React Spreadsheet – drag and drop

I am testing the React Spreadsheet and have found a use case that I cannot get to work.
I wish to be able to click on different cells within the React Spreadsheet control & drag each of them outside of the control onto a separate control so that I can link the active cell (worksheet/row/column) with the external control data.

Is this possible? I cannot see a way of doing this without having a third control that can get the active cell data (via activeCellChanged) and then having to drag this control.

Thanks, Dan.

Hello Daniel, 

Thank you for contacting Infragistics. The spreadsheet does not support any type of Drag Drop. You can submit a feature request on our github page here:

https://github.com/IgniteUI/igniteui-react/issues/

The selectionChanged event might make more sense if you are dragging multiple cells. You'll have to capture a mouse up on the "paste" control and then add items based on what was in that selection manually.

React Spreadsheet with drag-and-drop support sounds super useful for improving workflow and making data management much smoother. Love how interactive spreadsheet components are becoming in modern React apps — definitely a big productivity boost for users . Also found this helpful resource for menu updates and pricing info: https://kfcmenupakistan.com/

Native drag-and-drop support would definitely make this component more flexible, especially for workflows that involve linking spreadsheet cells with external UI elements. Until that’s available, using the selectionChanged event along with a custom drop target seems like the most practical approach. While researching similar React interaction patterns, I also came across https://espacoinvisiveis.com.br/, which has a variety of useful web-based tools that might be helpful depending on your workflow.

I agree that native drag-and-drop support would make these kinds of integrations much easier. Until then, combining the selectionChanged event with a custom implementation seems like the most practical workaround for linking spreadsheet data with external components. I’ve also seen developers share useful utilities through Espaço Invisível FF, especially for small web-based tasks and text formatting, alongside other productivity tools. Hopefully drag-and-drop support is considered in a future update.