AdaptTable for Angular Material

Row reordering in Angular Material

Compose rowReorder from @adapttable/angular-material/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-material";
import { rowReorder } from "@adapttable/angular-material/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-material @adapttable/angular @angular/material@22.2.1 @angular/cdk@22.2.1 @angular/forms@^22 rxjs@^7.8.0

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 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 Angular CDK — CDK behavior, a neutral theme
• Row reordering in Spartan — Sharp borders, subtle elevation
• Row reordering in Taiga UI — Soft surfaces, expressive controls

More Angular Material features

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

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