Drag & Drop Reorder Rows on NSTableView

Question

I was just wondering if there was an easy way to set an NSTableView to allow it to reorder its rows without writing any pasteboard code. I only need it to be able to do thi

Answer 1

This is an update to @Ethan's answer for Swift 3:

let dragDropTypeId = "public.data" // or any other UTI you want/need

func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, pasteboardWriterForRow row: Int) -> NSPasteboardWriting? {
    let item = NSPasteboardItem()
    item.setString(String(row), forType: dragDropTypeId)
    return item
}

func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, validateDrop info: NSDraggingInfo, proposedRow row: Int, proposedDropOperation dropOperation: NSTableViewDropOperation) -> NSDragOperation {
    if dropOperation == .above {
        return .move
    }
    return []
}

func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, acceptDrop info: NSDraggingInfo, row: Int, dropOperation: NSTableViewDropOperation) -> Bool {
    var oldIndexes = [Int]()
    info.enumerateDraggingItems(options: [], for: tableView, classes: [NSPasteboardItem.self], searchOptions: [:]) {
        if let str = ($0.0.item as! NSPasteboardItem).string(forType: self.dragDropTypeId), let index = Int(str) {
            oldIndexes.append(index)
        }
    }

    var oldIndexOffset = 0
    var newIndexOffset = 0

    // For simplicity, the code below uses `tableView.moveRowAtIndex` to move rows around directly.
    // You may want to move rows in your content array and then call `tableView.reloadData()` instead.
    tableView.beginUpdates()
    for oldIndex in oldIndexes {
        if oldIndex < row {
            tableView.moveRow(at: oldIndex + oldIndexOffset, to: row - 1)
            oldIndexOffset -= 1
        } else {
            tableView.moveRow(at: oldIndex, to: row + newIndexOffset)
            newIndexOffset += 1
        }
    }
    tableView.endUpdates()

    self.reloadDataIntoArrayController()

    return true
}