{"id":14158,"date":"2024-03-15T08:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-react-drag-and-drop-sorting-component\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T04:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:40:35","slug":"how-to-use-the-react-drag-and-drop-sorting-component","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-react-drag-and-drop-sorting-component\/","title":{"rendered":"React Drag-and-Drop Sorting Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

To utilize a drag-and-drop sorting component in React, you first need to install the necessary libraries. The most commonly used libraries are react-dnd and react-dnd-html5-backend.<\/p>\n

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  1. First, install these two libraries in your project:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    npm install react-dnd react-dnd-html5-backend\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. respond to drag-and-drop<\/li>\n
    2. The source from which something can be dragged.<\/li>\n
    3. Target for dropping items<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      import<\/span> { DragSource<\/span>, DropTarget<\/span> } from<\/span> \"react-dnd\"<\/span>;\r\n\r\nconst<\/span> ItemTypes<\/span> = {\r\n  CARD<\/span>: \"card\"<\/span>\r\n};\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u521b\u5efa\u4e00\u4e2aDragSource<\/span>\r\nconst<\/span> cardSource = {\r\n  beginDrag<\/span>(props<\/span>) {\r\n    return<\/span> {\r\n      id<\/span>: props.id<\/span>,\r\n      index<\/span>: props.index<\/span>\r\n    };\r\n  }\r\n};\r\n\r\nconst<\/span> collectDragSource<\/span> = (connect, monitor<\/span>) => {\r\n  return<\/span> {\r\n    connectDragSource<\/span>: connect.dragSource<\/span>(),\r\n    isDragging<\/span>: monitor.isDragging<\/span>()\r\n  };\r\n};\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u521b\u5efa\u4e00\u4e2aDropTarget<\/span>\r\nconst<\/span> cardTarget = {\r\n  drop<\/span>(props, monitor<\/span>) {\r\n    const<\/span> dragIndex = monitor.getItem<\/span>().index<\/span>;\r\n    const<\/span> hoverIndex = props.index<\/span>;\r\n\r\n    \/\/ \u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\u53ef\u4ee5\u8c03\u7528\u4e00\u4e2a\u56de\u8c03\u51fd\u6570\u6765\u66f4\u65b0\u6392\u5e8f<\/span>\r\n    props.onMove<\/span>(dragIndex, hoverIndex);\r\n  }\r\n};\r\n\r\nconst<\/span> collectDropTarget<\/span> = (connect, monitor<\/span>) => {\r\n  return<\/span> {\r\n    connectDropTarget<\/span>: connect.dropTarget<\/span>()\r\n  };\r\n};\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u6700\u7ec8\u7684\u53ef\u62d6\u62fd\u7ec4\u4ef6<\/span>\r\nconst<\/span> DraggableCard<\/span> = ({ text, isDragging, connectDragSource, connectDropTarget }<\/span>) => {\r\n  return<\/span> connectDragSource<\/span>(\r\n    connectDropTarget<\/span>(\r\n      <div<\/span> style<\/span>={{<\/span> opacity:<\/span> isDragging<\/span> ? 0.5<\/span> :<\/span> 1<\/span> }}><\/span>\r\n        {text}\r\n      <\/div<\/span>><\/span><\/span>\r\n    )\r\n  );\r\n};\r\n\r\nexport<\/span> default<\/span> DragSource<\/span>(ItemTypes<\/span>.CARD<\/span>, cardSource, collectDragSource)(\r\n  DropTarget<\/span>(ItemTypes<\/span>.CARD<\/span>, cardTarget, collectDropTarget)(DraggableCard<\/span>)\r\n);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        \n
      1. Create a container component to render a draggable sorting list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        import<\/span> { useState } from<\/span> \"react\"<\/span>;\r\nimport<\/span> update from<\/span> \"immutability-helper\"<\/span>;\r\nimport<\/span> DraggableCard<\/span> from<\/span> \".\/DraggableCard\"<\/span>;\r\n\r\nconst<\/span> SortableList<\/span> = (<\/span>) => {\r\n  const<\/span> [cards, setCards] = useState<\/span>([\r\n    { id<\/span>: 1<\/span>, text<\/span>: \"Card 1\"<\/span> },\r\n    { id<\/span>: 2<\/span>, text<\/span>: \"Card 2\"<\/span> },\r\n    { id<\/span>: 3<\/span>, text<\/span>: \"Card 3\"<\/span> }\r\n  ]);\r\n\r\n  const<\/span> handleMoveCard<\/span> = (dragIndex, hoverIndex<\/span>) => {\r\n    const<\/span> dragCard = cards[dragIndex];\r\n\r\n    setCards<\/span>(\r\n      update<\/span>(cards, {\r\n        $splice<\/span>: [\r\n          [dragIndex, 1<\/span>],\r\n          [hoverIndex, 0<\/span>, dragCard]\r\n        ]\r\n      })\r\n    );\r\n  };\r\n\r\n  return<\/span> (\r\n    <div<\/span>><\/span>\r\n      {cards.map((card, index) => (\r\n        <DraggableCard<\/span>\r\n          key<\/span>={card.id}<\/span>\r\n          id<\/span>={card.id}<\/span>\r\n          index<\/span>={index}<\/span>\r\n          text<\/span>={card.text}<\/span>\r\n          onMove<\/span>={handleMoveCard}<\/span>\r\n        \/><\/span>\r\n      ))}\r\n    <\/div<\/span>><\/span><\/span>\r\n  );\r\n};\r\n\r\nexport<\/span> default<\/span> SortableList<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          \n
        1. List that can be sorted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          import<\/span> SortableList<\/span> from<\/span> \".\/SortableList\"<\/span>;\r\n\r\nconst<\/span> App<\/span> = (<\/span>) => {\r\n  return<\/span> (\r\n    <div<\/span>><\/span>\r\n      <h1<\/span>><\/span>Sortable List<\/h1<\/span>><\/span>\r\n      <SortableList<\/span> \/><\/span>\r\n    <\/div<\/span>><\/span><\/span>\r\n  );\r\n};\r\n\r\nexport<\/span> default<\/span> App<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          Now, you can use the drag-and-drop sorting component in the app. When you drag a card and drop it in another position, the list will be re-sorted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          To utilize a drag-and-drop sorting component in React, you first need to install the necessary libraries. The most commonly used libraries are react-dnd and react-dnd-html5-backend. First, install these two libraries in your project: npm install react-dnd react-dnd-html5-backend respond to drag-and-drop The source from which something can be dragged. 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