Drag & Drop Grid Layout in React

Drag & Drop Grid Layout in React

React implementation of a sortable drag and drop list organised into columns.

Made with

Html
Css/SCSS
Javascript

Html

<h1 class="title">Drag &amp; Drop Grid Layout in React</h1>
<div id="react-root"></div>

Css

html {
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	background: radial-gradient(ellipse at top, #e66465, transparent),
            radial-gradient(ellipse at bottom, #4d9f0c, transparent);
}

.title {
	margin-top: 1.25em;
	color: #eee;
	text-align: center;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black;
}

.items {
	padding: 21px;
}

.item {
	width: calc((100% / 3) - 26px);
	height: 90px;
	padding: 2.125em 0 1.25em;
	user-select: none;
	position: absolute;
	border-radius: 3px;
	box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
	background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);
	transition: background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;
	cursor: grab;
	text-align: center;

	&.is-active {
		background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
		cursor: grabbing;
	}
}

Javascript

const dataStructure = [ // structure that models our initial rendered view of items
    [0, 1, 2],
    [3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
    [8, 9, 10, 11]
]

const reinsert = (array, colFrom, rowFrom, colTo, rowTo) => {
    const _array = array.slice(0);
    const val = _array[colFrom][rowFrom];
    _array[colFrom].splice(rowFrom, 1);
    _array[colTo].splice(rowTo, 0, val);
    calculateVisiblePositions(_array);
    return _array;
}

const gutterPadding = 21;
const clamp = (n, min, max) => Math.max(Math.min(n, max), min);
const getColumnWidth = () => (window.innerWidth / dataStructure.length) - (gutterPadding / dataStructure.length); // spread columns over available window width
const height = 110; // crappy fixed item height :(

let width = getColumnWidth(),
    layout = null;

// items are ordered by their index in this visual positions array
const calculateVisiblePositions = (newOrder) => {
    width = getColumnWidth();
    layout = newOrder.map((column, col) => {
       return _.range(column.length + 1).map((item, row) => {
           return [width * col, height * row];
       });
   });
}

// define spring motion opts
const springSetting1 = {stiffness: 180, damping: 10};
const springSetting2 = {stiffness: 150, damping: 16};

const List = React.createClass({
    getInitialState() {
        return {
            mouse: [0, 0],
            delta: [0, 0], // difference between mouse and item position, for dragging
            lastPress: null, // key of the last pressed component
            currentColumn: null,
            isPressed: false,
            order: dataStructure, // index: visual position. value: component key/id
            isResizing: false
        };
    },

    componentWillMount() {
        this.resizeTimeout = null;
        calculateVisiblePositions(dataStructure);
    },

    componentDidMount() {
        window.addEventListener('touchmove', this.handleTouchMove);
        window.addEventListener('mousemove', this.handleMouseMove);
        window.addEventListener('touchend', this.handleMouseUp);
        window.addEventListener('mouseup', this.handleMouseUp);
        window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
    },

    componentWillUnmount() {
        window.removeEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
    },

    handleTouchStart(key, currentColumn, pressLocation, e) {
        this.handleMouseDown(key, currentColumn, pressLocation, e.touches[0]);
    },

    handleTouchMove(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        this.handleMouseMove(e.touches[0]);
    },

    handleMouseMove({pageX, pageY}) {
        const {order, lastPress, currentColumn: colFrom, isPressed, delta: [dx, dy]} = this.state;
        if (isPressed) {
            const mouse = [pageX - dx, pageY - dy];
            const colTo = clamp(Math.floor((mouse[0] + (width / 2)) / width), 0, 2);
            const rowTo = clamp(Math.floor((mouse[1] + (height / 2)) / height), 0, 100);
            const rowFrom = order[colFrom].indexOf(lastPress);
            const newOrder = reinsert(order, colFrom, rowFrom, colTo, rowTo);
            this.setState({
                mouse,
                order: newOrder,
                currentColumn: colTo
            });
        }
    },

    handleMouseDown(key, currentColumn, [pressX, pressY], {pageX, pageY}) {
        this.setState({
            lastPress: key,
            currentColumn,
            isPressed: true,
            delta: [pageX - pressX, pageY - pressY],
            mouse: [pressX, pressY],
        });
    },

    handleMouseUp() {
        this.setState({
            isPressed: false,
            delta: [0, 0]
        });
    },

    handleResize() {
        clearTimeout(this.resizeTimeout);
        this.applyResizingState(true);
        // resize one last time after resizing stops, as sometimes this can be a little janky sometimes...
        this.resizeTimeout = setTimeout(() => this.applyResizingState(false), 100);
    },

    applyResizingState(isResizing) {
        this.setState({ isResizing });
        calculateVisiblePositions(dataStructure);
    },

    render() {
        const { order, lastPress, currentColumn, isPressed, mouse, isResizing } = this.state;
        return (
            <div className="items">
                {order.map( (column, colIndex) => {
                    return (
                        column.map( (row) => {
                            let style,
                                x,
                                y,
                                visualPosition = order[colIndex].indexOf(row),
                                isActive = (row === lastPress && colIndex === currentColumn && isPressed);

                            if(isActive) {
                                [x, y] = mouse;
                                style = {
                                    translateX: x,
                                    translateY: y,
                                    scale: ReactMotion.spring(1.1, springSetting1)
                                };
                            } else if(isResizing) {
                                [x, y] = layout[colIndex][visualPosition];
                                style = {
                                    translateX: x,
                                    translateY: y,
                                    scale: 1
                                };
                            } else {
                                [x, y] = layout[colIndex][visualPosition];
                                style = {
                                    translateX: ReactMotion.spring(x, springSetting2),
                                    translateY: ReactMotion.spring(y, springSetting2),
                                    scale: ReactMotion.spring(1, springSetting1)
                                };
                            }

                            return (
                                <ReactMotion.Motion key={row} style={style}>
                                    {({translateX, translateY, scale}) =>
                                    <div
                                        onMouseDown={this.handleMouseDown.bind(null, row, colIndex, [x, y])}
                                        onTouchStart={this.handleTouchStart.bind(null, row, colIndex, [x, y])}
                                        className={isActive ? 'item is-active' : 'item'}
                                        style={{
                                            WebkitTransform: `translate3d(${translateX}px, ${translateY}px, 0) scale(${scale})`,
                                            transform: `translate3d(${translateX}px, ${translateY}px, 0) scale(${scale})`,
                                            zIndex: (row === lastPress && colIndex === currentColumn) ? 99 : visualPosition,
                                        }}>Item {row + 1}</div>
                                    }
                                </ReactMotion.Motion>
                            )
                        })
                    )
                })}
            </div>
        )
    }
});

ReactDOM.render(<List />, document.getElementById('react-root'));

Author

Tim Ramage

Demo

See the Pen Drag & Drop Grid Layout in React by Tim Ramage (@tjramage) on CodePen.