Column reorder in Angular TreeGrid component

5 Apr 202522 minutes to read

The Syncfusion® Angular TreeGrid component allows to reorder columns by drag and drop of a particular column header from one index to another index within the tree grid. This feature can be enabled by injecting the ReorderService in the provider section of your AppModule.

To reorder the columns, set the allowReordering property to true in the tree grid.

Here’s an example for column reordering in the TreeGrid component:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule, ReorderService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule],
    providers: [ReorderService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' height='285' [allowReordering]='true' [treeColumnIndex] ='1' childMapping='subtasks'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    @ViewChild('treegrid') public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

  • You can customize the appearance of the column headers during drag and drop by using the columnDrag and columnDrop events.
  • When columns are reordered, the position of the corresponding column data will also be changed. As a result, you should ensure that any additional code or logic that relies on the order of the column data is updated accordingly.

Prevent reordering for particular column

By default, all columns in the Syncfusion® Angular Tree Grid can be reordered by dragging and dropping their headers to another location within the tree grid. However, there may be certain columns that you do not want to be reordered. In such cases, you can set the allowReordering property of that particular column to false. Here is an example that demonstrates how to prevent reordering for a specific column:

In this example, the startDate column is prevented from being reordered by setting the allowReordering property to false.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule, ReorderService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule],
    providers: [ReorderService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' height='285' [allowReordering]='true' [treeColumnIndex] ='1' childMapping='subtasks'>
                   <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' [allowReordering]="false" format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
        </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    @ViewChild('treegrid') public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Reorder columns externally

The Syncfusion® Tree Grid allows you to reorder columns externally, which means that using methods you can programmatically move columns around within the tree grid, based on their index or target index, or by using their field name.

When reordering columns externally, you must set the allowReordering property of the tree grid to true.

Reorder column based on index

You can use the reorderColumnByIndex method of the grid object via the tree grid instance to reorder columns according to their current index. This method takes two arguments:

  • fromIndex : Current index of the column to be reordered
  • toIndex : New index of the column after the reordering

Here is an example of how to use the reorderColumnByIndex method:

In this example, we are moving the column at index 1 to index 3.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule, ReorderService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule, ButtonModule],
    providers: [ReorderService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<button ejs-button id='reorderByIndex' cssClass="e-info"(click)='reorderByIndex()'>Reorder column by index</button>
         
                <ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' height='285' [allowReordering]='true' [treeColumnIndex] ='1' childMapping='subtasks'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    @ViewChild('treegrid') public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }

    reorderByIndex(): void {
        (this.treegridObj as TreeGridComponent).grid.reorderColumnByIndex(1, 3); // move column from index 1 to index 3
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Reorder column based on field names

The reorderColumns method of the tree grid allows you to reorder single column or list of columns based on their field names. This method takes two arguments:

  • fromFName: The field name of the column you want to move.
  • toFName: The field name of the column you want to move the column to.

Here is an example of how to use the reorderColumns method to reorder single column and multiple columns based on field names:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule, ReorderService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { ButtonModule, } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule, ButtonModule],
    providers: [ReorderService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <button ejs-button id='reordersingle' cssClass="e-info" (click)='reorderSingleColumnUsingFieldName()'>Reorder single Column</button>
                <button ejs-button id='reordermultiple' cssClass="e-info" (click)='reorderMultipleColumnsUsingFieldName()'>Reorder Multiple Columns</button>
   
                <ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' height='285' [allowReordering]='true' [treeColumnIndex] ='1' childMapping='subtasks'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    @ViewChild('treegrid') public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }
    reorderSingleColumnUsingFieldName(): void {
        (this.treegridObj as TreeGridComponent).reorderColumns("duration", "taskID");
    }
    reorderMultipleColumnsUsingFieldName(): void {
        (this.treegridObj as TreeGridComponent).reorderColumns(['startDate', 'duration', 'progress'], 'taskID');
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Reorder column based on target index

You can also use the reorderColumnByTargetIndex method to reorder single column or multiple columns based on the target index. This method takes two arguments:

  • fieldName: Field name of the column to be reordered
  • toIndex: New index of the column after the reordering

Here is an example of how to use the reorderColumnByTargetIndex method to reorder single column and multiple columns based on target index:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule, ReorderService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule, ButtonModule],
    providers: [ReorderService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<button ejs-button id='reordersingle' cssClass="e-info" (click)='reorderSingleColumnByTargetIndex()'>Reorder single column</button>
               <button ejs-button id='reordermultiple' cssClass="e-info" (click)='reorderMultipleColumnByTargetIndex()'>Reorder Multiple columns</button>
 
               <ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' height='285' [allowReordering]='true' [treeColumnIndex] ='1' childMapping='subtasks'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    @ViewChild('treegrid') public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }

    reorderSingleColumnByTargetIndex(): void {
        (this.treegridObj as TreeGridComponent).grid.reorderColumnByTargetIndex("taskID", 3); // move column with field name "OrderID" to index 3
    }
    reorderMultipleColumnByTargetIndex(): void {
        (this.treegridObj as TreeGridComponent).grid.reorderColumnByTargetIndex(['taskID', 'taskName'], 3); // move columns with field name "OrderID" and "CustomerID" to index 3
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Reorder events

When reordering columns in the Syncfusion® Angular TreeGrid component, you may want to take some specific action in response to the drag and drop events. To handle these events, you can define event handlers for the following events:

1.The columnDragStart event triggers when column header element drag (move) starts.

2.The columnDrag event triggers when column header element is dragged (moved) continuously.

3.The columnDrop event triggers when a column header element is dropped on the target column.

In the following example, we have implemented the columnDragStart, columnDrag, and columnDrop events in the Syncfusion® TreeGrid component.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule, ReorderService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { TreeGridComponent, Column } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';
import { ColumnDragEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule],
    providers: [ReorderService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<p id='message'></p>
               <ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' height='285' [allowReordering]='true' [treeColumnIndex] ='1' childMapping='subtasks' (columnDragStart)="columnDragStart()" (columnDrag)="columnDrag()" (columnDrop)="columnDrop()">
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    public message?: string;
    @ViewChild('treegrid') public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }

    columnDrop() {
        this.message = `columnDrop event triggered`;
    }
    columnDragStart() {
        this.message = `columnDragStart event triggered`;
    }
    columnDrag() {
        this.message = `columnDrag event is triggered. `;
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
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