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Here's an example of React + jQuery UI sortable. The key thing to note is that we have the render() method do absolutely nothing and use componentDidUpdate() + React.renderComponent() to proxy updates through to the children. This lets us manage the DOM manually but still be able to use all the React goodies you know and love.
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
<script src="http://fb.me/react-0.5.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://fb.me/JSXTransformer-0.5.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/jsx">
/** @jsx React.DOM */
function cloneWithProps(c) {
// Coming in next version of React!
var newInstance = new c.constructor();
newInstance.construct(c.props);
return newInstance;
}
var TestItem = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return {count: 0};
},
componentDidMount: function() {
this.interval = setInterval(this.handleTick, 1000);
},
componentWillUnmount: function() {
clearInterval(this.interval);
},
handleTick: function() {
this.setState({count: this.state.count + 1});
},
render: function() {
return <span>{this.props.children}{': '}{this.state.count}</span>;
}
});
var SmartSortable = React.createClass({
getDefaultProps: function() {
return {component: React.DOM.ul, childComponent: React.DOM.li};
},
render: function() {
var component = this.props.component;
return this.transferPropsTo(<component />);
},
componentDidMount: function() {
jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).sortable({stop: this.handleDrop});
this.getChildren().forEach(function(child, i) {
jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).append('<' + this.props.childComponent.componentConstructor.displayName + ' />');
var node = jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).children().last()[0];
node.dataset.reactSortablePos = i;
React.renderComponent(cloneWithProps(child), node);
}.bind(this));
},
componentDidUpdate: function() {
var childIndex = 0;
var nodeIndex = 0;
var children = this.getChildren();
var nodes = jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).children();
var numChildren = children.length;
var numNodes = nodes.length;
while (childIndex < numChildren) {
if (nodeIndex >= numNodes) {
jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).append('<' + this.props.childComponent.componentConstructor.displayName + '/>');
nodes.push(jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).children().last()[0]);
nodes[numNodes].dataset.reactSortablePos = numNodes;
numNodes++;
}
React.renderComponent(cloneWithProps(children[childIndex]), nodes[nodeIndex]);
childIndex++;
nodeIndex++;
}
while (nodeIndex < numNodes) {
React.unmountComponentAtNode(nodes[nodeIndex]);
jQuery(nodes[nodeIndex]).remove();
nodeIndex++;
}
},
componentWillUnmount: function() {
jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).children().get().forEach(function(node) {
React.unmountComponentAtNode(node);
});
},
getChildren: function() {
// TODO: use mapChildren()
return this.props.children || [];
},
handleDrop: function() {
var newOrder = jQuery(this.getDOMNode()).children().get().map(function(child, i) {
var rv = child.dataset.reactSortablePos;
child.dataset.reactSortablePos = i;
return rv;
});
this.props.onSort(newOrder);
}
});
var App = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return {items: ['test 0', 'test 1', 'test 2'], counter: 3};
},
handleSort: function(newOrder) {
var newItems = newOrder.map(function(index) {
return this.state.items[index];
}.bind(this));
this.setState({items: newItems});
},
handleAdd: function() {
var newItems = this.state.items.concat(['test ' + this.state.counter]);
this.setState({items: newItems, counter: this.state.counter + 1});
},
handleRemove: function() {
this.setState({items: this.state.items.slice(0, this.state.items.length - 1)});
},
render: function() {
var items = this.state.items.map(function(item) {
return <li key={item}><TestItem>{item}</TestItem></li>;
});
return (
<div>
<h1>React + Sortable</h1>
<SmartSortable onSort={this.handleSort}>
{items}
</SmartSortable>
<p>Current order: {JSON.stringify(this.state.items)}</p>
<p><button onClick={this.handleAdd}>Add an item</button></p>
<p><button onClick={this.handleRemove}>Remove an item</button></p>
</div>
);
}
});
React.renderComponent(<App />, document.body);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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sawyerh commented Oct 29, 2015

I wrote a bit about using Sortable with React 0.14+: http://sawyerhollenshead.com/writing/using-jquery-ui-sortable-with-react/

@ramthenmala
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how to use the connectWith method in react??

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