Column Reordering in JavaScript Gantt control

23 Mar 2023 / 3 minutes to read

The column reordering can be done by dragging a column header from one index to another index within the TreeGrid. To enable reordering, set the allowReordering property to true.

To use the column reordering feature, inject the Reorder module to the Gantt control.

Source

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index.ts

index.html

import { Gantt, Reorder } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Reorder);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    allowReordering: true,
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks',
    },
    height: '450px',
    splitterSettings: {
        columnIndex: 5
    }
});
gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>


<body>
    
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id="container">
        <div id="Gantt"></div>        
    </div>
</body></html>

You can disable the reordering of a particular column by setting the columns.allowReordering property to false.

Reorder multiple columns

Multiple columns can be reordered at a time by using the reorderColumns method.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { Gantt, Reorder } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Reorder);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
    dataSource: GanttData,
    allowReordering: true,
    taskFields: {
        id: 'TaskID',
        name: 'TaskName',
        startDate: 'StartDate',
        duration: 'Duration',
        progress: 'Progress',
        child: 'subtasks'
    },
    height: '450px',
    splitterSettings: {
        position: '100%'
    },
    columns: [
        { field: 'TaskID', headerText: 'Task ID', textAlign: 'Left', width: '100' },
        { field: 'TaskName', headerText: 'Task Name', width: '150' },
        { field: 'StartDate', headerText: 'Start Date', width: '150' },
        { field: 'Duration', headerText: 'Duration', width: '150' },
        { field: 'Progress', headerText: 'Progress', width: '150' }
    ]
});
gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');

let reorderMultipleCols: Button = new Button();
reorderMultipleCols.appendTo('#reorderMultipleCols');

document.getElementById('reorderMultipleCols').addEventListener('click', () => {
    gantt.reorderColumns('TaskName', 'Progress');
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
	<button id="reorderMultipleCols">Reorder Task ID and Task Name to Last</button> 
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Reorder Events

During the reorder action, the gantt component triggers the below three events.

The columnDragStart event triggers when column header element drag (move) starts.
The columnDrag event triggers when column header element is dragged (moved) continuously.
The columnDrop event triggers when a column header element is dropped on the target column.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { Gantt, Reorder } from '@syncfusion/ej2-gantt';
import { GanttData } from 'datasource.ts';

Gantt.Inject(Reorder);

let gantt: Gantt = new Gantt({
dataSource: GanttData,
allowReordering: true,
taskFields: {
    id: 'TaskID',
    name: 'TaskName',
    startDate: 'StartDate',
    duration: 'Duration',
    progress: 'Progress',
    child: 'subtasks'
},
splitterSettings: {
    columnIndex: 4
},
height: '450px',
columns: [
    { field: 'TaskID', headerText: 'Task ID', textAlign: 'Left', width: '100' },
    { field: 'TaskName', headerText: 'Task Name', width: '150' },
    { field: 'StartDate', headerText: 'Start Date', width: '150' },
    { field: 'Duration', headerText: 'Duration', width: '150' },
    { field: 'Progress', headerText: 'Progress', width: '150' }
],
columnDragStart: () => {
    alert('columnDragStart event is Triggered');
},
columnDrag: () => {
    alert('columnDrag event is Triggered');
},
columnDrop: () => {
    alert('columnDrop event is Triggered');
}
});
gantt.appendTo('#Gantt');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Gantt</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Gantt Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Gantt'></div>        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Contents

Reorder multiple columns
Reorder Events

Contents

Reorder multiple columns
Reorder Events