Improve column reordering UX.

[igalklebanov]

Hey 👋

Originally reported in #1370.

Column reordering via drag and drop seems to be in a rough spot.

[michaelhays]

A big issue right now is that the column ordering resets on virtually any user action, such as going forward/back in the table pagination, or even checking/unchecking one of the rows.

For me, I think a lot of the issues could be fixed if the column sorting were retained in the URL state, though admittedly that could be a lot of state depending on how you approach that. Seems like there could be a way to store that data concisely.

[sorenbs]

This is somewhat better now. Actions in the table view no longer resets column ordering. But navigating to another table does.

@michaelhays - would you prefer cor column ordering to be persisted this way:

• in memory, so navigating away from the table and then back preserves the ordering, as long as you don't refresh the page
• in local storage, so even refreshing the page preserves ordering
• in the url state, so you can share the link or store a bookmark.

[michaelhays]

Hey @sorenbs! Thanks for the response, missed this last month.

These improvements here have been super nice. URL state would be awesome for the reasons you mentioned, if possible!

[sorenbs]

Hey @igalklebanov 👋 We did a deep pass on this while fixing #1371. Reordering works mechanically (dnd-kit, pin-zone aware) but is rough for concrete reasons: the entire header cell is the drag handle, so grabbing near a column edge starts a reorder when you meant to resize (the resize handle's effective hit area is only ~8px); body cells don't follow the drag — only headers move, then a FLIP animation replays the change; the drag overlay is a generic gray chip showing the raw column id; there's no drop indicator line; cross-pin-zone drags silently no-op with no rejection feedback; and column order is session-only (pinning persists in the URL, ordering doesn't). Leaving this open as the design punch list — it's UX work rather than a one-line fix. The related state-wipe bug (pin/unpin resetting order and widths) is fixed in #1552.