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Row Ordering (DnD) Feature Guide

Material React Table has exposed 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 Table Options

1
boolean
2
IconButtonProps | ({ row, table }) => IconButtonProps
Material UI IconButton Props
3
OnChangeFn<MRT_Row<TData> | null>
4
OnChangeFn<MRT_Row<TData> | null>

Relevant State

1
MRT_Row | null
2
MRT_Row | null

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 table option to true, then setting up an onDragEnd event handler on the muiRowDragHandleProps table option.

const table = useMaterialReactTable({
columns,
data,
enableRowOrdering: true,
enableSorting: false, //usually you do not want to sort when re-ordering
muiRowDragHandleProps: {
onDragEnd: (event, data) => {
//data re-ordering logic here
},
},
});
return <MaterialReactTable table={table} />;
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Source Code

1import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
2import {
3 useMaterialReactTable,
4 type MRT_ColumnDef,
5 type MRT_Row,
6 MRT_TableContainer,
7} from 'material-react-table';
8import { data as initData, type Person } from './makeData';
9
10const Example = () => {
11 const columns = useMemo<MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[]>(
12 //column definitions...
29 );
30
31 const [data, setData] = useState(() => initData);
32
33 const table = useMaterialReactTable({
34 autoResetPageIndex: false,
35 columns,
36 data,
37 enableRowOrdering: true,
38 enableSorting: false,
39 muiRowDragHandleProps: ({ table }) => ({
40 onDragEnd: () => {
41 const { draggingRow, hoveredRow } = table.getState();
42 if (hoveredRow && draggingRow) {
43 data.splice(
44 (hoveredRow as MRT_Row<Person>).index,
45 0,
46 data.splice(draggingRow.index, 1)[0],
47 );
48 setData([...data]);
49 }
50 },
51 }),
52 });
53
54 return <MRT_TableContainer table={table} />;
55};
56
57export default Example;
58

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 also use them to drag rows to other UI elements in your application or even to other tables. This can be done by setting the enableRowDragging table option to true and setting up an onDragEnd event handler on the muiRowDragHandleProps table option to perform whatever logic you want to happen when a row is dropped.

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Source Code

1import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
2import {
3 type MRT_TableOptions,
4 type MRT_ColumnDef,
5 type MRT_Row,
6 MaterialReactTable,
7 useMaterialReactTable,
8} from 'material-react-table';
9import { Box, Typography } from '@mui/material';
10import { data, type Person } from './makeData';
11
12const Example = () => {
13 const columns = useMemo<MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[]>(
14 //column definitions...
31 );
32
33 const [data1, setData1] = useState<Person[]>(() => data.slice(0, 3));
34 const [data2, setData2] = useState<Person[]>(() => data.slice(3, 5));
35
36 const [draggingRow, setDraggingRow] = useState<MRT_Row<Person> | null>(null);
37 const [hoveredTable, setHoveredTable] = useState<string | null>(null);
38
39 const commonTableProps: Partial<MRT_TableOptions<Person>> & {
40 columns: MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[];
41 } = {
42 columns,
43 enableRowDragging: true,
44 enableFullScreenToggle: false,
45 muiTableContainerProps: {
46 sx: {
47 minHeight: '320px',
48 },
49 },
50 onDraggingRowChange: setDraggingRow,
51 state: { draggingRow },
52 };
53
54 const table1 = useMaterialReactTable({
55 ...commonTableProps,
56 data: data1,
57 getRowId: (originalRow) => `table-1-${originalRow.firstName}`,
58 muiRowDragHandleProps: {
59 onDragEnd: () => {
60 if (hoveredTable === 'table-2') {
61 setData2((data2) => [...data2, draggingRow!.original]);
62 setData1((data1) => data1.filter((d) => d !== draggingRow!.original));
63 }
64 setHoveredTable(null);
65 },
66 },
67 muiTablePaperProps: {
68 onDragEnter: () => setHoveredTable('table-1'),
69 sx: {
70 outline: hoveredTable === 'table-1' ? '2px dashed pink' : undefined,
71 },
72 },
73 renderTopToolbarCustomActions: () => (
74 <Typography color="success.main" component="span" variant="h4">
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76 </Typography>
77 ),
78 });
79
80 const table2 = useMaterialReactTable({
81 ...commonTableProps,
82 data: data2,
83 defaultColumn: {
84 size: 100,
85 },
86 getRowId: (originalRow) => `table-2-${originalRow.firstName}`,
87 muiRowDragHandleProps: {
88 onDragEnd: () => {
89 if (hoveredTable === 'table-1') {
90 setData1((data1) => [...data1, draggingRow!.original]);
91 setData2((data2) => data2.filter((d) => d !== draggingRow!.original));
92 }
93 setHoveredTable(null);
94 },
95 },
96 muiTablePaperProps: {
97 onDragEnter: () => setHoveredTable('table-2'),
98 sx: {
99 outline: hoveredTable === 'table-2' ? '2px dashed pink' : undefined,
100 },
101 },
102 renderTopToolbarCustomActions: () => (
103 <Typography color="error.main" component="span" variant="h4">
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105 </Typography>
106 ),
107 });
108
109 return (
110 <Box
111 sx={{
112 display: 'grid',
113 gridTemplateColumns: { xs: 'auto', lg: '1fr 1fr' },
114 gap: '1rem',
115 overflow: 'auto',
116 p: '4px',
117 }}
118 >
119 <MaterialReactTable table={table1} />
120 <MaterialReactTable table={table2} />
121 </Box>
122 );
123};
124
125export default Example;
126

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