The angular material table with sorting doesn't work properly with drag-and-drop.

Here's what I've got so far, it kinda works where the sorting works with a specific column after being dragged and dropped. But still has weird functionality.

Stackblitz

I want to be able to use the normal sorting functionality of Material Table while being able to drag and drop columns.

The angular material table with sorting doesn't work properly with drag-and-drop.

Here's what I've got so far, it kinda works where the sorting works with a specific column after being dragged and dropped. But still has weird functionality.

Stackblitz

I want to be able to use the normal sorting functionality of Material Table while being able to drag and drop columns.

• javascript
• html
• angular
• typescript
• angular-material

• Drag and drop isn't working on the stackblitz. I think your stackblitz needs a theme (e.g. add @import '@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/deeppurple-amber.css'; to styles.css) and hammerjs (import 'hammerjs'; in app.ponent.ts) – Andrew Allen Commented May 21, 2019 at 10:30
• I've updated the stackblitz with your remendations. Also if you drag the column header then it drags the whole column, there is no dragging on the cells. – sunalive Commented May 21, 2019 at 10:35
• You're the man btw. Haven't found a sorting for the column yet and your stackblitz worked straight away. If you mind I posted it on their github as a reference. github./angular/ponents/issues/13776 – Swoox Commented May 21, 2019 at 14:15

1 Answer 1

matSort needs to be on the mat-table element

<mat-table [dataSource]="dataSource" class="mat-elevation-z8" cdkDropListGroup matSort>

rather than on the ng-container

<mat-table [dataSource]="dataSource" class="mat-elevation-z8" cdkDropListGroup>
  <ng-container *ngFor="let column of columns; let i = index" [matColumnDef]="column.field" matSort>