start: drag and drop links to reorder within a section or move them to another section (view and edit mode); orderLinks can also change the dragged link's section

src/routes/start/+page.server.ts

@@ -171,13 +171,22 @@ export const actions: Actions = {
 	/** Reorder: `order` is the full list of link ids in their new order. */
 	orderLinks: async (event) => {
 		if (!owner(event)) return fail(404, { message: 'Not Found' });
-		const raw = String((await event.request.formData()).get('order') ?? '');
+		const form = await event.request.formData();
+		const raw = String(form.get('order') ?? '');
 		const ids = raw
 			.split(',')
 			.map(Number)
 			.filter((n) => Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0);
 		if (!ids.length || ids.length > 500) return fail(400, { message: 'Invalid order' });
+		// Optional: drag-and-drop into another section moves link `id` there too.
+		const moveId = intId(form.get('id'));
+		const section = form.has('section')
+			? linkInput.shape.section.safeParse(form.get('section'))
+			: null;
+		if (section && !section.success) return fail(400, { message: 'Invalid section' });
 		await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+			if (moveId && section?.success)
+				await tx.update(homeLinks).set({ section: section.data }).where(eq(homeLinks.id, moveId));
 			for (const [i, id] of ids.entries())
 				await tx
 					.update(homeLinks)

src/routes/start/+page.svelte

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { enhance } from '$app/forms';
+	import { deserialize, enhance } from '$app/forms';
-	import { invalidate } from '$app/navigation';
+	import { invalidate, invalidateAll } from '$app/navigation';
 	import { Tween } from 'svelte/motion';
 	import {
 		ago,
@@ -225,9 +225,12 @@
 	};
 	const swapPct = $derived(host?.swap.total ? (100 * host.swap.used) / host.swap.total : 0);
 
+	// Optimistic copy of the links while a drag-and-drop move is being saved.
+	let pendingLinks = $state<typeof data.links | null>(null);
+	const allLinks = $derived(pendingLinks ?? data.links);
 	const sections = $derived.by(() => {
 		const groups: [string, typeof data.links][] = [];
-		for (const l of data.links) {
+		for (const l of allLinks) {
 			const g = groups.find(([name]) => name === l.section);
 			if (g) g[1].push(l);
 			else groups.push([l.section, [l]]);
@@ -370,7 +373,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function move(id: number, dir: -1 | 1) {
-		const ids = data.links.map((l) => l.id);
+		const ids = allLinks.map((l) => l.id);
 		const i = ids.indexOf(id);
 		const j = i + dir;
 		if (i < 0 || j < 0 || j >= ids.length) return '';
@@ -378,6 +381,91 @@
 		return ids.join(',');
 	}
 
+	// Drag and drop: reorder links within a section, or drop one into another section.
+	let dragId = $state<number | null>(null);
+	let dropAt = $state<{ section: string; before: number | null } | null>(null);
+	let dropError = $state('');
+	function onLinkDragStart(e: DragEvent, id: number) {
+		dragId = id;
+		dropError = '';
+		if (e.dataTransfer) {
+			e.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
+			e.dataTransfer.setData('text/x-start-link', String(id));
+		}
+	}
+	function onLinkDragEnd() {
+		dragId = null;
+		dropAt = null;
+	}
+	/** `over` is the link under the pointer (null = the section itself, drop at its end). */
+	function onLinkDragOver(
+		e: DragEvent,
+		section: string,
+		over: number | null,
+		axis: 'x' | 'y' = 'x'
+	) {
+		if (dragId === null) return;
+		e.preventDefault();
+		e.stopPropagation();
+		if (e.dataTransfer) e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move';
+		let before = over;
+		if (over !== null && e.currentTarget instanceof HTMLElement) {
+			const r = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+			const after =
+				axis === 'x' ? e.clientX > r.left + r.width / 2 : e.clientY > r.top + r.height / 2;
+			if (after) {
+				const ls = sections.find(([name]) => name === section)?.[1] ?? [];
+				before = ls[ls.findIndex((l) => l.id === over) + 1]?.id ?? null;
+			}
+		}
+		if (before === dragId) return;
+		if (dropAt?.section !== section || dropAt.before !== before) dropAt = { section, before };
+	}
+	async function onLinkDrop(e: DragEvent) {
+		e.preventDefault();
+		e.stopPropagation();
+		const id = dragId;
+		const target = dropAt;
+		onLinkDragEnd();
+		const link = allLinks.find((l) => l.id === id);
+		if (id === null || !target || !link) return;
+		// Rebuild in section order so moving a link never reshuffles the sections themselves.
+		const groups = sections.map(
+			([name, ls]) => [name, ls.filter((l) => l.id !== id)] as [string, typeof data.links]
+		);
+		let g = groups.find(([name]) => name === target.section);
+		if (!g) groups.push((g = [target.section, []]));
+		const at = target.before === null ? -1 : g[1].findIndex((l) => l.id === target.before);
+		const moved = { ...link, section: target.section };
+		if (at < 0) g[1].push(moved);
+		else g[1].splice(at, 0, moved);
+		const next = groups.flatMap(([, ls]) => ls);
+		if (link.section === target.section && next.every((l, i) => l.id === allLinks[i]?.id)) return;
+		pendingLinks = next;
+		const body = new FormData();
+		body.set('order', next.map((l) => l.id).join(','));
+		body.set('id', String(id));
+		body.set('section', target.section);
+		try {
+			const res = await fetch('?/orderLinks', {
+				method: 'POST',
+				body,
+				headers: { 'x-sveltekit-action': 'true' }
+			});
+			const result = deserialize(await res.text());
+			if (result.type !== 'success') dropError = "Couldn't save the new order";
+			await invalidateAll();
+		} catch {
+			dropError = "Couldn't save the new order";
+		} finally {
+			pendingLinks = null;
+		}
+	}
+	const dropBefore = (section: string, id: number) =>
+		dragId !== null && dropAt?.section === section && dropAt.before === id;
+	const dropEnd = (section: string) =>
+		dragId !== null && dropAt?.section === section && dropAt.before === null;
+
 	function host_(url: string) {
 		try {
 			return new URL(url).host.replace(/^www\./, '');
@@ -761,7 +849,7 @@
 			<!-- Personal links -->
 			<section class="card links">
 				<h2>
-					Links <small class="count">{data.links.length}</small>
+					Links <small class="count">{allLinks.length}</small>
 					<input
 						class="filter"
 						bind:this={linkFilterEl}
@@ -776,19 +864,31 @@
 					>
 				</h2>
 				{#if form?.message}<p class="bad sub" role="alert">{form.message}</p>{/if}
+				{#if dropError}<p class="bad sub" role="alert">{dropError}</p>{/if}
 				{#if !editing}
 					{#each shownSections as [section, links] (section)}
 						{@const open = filtering || isOpen(section)}
 						<details
-							class="group"
+							class={['group', dropEnd(section) && 'drop-end']}
 							{open}
 							ontoggle={(e) => toggleGroup(section, e.currentTarget.open)}
+							ondragover={(e) => onLinkDragOver(e, section, null)}
+							ondrop={onLinkDrop}
 						>
 							<summary><span>{section}</span><small>{links.length}</small></summary>
 							{#if open}
 								<ul class="tiles icons">
 									{#each links as l (l.id)}
-										<li>
+										<li
+											class={[
+												dragId === l.id && 'dragging',
+												dropBefore(section, l.id) && 'drop-before'
+											]}
+											ondragstart={(e) => onLinkDragStart(e, l.id)}
+											ondragend={onLinkDragEnd}
+											ondragover={(e) => onLinkDragOver(e, section, l.id, 'x')}
+											ondrop={onLinkDrop}
+										>
 											<a href={l.url} title={l.url}
 												>{@render icon(l.url, l.title)}<span class="label">{l.title}</span></a
 											>
@@ -803,12 +903,27 @@
 				{/if}
 				{#each editing ? sections : [] as [section, links] (section)}
 					{#if sections.length > 1}<h3>{section}</h3>{/if}
-					<ul class="list">
+					<ul
+						class={['list', dropEnd(section) && 'drop-end']}
+						ondragover={(e) => onLinkDragOver(e, section, null, 'y')}
+						ondrop={onLinkDrop}
+					>
 						{#each links as l (l.id)}
-							<li>
+							<li
+								class={[
+									dragId === l.id && 'dragging',
+									dropBefore(section, l.id) && 'drop-before-y'
+								]}
+								draggable={editId !== l.id}
+								ondragstart={(e) => onLinkDragStart(e, l.id)}
+								ondragend={onLinkDragEnd}
+								ondragover={(e) => onLinkDragOver(e, section, l.id, 'y')}
+								ondrop={onLinkDrop}
+							>
 								{#if editing && editId === l.id}
 									{@render linkForm(l)}
 								{:else if editing}
+									<span class="grip" aria-hidden="true" title="Drag to move">⠿</span>
 									<span class="name">{l.title} <small class="dim">{host_(l.url)}</small></span>
 									{@const up = move(l.id, -1)}
 									{@const down = move(l.id, 1)}
@@ -1675,6 +1790,26 @@
 		text-transform: none;
 		font-weight: 400;
 	}
+	/* Drag-and-drop of links */
+	.dragging {
+		opacity: 0.4;
+	}
+	.tiles li.drop-before {
+		box-shadow: -3px 0 0 0 var(--site-accent, #58a6ff);
+	}
+	.list li.drop-before-y {
+		box-shadow: 0 -2px 0 0 var(--site-accent, #58a6ff);
+	}
+	.group.drop-end > summary,
+	.list.drop-end {
+		outline: 1px dashed var(--site-accent, #58a6ff);
+		outline-offset: 2px;
+	}
+	.grip {
+		cursor: grab;
+		opacity: 0.5;
+		user-select: none;
+	}
 	.inline {
 		display: contents;
 	}