AdaptTable for Angular CDK

Row reordering in Angular CDK

Compose rowReorder from @adapttable/angular-cdk/row-reorder and a grip appears on every row. Drag it, or press Space to lift a row, the arrows to move it and Space to drop it; a live region announces each step.

The table never mutates your array: onRowReorder asks the host with the row's old and new positions and the row itself, and the host writes. This page applies each move with core's applyRowReorder and says what it did.

The code

import { Component, input, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { applyRowReorder } from "@adapttable/core";
import type { ColumnDef } from "@adapttable/angular";
import { AdaptDataTable } from "@adapttable/angular-cdk";
import { rowReorder } from "@adapttable/angular-cdk/row-reorder";

const columns: ColumnDef<Person>[] = [
  { key: "name", sortable: true },
  { key: "team" },
  { key: "budget", sortable: true },
];

@Component({
  selector: "app-people",
  imports: [AdaptDataTable],
  template: `
    <adapt-data-table
      [data]="order() ?? rows()"
      [columns]="columns"
      [rowKey]="rowKey"
      [features]="features"
    />
  `,
})
export class People {
  readonly rows = input.required<readonly Person[]>();
  readonly columns = columns;
  readonly rowKey = (row: Person) => row.id;
  readonly order = signal<readonly Person[] | null>(null);
  readonly features = [
    rowReorder<Person>((from, to) =>
      this.order.set(applyRowReorder(this.order() ?? this.rows(), from, to))
    ),
  ];
}

Install

# Follow the kit setup guide for compatible peers
pnpm add @adapttable/angular-cdk @adapttable/angular @angular/cdk@22.2.1 @angular/forms@^22 rxjs@^7.8.2

The same feature in the other kits

• Row reordering in Unstyled — Native elements — your own CSS
• Row reordering in NG-ZORRO — Ant Design components for Angular
• Row reordering in Angular Material — Material surfaces, native controls
• Row reordering in ng-bootstrap — Bootstrap styling, Angular overlays
• Row reordering in Angular Aria — Accessible behavior, precise styling
• Row reordering in ngx-bootstrap — Bootstrap controls and overlays
• Row reordering in Spartan — Sharp borders, subtle elevation
• Row reordering in Taiga UI — Soft surfaces, expressive controls

More Angular CDK features

• Filtering in Angular CDK — Ranges, selects, an AND/OR tree and chips — all in the URL.
• Column management in Angular CDK — Show, hide, reorder, pin and resize — from a menu you did not write.
• Column groups in Angular CDK — Spanning headers that collapse to a stub, a kept child, or a custom cell.
• Row selection in Angular CDK — A set of ids that survives paging, with bulk actions over it.
• Rows in Angular CDK — Pin rows from a 3-dot menu, and merge a team that runs down the page.
• Inline cell editing in Angular CDK — Native editors in the cell; every write goes through your handler.
• Row grouping in Angular CDK — Drag, select or keyboard grouping, with totals in the headers.
• Aggregation in Angular CDK — Footer totals, pinned summaries, group aggregates — not data rows.
• Nested tables in Angular CDK — A real table under a row — same engine, own columns, own keys.
• CSV export in Angular CDK — One toolbar button, a CSV of the table as it stands.
• Row and column virtualization in Angular CDK — 40,000 rows in a scroll box, only the visible ones rendered.
• Tree data in Angular CDK — Nesting, chevrons, lazy children, and a tree on phones.
• Mobile cards in Angular CDK — Every row becomes a card on phones. Automatically, with the same state.
• Pivot tables in Angular CDK — Rows down the side, dimensions across the top, subtotals at every level.
• Saved views in Angular CDK — Name an arrangement and restore it from the menu.
• Spreadsheet formulas in Angular CDK — ROUND, POWER, SQRT, IF — computed columns, errors in the cell.
• Right-to-left Angular CDK data table — Arabic strings, a flipped axis, and a popover that opens from the right edge.
• Live updates in Angular CDK — Rows change while you read them. Sort and selection hold.
• Accessible Angular CDK data table — Arrow-key focus, a visible ring, forced-colors, and live announcements.
• AI table assistant in Angular CDK — Local sort, questions and approved edits with real table outcomes.

Reference: row-reordering. More of this kit: AdaptTable for Angular CDK, or the live demo.