Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Attributes

Last Updated : 26 Apr, 2025

Angular PrimeNG is a UI component library for Angular Applications. It offers many pre-built themes and UI components for a variety of tasks like inputs, menus, charts, Buttons, etc. In this article, we will Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Attributes.

The Drag and Drop directives (pDraggable and pDroppable) are used to apply drag and drop behavior to any element.

Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Draggable Attributes:

dragEffect: It is used to define the cursor style. The acceptable values for this field are none, copy, move, link, copyMove, linkMove, and all. It is of string type and the default value is null.
dragHandle: It is a selector and is used to define the drag handle. By default, they can be started anywhere on the target element. It is of string type and the default value is null.
pDraggableDisabled: It is used to check the element's draggability, which is important for conditional circumstances. It is of boolean type and the default value is false.

Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Droppable Attributes:

dropEffect: It is used to define the cursor style on drag over. The acceptable values for this field copy, relocate, link and move. It is of string type and the default value is null.
pDroppableDisabled: It is used to check the element's droppability, which is important for conditional circumstances. It is of boolean type and the default value is false.

Syntax:

<div class="grid">
    <div class="col-6" drag-column>
        <p-table [value]="..." responsiveLayout="...">
            <ng-template pTemplate="header">
               ....
            </ng-template>
            <ng-template pTemplate="body" let-person>
                ....
           </ng-template>
    </p-table>
</div>


<div responsiveLayout="scroll">
    <p-table [value]="...">
        <ng-template pTemplate="header">
            ....
        </ng-template>
        <ng-template pTemplate="body" let-person>
            ....
        </ng-template>
    </p-table>
</div>

<p-toast [preventOpenDuplicates]="true"></p-toast>

Creating Angular Application and Installing the Module:

Step 1: Create an Angular application using the following command.

ng new appname

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. appname, move to it using the following command.

cd appname

Step 3: Finally, Install PrimeNG in your given directory.

npm install primeng --save
npm install primeicons --save

Project Structure: The project Structure will look like this after following the above steps:

Steps to run the application: Run the below command to see the output

ng serve --save

Example 1: The below example illustrates the use of the Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Attribute using pDraggableDisabled="true". This will not allow dragging the element.

app.component.html:

HTML

<h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h3>Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Attributes</h3>

<div class="grid">
    <div class="col-6" drag-column dragEffect="link">
        <p-table [value]="available" responsiveLayout="scroll">
            <ng-template pTemplate="header">
                <tr>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Age</th>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
            <ng-template pTemplate="body" let-person>
                <tr
                    pDraggableDisabled="true"
                    pDraggable="products"
                    (onDragStart)="dragStart(person)"
                    (onDrag)="drag()"
                    (onDragEnd)="dragEnd()">
                    <td>{{ person.name }}</td>
                    <td>{{ person.age }}</td>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
        </p-table>
    </div>

    <div
        class="col-6"
        drop-column
        pDroppable="products"
        (onDrop)="drop()"
        responsiveLayout="scroll">
        <p-table [value]="selected">
            <ng-template pTemplate="header">
                <tr>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Age</th>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
            <ng-template pTemplate="body" let-person>
                <tr>
                    <td>{{ person.name }}</td>
                    <td>{{ person.age }}</td>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
        </p-table>
    </div>
</div>
<p-toast [preventOpenDuplicates]="true"></p-toast>

app.component.ts:

JavaScript

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { MessageService } from "primeng/api";

interface Person {
    id: String;
    name: String;
    age: number;
}

@Component({
    selector: "app-root",
    templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
    styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"],
    providers: [MessageService]
})

export class AppComponent {
    constructor(private msg: MessageService) {}
    available: Person[] = [];
    selected: Person[] = [];

    currentlyDragging: Person | null = null;

    ngOnInit() {
        this.available = [
            {
                id: "ASDF12",
                name: "Anshu",
                age: 19
            },
            {
                id: "KJHY45",
                name: "Shikhar",
                age: 22
            },
            {
                id: "LKIO34",
                name: "Jayant",
                age: 32
            },
            {
                id: "LPOI21",
                name: "Krishna",
                age: 23
            },
            {
                id: "VANI12",
                name: "Vanishka",
                age: 20
            }
        ];
    }

    // On Drag Start
    dragStart(person: Person) {
        this.currentlyDragging = person;

        // Show the toast message on the frontend
        this.msg.add({
            severity: "info",
            summary: "Drag Started",
            detail: "onDragStart Event"
        });
    }

    drag() {
        // Show the toast message on the frontend
        this.msg.add({
            severity: "success",
            summary: "Dragging...",
            detail: "onDrag Event"
        });
    }

    // On Drag End
    dragEnd() {
        this.currentlyDragging = null;
        // Show the toast message on the frontend
        this.msg.add({
            severity: "error",
            summary: "Drag End",
            detail: "onDragEnd Event"
        });
    }

    // On Drop of Item to droppable area
    drop() {
        if (this.currentlyDragging) {
            let currentlyDraggingIndex = this.findIndex(this.currentlyDragging);
            this.selected = [...this.selected, this.currentlyDragging];
            this.available = this.available.filter(
                (val, i) => i != currentlyDraggingIndex
            );
            this.currentlyDragging = null;
        }
    }

    // Find the Index of a Person
    findIndex(person: Person) {
        let index = -1;
        for (let i = 0; i < this.available.length; i++) {
            if (person.id === this.available[i].id) {
                index = i;
                break;
            }
        }
        return index;
    }
}

app.module.ts:

JavaScript

import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser";
import { HttpClientModule } from "@angular/common/http";
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from "@angular/platform-browser/animations";
import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";
import { TableModule } from "primeng/table";
import { ToastModule } from "primeng/toast";
import { DragDropModule } from "primeng/dragdrop";

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        HttpClientModule,
        FormsModule,
        TableModule,
        ToastModule,
        DragDropModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})

export class AppModule {}

Output:

Example 2: Below is another example code that illustrates the use of the Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Attribute using pDroppableDisabled="true". This will allow dragging the element but not allow dropping the element.

app.component.html:

HTML

<h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h3>Angular PrimeNG Drag and Drop Attributes</h3>

<div class="grid">
    <div class="col-6" drag-column>
        <p-table [value]="available" responsiveLayout="scroll">
            <ng-template pTemplate="header">
                <tr>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Age</th>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
            <ng-template pTemplate="body" let-person>
                <tr
                    pDraggable="products"
                    (onDragStart)="dragStart(person)"
                    (onDrag)="drag()"
                    (onDragEnd)="dragEnd()">
                    <td>{{ person.name }}</td>
                    <td>{{ person.age }}</td>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
        </p-table>
    </div>

    <div
        class="col-6"
        drop-column
        pDroppableDisabled="true"
        pDroppable="products"
        (onDrop)="drop()"
        responsiveLayout="scroll">
        <p-table [value]="selected">
            <ng-template pTemplate="header">
                <tr>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Age</th>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
            <ng-template pTemplate="body" let-person>
                <tr>
                    <td>{{ person.name }}</td>
                    <td>{{ person.age }}</td>
                </tr>
            </ng-template>
        </p-table>
    </div>
</div>
<p-toast [preventOpenDuplicates]="true"></p-toast>

app.component.ts:

JavaScript

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { MessageService } from "primeng/api";

interface Person {
    id: String;
    name: String;
    age: number;
}

@Component({
    selector: "app-root",
    templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
    styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"],
    providers: [MessageService]
})

export class AppComponent {
    constructor(private msg: MessageService) {}
    available: Person[] = [];
    selected: Person[] = [];

    currentlyDragging: Person | null = null;

    ngOnInit() {
        this.available = [
            {
                id: "ASDF12",
                name: "Anshu",
                age: 19
            },
            {
                id: "KJHY45",
                name: "Shikhar",
                age: 22
            },
            {
                id: "LKIO34",
                name: "Jayant",
                age: 32
            },
            {
                id: "LPOI21",
                name: "Krishna",
                age: 23
            },
            {
                id: "VANI12",
                name: "Vanishka",
                age: 20
            }
        ];
    }

    // On Drag Start
    dragStart(person: Person) {
        this.currentlyDragging = person;

        // Show the toast message on the frontend
        this.msg.add({
            severity: "info",
            summary: "Drag Started",
            detail: "onDragStart Event"
        });
    }

    drag() {
        // Show the toast message on the frontend
        this.msg.add({
            severity: "success",
            summary: "Dragging...",
            detail: "onDrag Event"
        });
    }

    // On Drag End
    dragEnd() {
        this.currentlyDragging = null;
        // Show the toast message on the frontend
        this.msg.add({
            severity: "error",
            summary: "Drag End",
            detail: "onDragEnd Event"
        });
    }

    // On Drop of Item to droppable area
    drop() {
        if (this.currentlyDragging) {
            let currentlyDraggingIndex = this.findIndex(this.currentlyDragging);
            this.selected = [...this.selected, this.currentlyDragging];
            this.available = this.available.filter(
                (val, i) => i != currentlyDraggingIndex
            );
            this.currentlyDragging = null;
        }
    }

    // Find the Index of a Person
    findIndex(person: Person) {
        let index = -1;
        for (let i = 0; i < this.available.length; i++) {
            if (person.id === this.available[i].id) {
                index = i;
                break;
            }
        }
        return index;
    }
}

app.module.ts:

JavaScript

import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser";
import { HttpClientModule } from "@angular/common/http";
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from "@angular/platform-browser/animations";
import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";
import { TableModule } from "primeng/table";
import { ToastModule } from "primeng/toast";
import { DragDropModule } from "primeng/dragdrop";

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        HttpClientModule,
        FormsModule,
        TableModule,
        ToastModule,
        DragDropModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})

export class AppModule {}

Output:

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