AdaptTable for Unstyled

Row reordering in Unstyled

Compose rowReorder from @adapttable/angular-unstyled/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-unstyled";
import { rowReorder } from "@adapttable/angular-unstyled/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

pnpm add @adapttable/angular-unstyled @adapttable/angular @adapttable/core

The same feature in the other kits

• 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 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 Unstyled features

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

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