Extensions to the components provided by @angular/material

Add this library to your project with
ng add angular-material-extensions
Table
MatCustomHeaderDirective
Enables a user to customize the order of columns via drag & drop on the table header cells.
Usage
Add matCustomHeader
directive to the header row.
dataSource = [{a: 1, b: 'one'}, {a: 2, b: 'two'}, {a: 3, b: 'three'}];
displayedColumns = ['a', 'b'];
<mat-table [dataSource]="dataSource">
<ng-container matColumnDef="a">
<mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>A</mat-header-cell>
<mat-cell *matCellDef="let row"> {{ row.a }} </mat-cell>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="b">
<mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>B</mat-header-cell>
<mat-cell *matCellDef="let row"> {{ row.b }} </mat-cell>
</ng-container>
<mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns" matCustomHeader></mat-header-row>
<mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></mat-row>
</mat-table>
MatSelectionColumnComponent
A component which registers both a header cell def and a cell def for a column that provides checkboxes to select rows based on a SelectionModel.
Note
This component is not compatible with the flex-layout table!
Usage
dataSource = [1,2,3];
displayedColumns = ['select', 'data'];
selection = new SelectionModel<number>(true);
<table mat-table [dataSource]="dataSource">
<mat-selection-column name="select" [selection]="selection"></mat-selection-column>
<ng-container matColumnDef="data">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>Data</th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let row"> {{ row }} </td>
</ng-container>
<tr mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns"></tr>
<tr mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></tr>
</table>