Sortable

Sortable

Sortable is built on top of Draggable and allows you to reorder elements. It maintains the order internally and fires four events on top of the draggable events: sortable:start, sortable:sort, sortable:sorted and sortable:stop.

Make sure to nest draggable elements as immediate children elements to their corresponding containers, this is a requirement for Sortable.

Usage

• NPM:

import {Sortable} from '@shopify/draggable';
// Or
import Sortable from '@shopify/draggable/build/esm/Sortable/Sortable';

const sortable = new Sortable(document.querySelectorAll('ul'), {
  draggable: 'li',
});

• Browser (as a module):

<script type="module">
  import Sortable from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@shopify/draggable/build/esm/Sortable/Sortable.mjs';

  const sortable = new Sortable(document.querySelectorAll('ul'), {
    draggable: 'li',
  });
</script>

• Browser (Standalone):

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@shopify/draggable/build/umd/index.min.js"></script>
<script>
  const sortable = new Draggable.Sortable(document.querySelectorAll('ul'), {
    draggable: 'li',
  });
</script>

API

Check out Draggables API for the base API

Options

Check out Draggables options for the base options

Events

Check out Draggables events for base events

Name	Description	Cancelable	Cancelable action
sortable:start	Gets fired when drag action begins	true	Prevents drag start
sortable:sort	Gets fired before sorting	true	Prevents sorting
sortable:sorted	Gets fired when the source gets sorted in the DOM	false	-
sortable:stop	Gets fired when dragging over other draggable	false	-

Classes

Check out Draggables class identifiers

Example

This sample code will make list items sortable:

import {Sortable} from '@shopify/draggable';

const sortable = new Sortable(document.querySelectorAll('ul'), {
  draggable: 'li',
});

sortable.on('sortable:start', () => console.log('sortable:start'));
sortable.on('sortable:sort', () => console.log('sortable:sort'));
sortable.on('sortable:sorted', () => console.log('sortable:sorted'));
sortable.on('sortable:stop', () => console.log('sortable:stop'));

Plans

• Add copy option, which will allow draggable elements to be copied when dropped in a different container
• Add removeOnSpill option, which will allow draggable elements to be removed from the DOM when dropped outside a container

Caveats

• Needs draggable elements to be immediate children of draggable containers.
• Currently just appends draggable elements in different containers