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vue-virtual-sortable
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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
For Vue 3 support, see here
npm i vue-virtual-sortable
Root component:
<template>
<!--
:handle="'I'" // use tagName
:handle="'.handle'" // use class
:handle="'#handle'" // use id
-->
<virtual-list v-model="list" :data-key="'id'" :handle="'.handle'">
<template slot="item" slot-scope="{ record, index, dataKey }">
<div>
<span class="handle">{{ record.id }}</span>
<p>{{ record.text }}</p>
</div>
</template>
<template slot="header">
<div class="header">header</div>
</template>
<template slot="footer">
<div class="footer">footer</div>
</template>
</virtual-list>
</template>
<script>
import virtualList from 'vue-virtual-sortable';
export default {
name: 'root',
components: { virtualList },
data () {
return {
list: [{ id: '1', text: 'a' }, { id: '2', text: 'b' }, ...];
}
},
}
</script>
| Emit | Description |
|---|---|
top | Scrolled to top of scroll element |
bottom | Scrolled to bottom of scroll element |
drag | Element dragging started |
drop | Element dragging is completed |
rangeChange | List rendering range changed |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
data-key | String | The unique identifier of each piece of data, in the form of 'a.b.c' |
v-model | Array | The data that needs to be rendered |
Commonly used
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
keeps | Number | 30 | The number of lines rendered by the virtual scroll |
size | Number | - | The estimated height of each piece of data, it will be automatically calculated |
handle | Function/String | - | Drag handle selector within list items |
group | Object/String | - | Set value to allow drag between different lists |
direction | vertical | horizontal | vertical | Scroll direction |
scroller | Document | HTMLElement | - | Virtual list scrolling element |
lockAxis | x | y | - | Axis on which dragging will be locked |
tableMode | Boolean | false | Display with table and tbody |
keepOffset | Boolean | false | When scrolling up to load data, keep the same offset as the previous scroll |
debounceTime | Number | 0 | Scroll debounce time |
throttleTime | Number | 0 | Scroll throttle time |
Uncommonly used
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
buffer | Number | Math.round(keeps / 3) | Buffer size to detect range change |
disabled | Boolean | false | Disables the sortable if set to true |
sortable | Boolean | true | Whether the current list can be sorted by dragging |
draggable | String | [role="item"] | Specifies which items inside the element should be draggable. |
animation | Number | 150 | Animation speed moving items when sorting |
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 | Whether to trigger the drop event when the animation ends |
rootTag | String | div | Label type for root element |
wrapTag | String | div | Label type for list wrap element |
wrapClass | String | '' | Class name for list wrap element |
wrapStyle | Object | {} | Style object for list wrap element |
ghostClass | String | '' | Class name for the mask element when dragging |
ghostStyle | Object | {} | Style object for the mask element when dragging |
chosenClass | String | '' | Class name for the chosen item |
placeholderClass | String | '' | Class name for the drop placeholder |
Use ref to get the method inside the component
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
getSize(key) | Get the size of the current item by unique key value |
getOffset() | Get the current scroll height |
getClientSize() | Get wrapper element client viewport size (width or height) |
getScrollSize() | Get all scroll size (scrollHeight or scrollWidth) |
scrollToTop() | Scroll to top of list |
scrollToBottom() | Scroll to bottom of list |
scrollToKey(key, align) | Scroll to the specified data-key position |
scrollToIndex(index, align) | Scroll to the specified index position |
scrollToOffset(offset) | Scroll to the specified offset |
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A virtual scrolling list component that can be sorted by dragging
We found that vue-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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