Moving panels in Angular Dashboard layout component

27 Sep 20234 minutes to read

Other than drag and drop, it is possible to move the panels in Dashboard Layout programmatically. This can be achieved using movePanel method. The method is invoked as follows,

movePanel(id, row, col)

Where,

  • id - ID of the panel which needs to be moved.
  • row - New row position for moving the panel.
  • col - New column position for moving the panel.

Each time a panel’s position is changed(Programmatically or through UI interaction), the Dashboard Layout’s change event will be triggered.

The following sample demonstrates moving a panel programmatically to a new position in the Dashboard Layout’s created event.

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { DashboardLayoutComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    styleUrls: ['./default-style.css'],
    template: `
    <div class="control-section">
        <ejs-dashboardlayout id='defaultLayout' #defaultLayout [columns]='columns' [cellSpacing]='cellSpacing' [panels]='panels' 
        (created)="onCreated($this)" (change)="onChange($this)">
        </ejs-dashboardlayout>
    </div>`,
    encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('defaultLayout') dashboardLayout?: DashboardLayoutComponent;
    public cellSpacing: number[] = [10, 10];
    public columns: number = 5;
    public panels: any = [
    {'sizeX': 1, 'sizeY': 1, 'row': 0, 'col': 0, content:'<div class="content">0</div>'},
    {'sizeX': 3, 'sizeY': 2, 'row': 0, 'col': 1, content:'<div class="content">1</div>'},
    {'sizeX': 1, 'sizeY': 3, 'row': 0, 'col': 4, content:'<div class="content">2</div>'},
    {'sizeX': 1, 'sizeY': 1, 'row': 1, 'col': 0, content:'<div class="content">3</div>'},
    {'sizeX': 2, 'sizeY': 1, 'row': 2, 'col': 0, content:'<div class="content">4</div>'},
    {'sizeX': 1, 'sizeY': 1, 'row': 2, 'col': 2, content:'<div class="content">5</div>'},
    {'sizeX': 1, 'sizeY': 1, 'row': 2, 'col': 3, content:'<div class="content">6</div>'},
    ];
    $this: any;

    //Dashboard Layout's created event function
    onCreated(args: any) {
       // movePanel("id", row, col)
        this.dashboardLayout?.movePanel("layout_0", 1, 0);
    }
    //Dashboard Layout's change event function
    onChange(args: any) {
        console.log("Change event triggered");
    }

}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
// import the DashboardLayoutModule for the Dashboard Layout component
import { DashboardLayoutModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    //declaration of ej2-angular-layouts module into NgModule
    imports: [BrowserModule, DashboardLayoutModule],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

import 'zone.js';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

You can refer to our Angular Dashboard Layout feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular Dashboard Layout example to knows how to present and manipulate data.