JavaScript/jQuery Draggable Options

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Default Value: undefined

This property accepts the following value types:

String
A CSS selector. For example: "#elementId".
DOM Node
An HTML DOM element. For example: document.getElementById("elementId").
jQuery
A CSS selector wrapped in a jQuery element. For example: $("#elementId").

clone

Allows a user to drag clones of items instead of actual items.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

container

Specifies a custom container in which the draggable item should be rendered.

Type:

|

Default Value: undefined

This property accepts the following value types:

String
A CSS selector. For example: "#elementId".
DOM Node
An HTML DOM element. For example: document.getElementById("elementId").
jQuery
A CSS selector wrapped in a jQuery element. For example: $("#elementId").

cursorOffset

Specifies the cursor offset from the dragged item.

Type:

|

Object

data

A container for custom data.

Type: any

Default Value: undefined

dragDirection

Specifies the directions in which an item can be dragged.

Type:

DragDirection

Default Value: 'both'

dragTemplate

Specifies custom markup to be shown instead of the item being dragged.

Type:

template

Template Data:

Name	Type	Description
itemData	any	The item's data. Note that you should specify the item data manually.
itemElement	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The container of the item being dragged. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

Name

Type

Description

itemData

any

The item's data. Note that you should specify the item data manually.

itemElement

The container of the item being dragged. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

Default Name: undefined

jQuery

index.js

data.js

$(function() {
    $("#draggable").dxDraggable({
        data: tasks,
        dragTemplate: dragTemplateFunc,       
        onDragStart: function (e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // your code
        }
    });
}); 

function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
    var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
        .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
    return $customContainer;
}

const tasks = [
{
    text: 'New Brochures',
}, {
    text: 'Brochure Design Review',
}, 
    //...
];

Angular

TypeScript

HTML

import { DxDraggableModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    onDragStart(e){
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // ...
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDraggableModule
    ],
    // ...
})

<dx-draggable
    [data]="task"
    (onDragStart)="onDragStart($event)"
    dragTemplate="myDragTemplate"
>
    <div *dxTemplate="let e of 'myDragTemplate'">
        <div>{{ e.itemData + " drag template" }}</div>
    </div>          
</dx-draggable>

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxDraggable
        :data="task"
        @drag-start="onDragStart"
        :drag-template="myDragTemplate"
    >
        {{task.text}}
        <template #myDragTemplate="{ data }">
            <div>{{ data.itemData}} + "drag template"</div>
        </template>
    </DxDraggable>
</template>
<script>

import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

export default {
    components: {
        DxDraggable
    },
    data() {
        return {
            tasks,
            myDragTemplate: "myDragTemplate",
            //...
        };
    },        
    methods: {
        onDragStart(e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // ...
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import Draggable from 'devextreme-react/draggable';
import { Template } from 'devextreme-react/core/template';

function myDragTemplate(e) {
    return (
        e.itemData + " drag template";
    );
}

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        //...
    }        
    render() {
        return (
            <Draggable
                data={tasks}
                onDragStart={this.onDragStart}
                dragTemplate={myDragTemplate}>
            </Draggable>                
        );
    }
    onDragStart = (e) => {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }
}
export default App;

ASP.NET Core Controls

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().Draggable()
    .DataSource(d => d.Mvc()
        // ...
    )
    .OnDragStart("onDragStart")
    .DragTemplate(new JS("dragTemplateFunc"))
)

<script>
    function onDragStart(e) {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }

    function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
        var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
            .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
        return $customContainer;
    }
</script>

elementAttr

Specifies the global attributes to be attached to the UI component's container element.

Type:

Object

Default Value: {}

jQuery

$(function(){
    $("#draggableContainer").dxDraggable({
        // ...
        elementAttr: {
            id: "elementId",
            class: "class-name"
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-draggable ...
    [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }">
</dx-draggable>

import { DxDraggableModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDraggableModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxDraggable ...
        :element-attr="draggableAttributes">
    </DxDraggable>
</template>

<script>
import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

export default {
    components: {
        DxDraggable
    },
    data() {
        return {
            draggableAttributes: {
                id: 'elementId',
                class: 'class-name'
            }
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import Draggable from 'devextreme-react/draggable';

class App extends React.Component {
    draggableAttributes = {
        id: 'elementId',
        class: 'class-name'
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Draggable ...
                elementAttr={this.draggableAttributes}>
            </Draggable>
        );
    }
}
export default App;

group

Allows you to group several UI components, so that users can drag and drop items between them.

Type:

Default Value: undefined

Set this property to identical values for the UI components you want to collect into a single group.

handle

Specifies a CSS selector (ID or class) that should act as the drag handle(s) for the item(s).

Type:

Default Value: ''

height

Specifies the UI component's height.

Type:

|

|

Return Value:

|

The UI component's height.

Default Value: undefined

This property accepts a value of one of the following types:

Number
The height in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "20vh", "80%", "inherit".
Function (deprecated since v21.2)
Refer to the W0017 warning description for information on how you can migrate to viewport units.

onDisposing

A function that is executed before the UI component is disposed of.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

DisposingEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Draggable	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

Draggable

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

onDragEnd

A function that is called when a drag gesture is finished.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

DragEndEvent

Information about the event that caused the function's execution.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
cancel	Boolean	Allows you to cancel the gesture.
component	Draggable	The UI component that raised the event.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the function to execute. It is an EventObject or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.
fromComponent	Sortable \| Draggable	The instance of the item's source UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
fromData	any	Custom data associated with the source UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
itemData	any	The item's data before the drag operation. Note that you should specify the item data manually.
itemElement	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The container of the item being dragged. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
toComponent	Sortable \| Draggable	The instance of the item's target UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
toData	any	Custom data associated with the target UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.

Default Value: null

jQuery

index.js

data.js

$(function() {
    $("#draggable").dxDraggable({
        data: tasks,
        dragTemplate: dragTemplateFunc,       
        onDragEnd: function (e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // your code
        }
    });
}); 

function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
    var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
        .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
    return $customContainer;
}

const tasks = [
{
    text: 'New Brochures',
}, {
    text: 'Brochure Design Review',
}, 
    //...
];

Angular

TypeScript

HTML

import { DxDraggableModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    onDragEnd(e){
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // ...
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDraggableModule
    ],
    // ...
})

<dx-draggable
    [data]="task"
    (onDragEnd)="onDragEnd($event)"
    dragTemplate="myDragTemplate"
>
    <div *dxTemplate="let e of 'myDragTemplate'">
        <div>{{ e.itemData + " drag template" }}</div>
    </div>          
</dx-draggable>

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxDraggable
        :data="task"
        @drag-end="onDragEnd"
        :drag-template="myDragTemplate"
    >
        {{task.text}}
        <template #myDragTemplate="{ data }">
            <div>{{ data.itemData}} + "drag template"</div>
        </template>
    </DxDraggable>
</template>
<script>

import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

export default {
    components: {
        DxDraggable
    },
    data() {
        return {
            tasks,
            myDragTemplate: "myDragTemplate",
            //...
        };
    },        
    methods: {
        onDragEnd(e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // ...
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import Draggable from 'devextreme-react/draggable';
import { Template } from 'devextreme-react/core/template';

function myDragTemplate(e) {
    return (
        e.itemData + " drag template";
    );
}

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        //...
    }        
    render() {
        return (
            <Draggable
                data={tasks}
                onDragEnd={this.onDragEnd}
                dragTemplate={myDragTemplate}>
            </Draggable>                
        );
    }
    onDragEnd = (e) => {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }
}
export default App;

ASP.NET Core Controls

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().Draggable()
    .DataSource(d => d.Mvc()
        // ...
    )
    .OnDragEnd("onDragEnd")
    .DragTemplate(new JS("dragTemplateFunc"))
)

<script>
    function onDragEnd(e) {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }

    function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
        var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
            .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
        return $customContainer;
    }
</script>

onDragMove

A function that is called every time a draggable item is moved.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

DragMoveEvent

Information about the event that caused the function's execution.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
cancel	Boolean	Allows you to cancel the gesture.
component	Draggable	The UI component that raised the event.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the function to execute. It is an EventObject or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.
fromComponent	Sortable \| Draggable	The instance of the item's source UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
fromData	any	Custom data associated with the source UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
itemData	any	The item's data before the drag operation. Note that you should specify the item data manually.
itemElement	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The container of the item being dragged. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
toComponent	Sortable \| Draggable	The instance of the item's target UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
toData	any	Custom data associated with the target UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.

Default Value: null

jQuery

index.js

data.js

$(function() {
    $("#draggable").dxDraggable({
        data: tasks,
        dragTemplate: dragTemplateFunc,       
        onDragMove: function (e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // your code
        }
    });
}); 

function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
    var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
        .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
    return $customContainer;
}

const tasks = [
{
    text: 'New Brochures',
}, {
    text: 'Brochure Design Review',
}, 
    //...
];

Angular

TypeScript

HTML

import { DxDraggableModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    onDragMove(e){
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // ...
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDraggableModule
    ],
    // ...
})

<dx-draggable
    [data]="task"
    (onDragMove)="onDragMove($event)"
    dragTemplate="myDragTemplate"
>
    <div *dxTemplate="let e of 'myDragTemplate'">
        <div>{{ e.itemData + " drag template" }}</div>
    </div>          
</dx-draggable>

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxDraggable
        :data="task"
        @drag-move="onDragMove"
        :drag-template="myDragTemplate"
    >
        {{task.text}}
        <template #myDragTemplate="{ data }">
            <div>{{ data.itemData}} + "drag template"</div>
        </template>
    </DxDraggable>
</template>
<script>

import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

export default {
    components: {
        DxDraggable
    },
    data() {
        return {
            tasks,
            myDragTemplate: "myDragTemplate",
            //...
        };
    },        
    methods: {
        onDragMove(e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // ...
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import Draggable from 'devextreme-react/draggable';
import { Template } from 'devextreme-react/core/template';

function myDragTemplate(e) {
    return (
        e.itemData + " drag template";
    );
}

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        //...
    }        
    render() {
        return (
            <Draggable
                data={tasks}
                onDragMove={this.onDragMove}
                dragTemplate={myDragTemplate}>
            </Draggable>                
        );
    }
    onDragMove = (e) => {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }
}
export default App;

ASP.NET Core Controls

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().Draggable()
    .DataSource(d => d.Mvc()
        // ...
    )
    .OnDragMove("onDragMove")
    .DragTemplate(new JS("dragTemplateFunc"))
)

<script>
    function onDragMove(e) {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }

    function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
        var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
            .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
        return $customContainer;
    }
</script>

onDragStart

A function that is called when a drag gesture is initialized.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

DragStartEvent

Information about the event that caused the function's execution.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
cancel	Boolean	Allows you to cancel the gesture.
component	Draggable	The UI component that raised the event.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the function to execute. It is an EventObject or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.
fromData	any	Custom data associated with the source UI component. Works only for element drag and drop between components.
itemData	any	The item's data before the drag operation. Note that you should specify the item data manually.
itemElement	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The container of the item being dragged. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

jQuery

index.js

data.js

$(function() {
    $("#draggable").dxDraggable({
        data: tasks,
        dragTemplate: dragTemplateFunc,       
        onDragStart: function (e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // your code
        }
    });
}); 

function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
    var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
        .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
    return $customContainer;
}

const tasks = [
{
    text: 'New Brochures',
}, {
    text: 'Brochure Design Review',
}, 
    //...
];

Angular

TypeScript

HTML

import { DxDraggableModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    onDragStart(e){
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // ...
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDraggableModule
    ],
    // ...
})

<dx-draggable
    [data]="task"
    (onDragStart)="onDragStart($event)"
    dragTemplate="myDragTemplate"
>
    <div *dxTemplate="let e of 'myDragTemplate'">
        <div>{{ e.itemData + " drag template" }}</div>
    </div>          
</dx-draggable>

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxDraggable
        :data="task"
        @drag-start="onDragStart"
        :drag-template="myDragTemplate"
    >
        {{task.text}}
        <template #myDragTemplate="{ data }">
            <div>{{ data.itemData}} + "drag template"</div>
        </template>
    </DxDraggable>
</template>
<script>

import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

export default {
    components: {
        DxDraggable
    },
    data() {
        return {
            tasks,
            myDragTemplate: "myDragTemplate",
            //...
        };
    },        
    methods: {
        onDragStart(e) {
            e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
            // ...
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import Draggable from 'devextreme-react/draggable';
import { Template } from 'devextreme-react/core/template';

function myDragTemplate(e) {
    return (
        e.itemData + " drag template";
    );
}

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        //...
    }        
    render() {
        return (
            <Draggable
                data={tasks}
                onDragStart={this.onDragStart}
                dragTemplate={myDragTemplate}>
            </Draggable>                
        );
    }
    onDragStart = (e) => {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }
}
export default App;

ASP.NET Core Controls

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExtreme().Draggable()
    .DataSource(d => d.Mvc()
        // ...
    )
    .OnDragStart("onDragStart")
    .DragTemplate(new JS("dragTemplateFunc"))
)

<script>
    function onDragStart(e) {
        e.itemData = e.fromData.text;
        // your code
    }

    function dragTemplateFunc(item, customContainer){
        var $customContainer = $(document.createElement("div")) 
            .text(item.itemData + ' drag template');
        return $customContainer;
    }
</script>

onInitialized

A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the UI component instance.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

InitializedEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Draggable	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

Draggable

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

<dx-draggable ...
    (onInitialized)="saveInstance($event)">
</dx-draggable>

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import Draggable from "devextreme/ui/data_grid";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    draggableInstance: Draggable;
    saveInstance (e) {
        this.draggableInstance = e.component;
    }
}

Vue

App.vue (Options API)

App.vue (Composition API)

<template>
    <div>
        <DxDraggable ...
            @initialized="saveInstance">
        </DxDraggable>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

export default {
    components: {
        DxDraggable
    },
    data: function() {
        return {
            draggableInstance: null
        };
    },
    methods: {
        saveInstance: function(e) {
            this.draggableInstance = e.component;
        }
    }
};
</script>

<template>
    <div>
        <DxDraggable ...
            @initialized="saveInstance">
        </DxDraggable>
    </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import DxDraggable from 'devextreme-vue/draggable';

let draggableInstance = null;

const saveInstance = (e) => {
    draggableInstance = e.component;
}
</script>

React

App.js

import Draggable from 'devextreme-react/draggable';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.saveInstance = this.saveInstance.bind(this);
    }

    saveInstance(e) {
        this.draggableInstance = e.component;
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <div>
                <Draggable onInitialized={this.saveInstance} />
            </div>
        );
    }
}

jQuery

Get a UI component Instance in jQuery

Angular

Get a UI component Instance in Angular

Vue

Get a UI component Instance in Vue

React

Get a UI component Instance in React

onOptionChanged

A function that is executed after a UI component property is changed.

Type: