generic-dnd-list

A DnD list with a custom renderer for its items.

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Demo

You can access the storybook for this component here.

Props

The component accepts the props defined bellow in the table.

Props accepted by GenericDndList

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
getId	(item: unknown) => string	yes	-	It returns a unique ID for each item
getItemClassName	(isDragging: boolean) => string	no	undefined	It returns the className for an item in the list
getItemStyle	((isDragging: boolean) => CSSProperties) | null	no	internal*	It returns the style for an item in the list
getListClassName	(isDraggingOver: boolean) => string	no	undefined	It returns the className for the list
getListStyle	((isDraggingOver: boolean) => CSSProperties) | null	no	internal*	It returns the style for the list
items	unknown[]	yes	-	The items rendered
lockAxis	boolean	no	false	The dragged item keeps the direction
propsDragDropContext	DragDropContextProps	no	-	Props passed to react-beautiful-dnd component
propsDraggable	DraggableProps except draggableId, index	no	-	Props passed to react-beautiful-dnd component
propsDroppable	DroppableProps except direction	no	-	Props passed to react-beautiful-dnd component
onReorder	(items: unknown[]) => void	no	-	It is called when the items are reordered
renderItem	(item: unknown, index: number, context: Context) => JSX.Element	yes	-	Render an item

An undefined item can be used to signal the add new item. There should be at most one undefined item.

Context contains:

• isDragging
• isDropAnimating

internal* - an internal style is used by default

Notes

Do not forget to provide null or a function returning an empty object for removing the default styling. The provided styles overwrite any internal styling.

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Versions

GenericDndList uses	react-beautiful-dnd	React
1.0.x	11.0.5	16.8.5
1.1.x	12.2.0	16.9.0
1.2.x	13.0.0	16.9.0
2.0.x	13.0.0	16.9.0
2.1.x	13.0.0	16.9.0 or 17.0.0
2.2.x	13.1.0	16.9.0 or 17.0.0
2.3.x	13.1.0	16.9.0 or 17.0.0
3.0.x	13.1.1	18.0.0

About versioning schema used for GenericDndList

• Major - it will be increased if the major version of the dependat package changes or there are breaking changes in the code of GenericDndList
• Minor - it will be increased if no major version of the dependat package changes, but there are changes of the minor or patch versions of it
• Patch - it will be increased if there are no changes of the dependat packages, but there are non breaking changes in the code of GenericDndList

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Example

Displaying a list with add item at the bottom:

import * as React from "react";
import GenericDndList from "generic-dnd-list";

interface ListItem {
  id: string;
  text: string;
}

const items: (ListItem | undefined)[] = [ {
    id: 'fruit-1',
    text: 'Apple'
  }, {
    id: 'fruit-2',
    text: 'Orange'
  }, {
    id: 'fruit-3',
    text: 'Banana'
  }, undefined];

class App extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <div className="App">
        <GenericDndList
          items={items as unknown[]}
          getId={this.getId}
          renderItem={this.renderItem}
          onReorder={this.handleReorder}
        />
      </div>
    );
  }

  private getId = (item: unknown) => (item ? item.id : 'new-fruit');

  private renderItem = (item?: unknown) => (item ? <div>{item.text}</div> : <div>Use this to add a new fruit</div>);

  private handleReorder = (items: unknown[]) => {}
}

export default App;

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Changelog

1.0.0

• generic-dnd-list is made publicly available

1.1.0

• Updated packages

1.1.1

• Updated packages
• Moved from npm to yarn

1.2.0

• Updated packages

1.2.1

• Updated packages

1.2.2

• Fixed crash produced by "export * from"

1.2.3

• Added two new props: getItemClassName and getListClassName

1.2.4

• Made GenericDndList generic

1.2.5

• Fixed GenericDndList definition in index.d.ts

1.2.6

• Improved the definition of GenericDndList in index.d.ts

2.0.0

• The default style is no longe applied (except user-select:none for items) if a getStyle function is provided.

2.1.0

• Accepting React 17 as peerDependencies

2.1.1

• Fixed security warnings

2.2.0

• Added the possibility to lock the moved item on the vertical axis
• Added the possibility to pass props to react-beautiful-dnd components

2.3.0

• Added a context argument to render item function

2.3.1

• Improved the documentation

2.3.2

• Fixed the broken typedef in 2.3.0

2.3.3

• Fixed the broken typedef in 2.3.0

2.3.4

• Updated the packages

3.0.0

• onResize prop is no longer required
• Updated the packages
• Supports minimum React 18

3.0.1

• Updated the packages

3.0.2

• Fixed bundled lib