knockout-sortable.js

(function () {
    "use strict";

    var init = function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext, sortableOptions) {

        var options = buildOptions(valueAccessor, sortableOptions);

        //It's seems that we cannot update the eventhandlers after we've created the sortable, so define them in init instead of update
        ['onStart', 'onEnd', 'onRemove', 'onAdd', 'onUpdate', 'onSort', 'onFilter'].forEach(function (e) {
            if (options[e] || eventHandlers[e])
                options[e] = function (eventType, parentVM, parentBindings, handler, e) {
                    var itemVM = ko.dataFor(e.item),
                        //All of the bindings on the parent element
                        bindings = ko.utils.peekObservable(parentBindings()),
                        //The binding options for the draggable/sortable binding of the parent element
                        bindingHandlerBinding = bindings.sortable || bindings.draggable,
                        //The collection that we should modify
                        collection = bindingHandlerBinding.collection || bindingHandlerBinding.foreach;
                    if (handler)
                        handler(e, itemVM, parentVM, collection, bindings);
                    if (eventHandlers[eventType])
                        eventHandlers[eventType](e, itemVM, parentVM, collection, bindings);
                }.bind(undefined, e, viewModel, allBindings, options[e]);
        });

        viewModel._sortable = Sortable.create(element, options);

        //Destroy the sortable if knockout disposes the element it's connected to
        ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(element, function () {
            viewModel._sortable.destroy();
        });
        return ko.bindingHandlers.template.init(element, valueAccessor);
    },
    update = function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext, sortableOptions) {

        //There seems to be some problems with updating the options of a sortable
        //Tested to change eventhandlers and the group options without any luck

        return ko.bindingHandlers.template.update(element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext);
    },
    eventHandlers = (function (handlers) {

        var moveOperations = [],
            tryMoveOperation = function (e, itemVM, parentVM, collection, parentBindings) {
                //A move operation is the combination of a add and remove event, this is to make sure that we have both the target and origin collections
                var currentOperation = { event: e, itemVM: itemVM, parentVM: parentVM, collection: collection, parentBindings: parentBindings },
                    existingOperation = moveOperations.filter(function (op) {
                        return op.itemVM === currentOperation.itemVM;
                    })[0];

                if (!existingOperation) {
                    moveOperations.push(currentOperation);
                }
                else {
                    //We're finishing the operation and already have a handle on the operation item meaning that it's safe to remove it
                    moveOperations.splice(moveOperations.indexOf(existingOperation), 1);

                    var removeOperation = currentOperation.event.type === 'remove' ? currentOperation : existingOperation,
                        addOperation = currentOperation.event.type === 'add' ? currentOperation : existingOperation;

                    moveItem(itemVM, removeOperation.collection, addOperation.collection, addOperation.event.clone, addOperation.event);
                }
            },
            //Moves an item from the to (collection to from (collection), these can be references to the same collection which means it's a sort,
            //clone indicates if we should move or copy the item into the new collection
            moveItem = function (itemVM, from, to, clone, e) {
                //Unwrapping this allows us to manipulate the actual array
                var fromArray = from(),
                    //It's not certain that the items actual index is the same as the index reported by sortable due to filtering etc.
                    originalIndex = fromArray.indexOf(itemVM);

                //Remove sortables "unbound" element
                e.item.parentNode.removeChild(e.item);

                //This splice is necessary for both clone and move/sort
                //In sort/move since it shouldn't be at this index/in this array anymore
                //In clone since we have to work around knockouts valuHasMutated when manipulating arrays and avoid a "unbound" item added by sortable
                fromArray.splice(originalIndex, 1);
                //Update the array, this will also remove sortables "unbound" clone
                from.valueHasMutated();
                if (clone && from !== to) {
                    //Readd the item
                    fromArray.splice(originalIndex, 0, itemVM);
                    //Force knockout to update
                    from.valueHasMutated();
                }
                //Insert the item on its new position
                to().splice(e.newIndex, 0, itemVM);
                //Make sure to tell knockout that we've modified the actual array.
                to.valueHasMutated();
            };

        handlers.onRemove = tryMoveOperation;
        handlers.onAdd = tryMoveOperation;
        handlers.onUpdate = function (e, itemVM, parentVM, collection, parentBindings) {
            //This will be performed as a sort since the to/from collections reference the same collection and clone is set to false
            moveItem(itemVM, collection, collection, false, e);
        };

        return handlers;
    })({}),
    //bindingOptions are the options set in the "data-bind" attribute in the ui.
    //options are custom options, for instance draggable/sortable specific options
    buildOptions = function (bindingOptions, options) {
        //deep clone/copy of properties from the "from" argument onto the "into" argument and returns the modified "into"
        var merge = function (into, from) {
            for (var prop in from) {
                if (Object.prototype.toString.call(from[prop]) === '[object Object]') {
                    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(into[prop]) !== '[object Object]') {
                        into[prop] = {};
                    }
                    into[prop] = merge(into[prop], from[prop]);
                }
                else
                    into[prop] = from[prop];
            }

            return into;
        },
        //unwrap the supplied options
        unwrappedOptions = ko.utils.peekObservable(bindingOptions()).options || {};

        //Make sure that we don't modify the provided settings object
        options = merge({}, options);

        //group is handled differently since we should both allow to change a draggable to a sortable (and vice versa),
        //but still be able to set a name on a draggable without it becoming a drop target.
        if (unwrappedOptions.group && Object.prototype.toString.call(unwrappedOptions.group) !== '[object Object]') {
            //group property is a name string declaration, convert to object.
            unwrappedOptions.group = { name: unwrappedOptions.group };
        }

        return merge(options, unwrappedOptions);
    };

    ko.bindingHandlers.draggable = {
        sortableOptions: {
            group: { pull: 'clone', put: false },
            sort: false
        },
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext) {
            return init(element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext, ko.bindingHandlers.draggable.sortableOptions);
        },
        update: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext) {
            return update(element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext, ko.bindingHandlers.draggable.sortableOptions);
        }
    };

    ko.bindingHandlers.sortable = {
        sortableOptions: {
            group: { pull: true, put: true }
        },
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext) {
            return init(element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext, ko.bindingHandlers.sortable.sortableOptions);
        },
        update: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext) {
            return update(element, valueAccessor, allBindings, viewModel, bindingContext, ko.bindingHandlers.sortable.sortableOptions);
        }
    };

})();