feat(ghostElementTemplate): allow changing the ghost element contents

src/draggable.directive.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import {
   OnChanges,
   NgZone,
   SimpleChanges,
-  Inject
+  Inject,
+  TemplateRef,
+  ViewContainerRef
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { Subject, Observable, merge, ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs';
 import {
@@ -107,6 +109,11 @@ export class DraggableDirective implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
    */
   @Input() ghostElementAppendTo: HTMLElement;
 
+  /**
+   * An ng-template to be inserted into the parent element of the ghost element. It will overwrite any child nodes.
+   */
+  @Input() ghostElementTemplate: TemplateRef<any>;
+
   /**
    * Called when the element can be dragged along one axis and has the mouse or pointer device pressed on it
    */
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ export class DraggableDirective implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
     private renderer: Renderer2,
     private draggableHelper: DraggableHelper,
     private zone: NgZone,
+    private vcr: ViewContainerRef,
     @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document: any
   ) {}
 
@@ -296,6 +304,17 @@ export class DraggableDirective implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
               margin: '0'
             });
 
+            if (this.ghostElementTemplate) {
+              const viewRef = this.vcr.createEmbeddedView(
+                this.ghostElementTemplate
+              );
+              clone.innerHTML = '';
+              clone.appendChild(viewRef.rootNodes[0]);
+              dragEnded$.subscribe(() => {
+                this.vcr.remove(this.vcr.indexOf(viewRef));
+              });
+            }
+
             dragEnded$.subscribe(() => {
               clone.parentElement!.removeChild(clone);
               this.ghostElement = null;

test/draggable.directive.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, ElementRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ElementRef, TemplateRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { TestBed, ComponentFixture } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
@@ -20,16 +20,21 @@ describe('draggable directive', () => {
         [dragCursor]="dragCursor"
         [dragActiveClass]="dragActiveClass"
         [ghostElementAppendTo]="ghostElementAppendTo"
+        [ghostElementTemplate]="ghostElementTemplate"
         (dragPointerDown)="dragPointerDown($event)"
         (dragStart)="dragStart($event)"
         (dragging)="dragging($event)"
         (dragEnd)="dragEnd($event)">
         Drag me!
-      </div>`
+      </div>
+      <ng-template #ghostElementTemplateRef><span>I'm being dragged!</span></ng-template>
+    `
   })
   class TestComponent {
     @ViewChild(DraggableDirective) draggable: DraggableDirective;
     @ViewChild('draggableElement') draggableElement: ElementRef<HTMLDivElement>;
+    @ViewChild('ghostElementTemplateRef')
+    ghostElementTemplateRef: TemplateRef<any>;
     dragPointerDown = sinon.spy();
     dragStart = sinon.spy();
     dragging = sinon.spy();
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ describe('draggable directive', () => {
     dragCursor = 'move';
     dragActiveClass: string;
     ghostElementAppendTo: HTMLElement;
+    ghostElementTemplate: TemplateRef<any>;
   }
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -697,4 +703,16 @@ describe('draggable directive', () => {
       'auto'
     );
   });
+
+  it('should use the contents of the ghost element template as the inner html of the ghost element', () => {
+    fixture.componentInstance.ghostElementTemplate =
+      fixture.componentInstance.ghostElementTemplateRef;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const draggableElement =
+      fixture.componentInstance.draggableElement.nativeElement;
+    triggerDomEvent('mousedown', draggableElement, { clientX: 5, clientY: 10 });
+    triggerDomEvent('mousemove', draggableElement, { clientX: 7, clientY: 10 });
+    const ghostElement = draggableElement.nextSibling as HTMLElement;
+    expect(ghostElement.innerHTML).to.equal("<span>I'm being dragged!</span>");
+  });
 });