nice List
86          </Typography>
87        )}
88      />
89      <MaterialReactTable
90        {...commonTableProps}
91        data={data2}
92        defaultColumn={{
93          size: 100,
94        }}
95        getRowId={(originalRow) => `table-2-${originalRow.firstName}`}
96        muiTableBodyRowDragHandleProps={{
97          onDragEnd: () => {
98            if (hoveredTable === 'table-1') {
99              setData1((data1) => [...data1, draggingRow!.original]);
100              setData2((data2) =>
101                data2.filter((d) => d !== draggingRow!.original),
102              );
103            }
104            setHoveredTable(null);
105          },
106        }}
107        muiTablePaperProps={{
108          onDragEnter: () => setHoveredTable('table-2'),
109          sx: {
110            outline: hoveredTable === 'table-2' ? '2px dashed pink' : undefined,
111          },
112        }}
113        renderTopToolbarCustomActions={() => (
114          <Typography color="error.main" component="span" variant="h4">
115            Naughty List
116          </Typography>
117        )}
118      />
119    </Box>
120  );
121};
122
123export default Example;
124

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