ui-sortable.js

/*
 jQuery UI Sortable plugin wrapper
 @param [ui-sortable] {object} Options to pass to $.fn.sortable() merged onto ui.config
 */
angular.module('ui.sortable', [])
  .value('uiSortableConfig',{})
  .directive('uiSortable', [
    'uiSortableConfig', '$timeout', '$log',
    function(uiSortableConfig, $timeout, $log) {
      return {
        require: '?ngModel',
        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
          var savedNodes;

          function combineCallbacks(first,second){
            if(second && (typeof second === 'function')) {
              return function(e, ui) {
                first(e, ui);
                second(e, ui);
              };
            }
            return first;
          }

          function hasSortingHelper (element, ui) {
            var helperOption = element.sortable('option','helper');
            return helperOption === 'clone' || (typeof helperOption === 'function' && ui.item.sortable.isCustomHelperUsed());
          }

          var opts = {};

          var callbacks = {
            receive: null,
            remove:null,
            start:null,
            stop:null,
            update:null
          };

          var wrappers = {
            helper: null
          };

          angular.extend(opts, uiSortableConfig, scope.$eval(attrs.uiSortable));

          if (!angular.element.fn || !angular.element.fn.jquery) {
            $log.error('ui.sortable: jQuery should be included before AngularJS!');
            return;
          }

          if (ngModel) {

            // When we add or remove elements, we need the sortable to 'refresh'
            // so it can find the new/removed elements.
            scope.$watch(attrs.ngModel+'.length', function() {
              // Timeout to let ng-repeat modify the DOM
              $timeout(function() {
                // ensure that the jquery-ui-sortable widget instance
                // is still bound to the directive's element
                if (!!element.data('ui-sortable')) {
                  element.sortable('refresh');
                }
              });
            });

            callbacks.start = function(e, ui) {
              // Save the starting position of dragged item
              ui.item.sortable = {
                index: ui.item.index(),
                cancel: function () {
                  ui.item.sortable._isCanceled = true;
                },
                isCanceled: function () {
                  return ui.item.sortable._isCanceled;
                },
                isCustomHelperUsed: function () {
                  return !!ui.item.sortable._isCustomHelperUsed;
                },
                _isCanceled: false,
                _isCustomHelperUsed: ui.item.sortable._isCustomHelperUsed
              };
            };

            callbacks.activate = function(/*e, ui*/) {
              // We need to make a copy of the current element's contents so
              // we can restore it after sortable has messed it up.
              // This is inside activate (instead of start) in order to save
              // both lists when dragging between connected lists.
              savedNodes = element.contents();

              // If this list has a placeholder (the connected lists won't),
              // don't inlcude it in saved nodes.
              var placeholder = element.sortable('option','placeholder');

              // placeholder.element will be a function if the placeholder, has
              // been created (placeholder will be an object).  If it hasn't
              // been created, either placeholder will be false if no
              // placeholder class was given or placeholder.element will be
              // undefined if a class was given (placeholder will be a string)
              if (placeholder && placeholder.element && typeof placeholder.element === 'function') {
                var phElement = placeholder.element();
                // workaround for jquery ui 1.9.x,
                // not returning jquery collection
                phElement = angular.element(phElement);

                // exact match with the placeholder's class attribute to handle
                // the case that multiple connected sortables exist and
                // the placehoilder option equals the class of sortable items
                var excludes = element.find('[class="' + phElement.attr('class') + '"]');

                savedNodes = savedNodes.not(excludes);
              }
            };

            callbacks.update = function(e, ui) {
              // Save current drop position but only if this is not a second
              // update that happens when moving between lists because then
              // the value will be overwritten with the old value
              if(!ui.item.sortable.received) {
                ui.item.sortable.dropindex = ui.item.index();
                ui.item.sortable.droptarget = ui.item.parent();

                // Cancel the sort (let ng-repeat do the sort for us)
                // Don't cancel if this is the received list because it has
                // already been canceled in the other list, and trying to cancel
                // here will mess up the DOM.
                element.sortable('cancel');
              }

              // Put the nodes back exactly the way they started (this is very
              // important because ng-repeat uses comment elements to delineate
              // the start and stop of repeat sections and sortable doesn't
              // respect their order (even if we cancel, the order of the
              // comments are still messed up).
              if (hasSortingHelper(element, ui) && !ui.item.sortable.received &&
                  element.sortable( 'option', 'appendTo' ) === 'parent') {
                // restore all the savedNodes except .ui-sortable-helper element
                // (which is placed last). That way it will be garbage collected.
                savedNodes = savedNodes.not(savedNodes.last());
              }
              savedNodes.appendTo(element);

              // If this is the target connected list then
              // it's safe to clear the restored nodes since:
              // update is currently running and
              // stop is not called for the target list.
              if(ui.item.sortable.received) {
                savedNodes = null;
              }

              // If received is true (an item was dropped in from another list)
              // then we add the new item to this list otherwise wait until the
              // stop event where we will know if it was a sort or item was
              // moved here from another list
              if(ui.item.sortable.received && !ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) {
                scope.$apply(function () {
                  ngModel.$modelValue.splice(ui.item.sortable.dropindex, 0,
                                             ui.item.sortable.moved);
                });
              }
            };

            callbacks.stop = function(e, ui) {
              // If the received flag hasn't be set on the item, this is a
              // normal sort, if dropindex is set, the item was moved, so move
              // the items in the list.
              if(!ui.item.sortable.received &&
                 ('dropindex' in ui.item.sortable) &&
                 !ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) {

                scope.$apply(function () {
                  ngModel.$modelValue.splice(
                    ui.item.sortable.dropindex, 0,
                    ngModel.$modelValue.splice(ui.item.sortable.index, 1)[0]);
                });
              } else {
                // if the item was not moved, then restore the elements
                // so that the ngRepeat's comment are correct.
                if ((!('dropindex' in ui.item.sortable) || ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) &&
                    !hasSortingHelper(element, ui)) {
                  savedNodes.appendTo(element);
                }
              }

              // It's now safe to clear the savedNodes
              // since stop is the last callback.
              savedNodes = null;
            };

            callbacks.receive = function(e, ui) {
              // An item was dropped here from another list, set a flag on the
              // item.
              ui.item.sortable.received = true;
            };

            callbacks.remove = function(e, ui) {
              // Workaround for a problem observed in nested connected lists.
              // There should be an 'update' event before 'remove' when moving
              // elements. If the event did not fire, cancel sorting.
              if (!('dropindex' in ui.item.sortable)) {
                element.sortable('cancel');
                ui.item.sortable.cancel();
              }

              // Remove the item from this list's model and copy data into item,
              // so the next list can retrive it
              if (!ui.item.sortable.isCanceled()) {
                scope.$apply(function () {
                  ui.item.sortable.moved = ngModel.$modelValue.splice(
                    ui.item.sortable.index, 1)[0];
                });
              }
            };

            wrappers.helper = function (inner) {
              if (inner && typeof inner === 'function') {
                return function (e, item) {
                  var innerResult = inner(e, item);
                  item.sortable._isCustomHelperUsed = item !== innerResult;
                  return innerResult;
                };
              }
              return inner;
            };

            scope.$watch(attrs.uiSortable, function(newVal /*, oldVal*/) {
              // ensure that the jquery-ui-sortable widget instance
              // is still bound to the directive's element
              if (!!element.data('ui-sortable')) {
                angular.forEach(newVal, function(value, key) {
                  if(callbacks[key]) {
                    if( key === 'stop' ){
                      // call apply after stop
                      value = combineCallbacks(
                        value, function() { scope.$apply(); });
                    }
                    // wrap the callback
                    value = combineCallbacks(callbacks[key], value);
                  } else if (wrappers[key]) {
                    value = wrappers[key](value);
                  }
                  
                  element.sortable('option', key, value);
                });
              }
            }, true);

            angular.forEach(callbacks, function(value, key) {
              opts[key] = combineCallbacks(value, opts[key]);
            });

          } else {
            $log.info('ui.sortable: ngModel not provided!', element);
          }

          // Create sortable
          element.sortable(opts);
        }
      };
    }
  ]);