AdaptTable for Element Plus

Row reordering in Element Plus

Compose rowReorder from @adapttable/element-plus/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

<script setup lang="ts">
import { applyRowReorder } from "@adapttable/core";
import { shallowRef } from "vue";
import type { ColumnDef } from "@adapttable/vue";
import { DataTable } from "@adapttable/element-plus";
import { rowReorder } from "@adapttable/element-plus/row-reorder";

const props = defineProps<{ rows: readonly Person[] }>();

const columns: ColumnDef<Person>[] = [
  { key: "name", sortable: true },
  { key: "team" },
  { key: "budget", sortable: true },
];
const rowKey = (row: Person) => row.id;
const order = shallowRef<readonly Person[] | null>(null);
const features = [
  rowReorder<Person>((from, to) => {
    order.value = applyRowReorder(order.value ?? props.rows, from, to);
  }),
];
</script>

<template>
  <DataTable
    :data="order ?? rows"
    :columns="columns"
    :row-key="rowKey"
    :features="features"
  />
</template>

Install

pnpm add @adapttable/element-plus @adapttable/vue @adapttable/core element-plus

The same feature in the other kits

• Row reordering in Vue Unstyled — Native elements — your own CSS
• Row reordering in Vuetify — Material Design, Vuetify blue
• Row reordering in Naive UI — Clean, compact, green accent
• Row reordering in Reka UI — Accessible primitives, neutral theme
• Row reordering in shadcn-vue — Monochrome, ring focus
• Row reordering in Nuxt UI — Tailwind-native, Nuxt green
• Row reordering in Quasar — Material-flavoured, Quasar blue

More Element Plus features

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

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