demo/knockout.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Knockout.js demo</title>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="demo.css"/>

  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/3.5.0/knockout-debug.js"></script>
  <script src="../dist/gridstack-all.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <h1>knockout.js Demo</h1>
    <div>
      <a class="btn btn-primary" data-bind="click: addNewWidget">Add Widget</a>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div data-bind="component: {name: 'dashboard-grid', params: $data}"></div>
  </div>

  <script type="text/javascript">
    ko.components.register('dashboard-grid', {
      viewModel: {
        createViewModel: function (controller, componentInfo) {
          let ViewModel = function (controller, componentInfo) {
            let grid = null;

            this.widgets = controller.widgets;

            this.afterAddWidget = function (items) {
              if (!grid ) {
                grid = GridStack.init({auto: false});
              }

              let item = items.find(function (i) { return i.nodeType == 1 });
              grid.addWidget(item);
              ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(item, function () {
                grid.removeWidget(item);
              });
            };
          };

          return new ViewModel(controller, componentInfo);
        }
      },
      template:
        [
          '<div class="grid-stack" data-bind="foreach: {data: widgets, afterRender: afterAddWidget}">',
          '   <div class="grid-stack-item" data-bind="attr: {\'gs-x\': $data.x, \'gs-y\': $data.y, \'gs-w\': $data.w, \'gs-h\': $data.h, \'gs-auto-position\': $data.auto_position, \'gs-id\': $data.id}">',
          '     <div class="grid-stack-item-content"><button data-bind="click: $root.deleteWidget">Delete me</button></div>',
          '   </div>',
          '</div> '
        ].join('')
    });

    let Controller = function (widgets) {
      let self = this;

      this.widgets = ko.observableArray(widgets);

      this.addNewWidget = function () {
        this.widgets.push({
          x: 0,
          y: 0,
          w: Math.floor(1 + 3 * Math.random()),
          h: Math.floor(1 + 3 * Math.random()),
          auto_position: true
        });
        return false;
      };

      this.deleteWidget = function (item) {
        self.widgets.remove(item);
        return false;
      };
    };

    let widgets = [
      {x: 0, y: 0, w: 2, h: 2, id: '0'},
      {x: 2, y: 0, w: 4, h: 2, id: '1'},
      {x: 6, y: 0, w: 2, h: 4, id: '2'},
      {x: 1, y: 2, w: 4, h: 2, id: '3'}
    ];

    let controller = new Controller(widgets);
    ko.applyBindings(controller);
  </script>
</body>
</html>