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A virtual scrolling list component that can be sorted by dragging
A virtual scrolling list component that can be sorted by dragging
npm i react-virtual-sortable
Root component:
import VirtualList from 'react-virtual-sortable';
function Virtual() {
const [list, setList] = useState([{id: '1', text: 'a'}, {id: '2', text: 'b'}, ...]);
const onDrop = (event) => {
// dnd complete
setList(() => event.list);
}
// use style and className as jsx used
return (
<VirtualList
dataKey="id"
dataSource={ list }
handle=".handle"
onDrop={ onDrop }
className="virtual-list"
style={{ height: '500px' }}
>
{
(record, index, dataKey) => {
return (
<div>
<span className=".handle">{ index }</span>
{ record.text }
</div>
)
}
}
</VirtualList>
)
}
Callback
| Emit | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
onTop | Function | Scrolling to the top of the scroller |
onBottom | Function | Scrolling to the bottom of the scroller |
onDrag | Function | Drag is started |
onDrop | Function | Drag is complete |
onRangeChange | Function | Range of visible items has changed |
Required props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
dataKey | String | - | The unique identifier of each piece of data, in the form of 'a.b.c' |
dataSource | Array | [] | The data that needs to be rendered |
Common used
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
header | JSX.Element | - | Top of list |
footer | JSX.Element | - | Bottom of list |
size | Number | - | Estimated height of each row. it will be automatically calculated |
keeps | Number | 30 | The number of lines rendered by the virtual scroll |
handle | 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 } |
scroller | Document | HTMLElement | - | Virtual list scrolling element |
direction | vertical | horizontal | vertical | Scroll direction |
debounceTime | Number | 0 | debounce time on scroll |
throttleTime | Number | 0 | debounce time on scroll |
tableMode | Boolean | false | display with table and tbody |
Uncommonly used
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
buffer | Number | Math.round(keeps / 3) | Buffer size to detect range change |
draggable | String | [role="item"] | Specifies which items inside the element should be draggable |
sortable | Boolean | true | Whether the current list can be sorted by dragging |
lockAxis | x | y | - | Axis on which dragging will be locked |
keepOffset | Boolean | false | When scrolling up to load data, keep the same offset as the previous scroll |
disabled | Boolean | false | Disables the sortable if set to true |
animation | Number | 150 | Drag-and-drop's animation delay |
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 | Drop item on animation end |
rootTag | String | div | Label type for root element |
wrapTag | String | div | Label type for list wrap element |
wrapStyle | Object | {} | List wrapper element style |
wrapClass | String | '' | List wrapper element class |
ghostStyle | Object | {} | The style of the mask element when dragging |
ghostClass | String | '' | The class of the mask element when dragging |
chosenClass | String | '' | Class name for the chosen item |
placeholderClass | String | '' | Class name for the drop placeholder |
Use the methods exposed in the component by setting ref
...
const virtualRef = useRef();
const scrollToBottom = () => {
virtualRef.current.scrollToBottom();
}
return (
<button onClick={ scrollToBottom }></button>
<virtualList
ref={ virtualRef }
...
>
{
(record) => <div>{ record.text }</div>
}
</virtualList>
)
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
getSize(key) | get the height of the specified item by key value |
getOffset() | get the current scroll top/left |
getClientSize() | Get wrapper element client viewport size (width or height) |
getScrollSize() | Get all scroll size (scrollHeight or scrollWidth) |
scrollToTop() | scroll to the top of the list |
scrollToBottom() | scroll to the bottom of the list |
scrollToKey(key, align) | scroll to the specified data-key |
scrollToIndex(index, align) | scroll to the specified index value |
scrollToOffset(offset) | scroll to the specified height |
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A virtual scrolling list component that can be sorted by dragging
We found that react-virtual-sortable demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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