Drag & Drop for Hierarchical Data Structure
This sample app demonstrates node drag and drop operations within DevExtreme TreeView when using a hierarchical data structure. You can reorder nodes within a single tree view or drag and drop nodes between two separate tree views.
Use Sortable to implement the necessary drag and drop functionality within your web app. The following steps outline configuration requirements for our JavaScript TreeView:
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Allow users to reorder nodes
Wrap the TreeView in a Sortable and enable the Sortable's allowReordering option. -
Allow users to change node hierarchy
Enable the allowDropInsideItem option so that users can drop one node onto another. This adds it as the target node's child. If this option is disabled, users can only drop nodes between other nodes. -
Allow users to drag only tree view nodes
To specify tree view nodes as drag targets, set the filter option to a class selector. Since all tree view nodes use thedx-treeview-nodeclass, you can use this class selector as needed. -
Prevent a node from being moved into its child node
When a user moves a parent node into its own child node, it breaks the hierarchy. To prevent this outcome, implement the onDragChange function and traverse up the node tree. If the target is a child of the dragged node,cancelthe ability to drop the node. -
Reorder nodes in code
Implement the onDragEnd function. In this function, you must gather information about nodes being moved. With this information, you can reorder the nodes in the data source (see themoveNodefunction), and reassign the data source to the TreeView's items option. -
Specify tree view identifiers (for drag and drop between multiple tree views only)
Identifiers help distinguish between multiple tree views. Save them in the Sortable's data option. The tree views below include the following identifiers: "driveC" and "driveD". -
Combine tree views into one drag and drop group (for drag and drop between multiple tree views only)
Set the Sortable's group option to the same value for all tree views. This allows users to move nodes between the tree views.
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<div class="form">
<div class="drive-panel">
<div class="drive-header dx-treeview-item"><i class="dx-icon dx-icon-activefolder"></i><span>Drive C:</span></div>
<dx-sortable
filter=".dx-treeview-item"
group="shared"
data="driveC"
[allowDropInsideItem]="true"
[allowReordering]="true"
(onDragChange)="onDragChange($event)"
(onDragEnd)="onDragEnd($event)">
<dx-tree-view #treeviewDriveC
id="treeviewDriveC"
dataStructure="tree"
[expandNodesRecursive]="false"
[items]="itemsDriveC"
[width]="250"
[height]="380">
<div *dxTemplate="let item of 'item'">
<div><i class="dx-icon dx-icon-{{ item.isDirectory ? 'activefolder' : 'file' }}"></i><span>{{ item.name }}</span></div>
</div>
</dx-tree-view>
</dx-sortable>
</div>
<div class="drive-panel">
<div class="drive-header dx-treeview-item"><i class="dx-icon dx-icon-activefolder"></i><span>Drive D:</span></div>
<dx-sortable
filter=".dx-treeview-item"
group="shared"
data="driveD"
[allowDropInsideItem]="true"
[allowReordering]="true"
(onDragChange)="onDragChange($event)"
(onDragEnd)="onDragEnd($event)">
<dx-tree-view #treeviewDriveD
id="treeviewDriveD"
dataStructure="tree"
[expandNodesRecursive]="false"
[items]="itemsDriveD"
[width]="250"
[height]="380">
<div *dxTemplate="let item of 'item'">
<div><i class="dx-icon dx-icon-{{ item.isDirectory ? 'activefolder' : 'file' }}"></i><span>{{ item.name }}</span></div>
</div>
</dx-tree-view>
</dx-sortable>
</div>
</div>
import { NgModule, Component, enableProdMode, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { DxTreeViewModule, DxTreeViewComponent, DxSortableModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
import { Service, FileSystemItem } from './app.service';
if(!/localhost/.test(document.location.host)) {
enableProdMode();
}
@Component({
selector: 'demo-app',
templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['app/app.component.css'],
providers: [Service]
})
export class AppComponent {
@ViewChild('treeviewDriveC') treeviewDriveC: DxTreeViewComponent;
@ViewChild('treeviewDriveD') treeviewDriveD: DxTreeViewComponent;
itemsDriveC: FileSystemItem[];
itemsDriveD: FileSystemItem[];
constructor(service: Service) {
this.itemsDriveC = service.getItemsDriveC();
this.itemsDriveD = service.getItemsDriveD();
}
onDragChange(e) {
if(e.fromComponent === e.toComponent) {
const fromNode = this.findNode(this.getTreeView(e.fromData), e.fromIndex);
const toNode = this.findNode(this.getTreeView(e.toData), this.calculateToIndex(e));
if (toNode !== null && this.isChildNode(fromNode, toNode)) {
e.cancel = true;
}
}
}
onDragEnd(e) {
if(e.fromComponent === e.toComponent && e.fromIndex === e.toIndex) {
return;
}
const fromTreeView = this.getTreeView(e.fromData);
const toTreeView = this.getTreeView(e.toData);
const fromNode = this.findNode(fromTreeView, e.fromIndex);
const toNode = this.findNode(toTreeView, this.calculateToIndex(e));
if(e.dropInsideItem && toNode !== null && !toNode.itemData.isDirectory) {
return;
}
const fromTopVisibleNode = this.getTopVisibleNode(e.fromComponent);
const toTopVisibleNode = this.getTopVisibleNode(e.toComponent);
const fromItems = fromTreeView.option('items');
const toItems = toTreeView.option('items');
this.moveNode(fromNode, toNode, fromItems, toItems, e.dropInsideItem);
fromTreeView.option('items', fromItems);
toTreeView.option('items', toItems);
fromTreeView.scrollToItem(fromTopVisibleNode);
toTreeView.scrollToItem(toTopVisibleNode);
}
getTreeView(driveName) {
return driveName === 'driveC'
? this.treeviewDriveC.instance
: this.treeviewDriveD.instance;
}
calculateToIndex(e) {
if(e.fromComponent != e.toComponent || e.dropInsideItem) {
return e.toIndex;
}
return e.fromIndex >= e.toIndex
? e.toIndex
: e.toIndex + 1;
}
findNode(treeView, index) {
const visibleItems = [];
this.buildVisibleNodesArray(treeView.getNodes(), visibleItems);
if(visibleItems.length <= index) {
return null;
}
return visibleItems[index];
}
buildVisibleNodesArray(nodes, arrayContainer) {
for(var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
arrayContainer.push(nodes[i]);
if(nodes[i].expanded !== false && nodes[i].children){
this.buildVisibleNodesArray(nodes[i].children, arrayContainer);
}
}
}
moveNode(fromNode, toNode, fromItems, toItems, isDropInsideItem) {
const fromNodeContainingArray = this.getNodeContainingArray(fromNode, fromItems);
const fromIndex = fromNodeContainingArray.findIndex(item => item.id == fromNode.itemData.id);
fromNodeContainingArray.splice(fromIndex, 1);
if(isDropInsideItem) {
toNode.itemData.items.splice(toNode.itemData.items.length, 0, fromNode.itemData);
} else {
const toNodeContainingArray = this.getNodeContainingArray(toNode, toItems);
const toIndex = toNode === null
? toNodeContainingArray.length
: toNodeContainingArray.findIndex(item => item.id == toNode.itemData.id);
toNodeContainingArray.splice(toIndex, 0, fromNode.itemData);
}
}
getNodeContainingArray(node, rootArray) {
return node === null || node.parent === null
? rootArray
: node.parent.itemData.items;
}
isChildNode(parentNode, childNode) {
let parent = childNode.parent;
while(parent !== null) {
if(parent.itemData.id === parentNode.itemData.id) {
return true;
}
parent = parent.parent;
}
return false;
}
getTopVisibleNode(component) {
const treeViewElement = component.element();
const treeViewTopPosition = treeViewElement.getBoundingClientRect().top;
const nodes = treeViewElement.querySelectorAll(".dx-treeview-node");
for(let i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
const nodeTopPosition = nodes[i].getBoundingClientRect().top;
if(nodeTopPosition >= treeViewTopPosition) {
return nodes[i];
}
}
return null;
}
}
@NgModule({
imports: [
BrowserModule,
DxTreeViewModule,
DxSortableModule
],
declarations: [AppComponent],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);
::ng-deep .form {
display: flex;
}
::ng-deep .form>div {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
::ng-deep #treeviewDriveC,
::ng-deep #treeviewDriveD {
margin-top: 10px;
}
::ng-deep .drive-header {
min-height: auto;
padding: 0px;
cursor: default;
}
::ng-deep .drive-header .dx-icon {
margin-top: -4px;
}
::ng-deep .drive-panel {
padding: 20px 30px;
font-size: 115%;
font-weight: bold;
border-right: 1px solid rgba(165, 165, 165, 0.4);
height: 100%;
}
::ng-deep .drive-panel:last-of-type {
border-right: none;
}
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
export class FileSystemItem {
id: string;
name: string;
isDirectory: boolean;
items?: FileSystemItem[];
expanded?: boolean;
}
const itemsDriveD: FileSystemItem[] = [];
const itemsDriveC: FileSystemItem[] = [{
id: '1',
name: "Documents",
isDirectory: true,
expanded: true,
items: [ {
id: '2',
name: "Projects",
isDirectory: true,
expanded: true,
items: [ {
id: '3',
name: "About.rtf",
isDirectory: false
}, {
id: '4',
name: "Passwords.rtf",
isDirectory: false
}
]
}, {
id: '5',
name: "About.xml",
isDirectory: false
}, {
id: '6',
name: "Managers.rtf",
isDirectory: false
}, {
id: '7',
name: "ToDo.txt",
isDirectory: false
}],
}, {
id: '8',
name: "Images",
isDirectory: true,
expanded: true,
items: [ {
id: '9',
name: "logo.png",
isDirectory: false
}, {
id: '10',
name: "banner.gif",
isDirectory: false
}]
}, {
id: '11',
name: "System",
isDirectory: true,
expanded: true,
items: [ {
id: '12',
name: "Employees.txt",
isDirectory: false
}, {
id: '13',
name: "PasswordList.txt",
isDirectory: false
}
]
}, {
id: '14',
name: "Description.rtf",
isDirectory: false
}, {
id: '15',
name: "Description.txt",
isDirectory: false
}
];
@Injectable()
export class Service {
getItemsDriveC(): FileSystemItem[] {
return itemsDriveC;
}
getItemsDriveD(): FileSystemItem[] {
return itemsDriveD;
}
}
// In real applications, you should not transpile code in the browser. You can see how to create your own application with Angular and DevExtreme here:
// https://js.devexpress.com/Documentation/Guide/Angular_Components/Getting_Started/Create_a_DevExtreme_Application/
System.config({
transpiler: 'ts',
typescriptOptions: {
module: "system",
emitDecoratorMetadata: true,
experimentalDecorators: true
},
meta: {
'typescript': {
"exports": "ts"
},
},
paths: {
'npm:': 'https://unpkg.com/'
},
map: {
'ts': 'npm:plugin-typescript@8.0.0/lib/plugin.js',
'typescript': 'npm:typescript@3.4.5/lib/typescript.js',
'@angular': 'npm:@angular',
'tslib': 'npm:tslib/tslib.js',
'rxjs': 'npm:rxjs',
'devextreme': 'npm:devextreme@20.1',
'jszip': 'npm:jszip@3.1.3/dist/jszip.min.js',
'quill': 'npm:quill@1.3.7/dist/quill.js',
'devexpress-diagram': 'npm:devexpress-diagram@1.0.17',
'devexpress-gantt': 'npm:devexpress-gantt@1.0.10',
'devextreme-angular': 'npm:devextreme-angular@20.1'
},
packages: {
'app': {
main: './app.component.ts',
defaultExtension: 'ts'
},
'devextreme': {
defaultExtension: 'js'
},
'devextreme/events/utils': {
main: 'index'
},
'devextreme/events': {
main: 'index'
},
},
packageConfigPaths: [
"npm:*/package.json",
"npm:@angular/*/package.json",
"npm:@angular/common/*/package.json",
"npm:rxjs/operators/package.json",
"npm:devextreme-angular@20.1/*/package.json",
"npm:devextreme-angular@20.1/ui/*/package.json",
]
});
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