react-data-grid

What is react-data-grid?

react-data-grid is a powerful and feature-rich data grid component for React applications. It provides a wide range of functionalities for displaying, editing, and managing data in a tabular format. It is highly customizable and supports various features such as sorting, filtering, grouping, and more.

What are react-data-grid's main functionalities?

Basic Grid

This code demonstrates a basic data grid with three columns: ID, Title, and Count. It displays two rows of data.

import React from 'react';
import ReactDataGrid from 'react-data-grid';

const columns = [
  { key: 'id', name: 'ID' },
  { key: 'title', name: 'Title' },
  { key: 'count', name: 'Count' }
];

const rows = [
  { id: 0, title: 'Example', count: 20 },
  { id: 1, title: 'Demo', count: 40 }
];

function BasicGrid() {
  return <ReactDataGrid columns={columns} rows={rows} />;
}

export default BasicGrid;

Editable Grid

This code demonstrates an editable data grid where users can edit the values in the cells. The changes are reflected in the grid's state.

import React from 'react';
import ReactDataGrid from 'react-data-grid';

const columns = [
  { key: 'id', name: 'ID', editable: true },
  { key: 'title', name: 'Title', editable: true },
  { key: 'count', name: 'Count', editable: true }
];

const rows = [
  { id: 0, title: 'Example', count: 20 },
  { id: 1, title: 'Demo', count: 40 }
];

function EditableGrid() {
  const [gridRows, setGridRows] = React.useState(rows);

  const onGridRowsUpdated = ({ fromRow, toRow, updated }) => {
    const updatedRows = gridRows.slice();
    for (let i = fromRow; i <= toRow; i++) {
      updatedRows[i] = { ...updatedRows[i], ...updated };
    }
    setGridRows(updatedRows);
  };

  return (
    <ReactDataGrid
      columns={columns}
      rows={gridRows}
      onRowsUpdate={onGridRowsUpdated}
    />
  );
}

export default EditableGrid;

Sortable Grid

This code demonstrates a sortable data grid where users can sort the rows by clicking on the column headers. The sorting direction can be ascending or descending.

import React from 'react';
import ReactDataGrid from 'react-data-grid';

const columns = [
  { key: 'id', name: 'ID', sortable: true },
  { key: 'title', name: 'Title', sortable: true },
  { key: 'count', name: 'Count', sortable: true }
];

const rows = [
  { id: 0, title: 'Example', count: 20 },
  { id: 1, title: 'Demo', count: 40 }
];

function SortableGrid() {
  const [gridRows, setGridRows] = React.useState(rows);
  const [sortColumn, setSortColumn] = React.useState(null);
  const [sortDirection, setSortDirection] = React.useState(null);

  const onGridSort = (column, direction) => {
    const sortedRows = [...gridRows].sort((a, b) => {
      if (direction === 'ASC') {
        return a[column] > b[column] ? 1 : -1;
      } else if (direction === 'DESC') {
        return a[column] < b[column] ? 1 : -1;
      } else {
        return 0;
      }
    });
    setGridRows(sortedRows);
    setSortColumn(column);
    setSortDirection(direction);
  };

  return (
    <ReactDataGrid
      columns={columns}
      rows={gridRows}
      onGridSort={onGridSort}
      sortColumn={sortColumn}
      sortDirection={sortDirection}
    />
  );
}

export default SortableGrid;

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README

react-data-grid

The DataGrid component is designed to handle large datasets efficiently while offering a rich set of features for customization and interactivity.

Features

• React 19.0+ support
• Evergreen browsers and server-side rendering support
• Tree-shaking support and only one npm dependency to keep your bundles slim
• Great performance thanks to virtualization: columns and rows outside the viewport are not rendered
• Strictly typed with TypeScript
• Keyboard accessibility
• Light and dark mode support out of the box. The light or dark themes can be enforced using the rdg-light or rdg-dark classes.
• Frozen columns: Freeze columns to keep them visible during horizontal scrolling.
• Column resizing
• Multi-column sorting
  • Click on a sortable column header to toggle between its ascending/descending sort order
  • Ctrl+Click / Meta+Click to sort an additional column
• Column spanning
• Column grouping
• Row selection
• Row grouping
• Summary rows
• Dynamic row heights
• No rows fallback
• Cell formatting
• Cell editing
• Cell copy / pasting
• Cell value dragging / filling
• Customizable Renderers
• Right-to-left (RTL) support.

Links

• Examples website
  • Source code
• Changelog
• Contributing

Installation

to install react-data-grid, use npm or yarn:

npm install react-data-grid
# or
yarn add react-data-grid

Additionally, import the default styles in your application:

import 'react-data-grid/lib/styles.css';

react-data-grid is published as ECMAScript modules for evergreen browsers, bundlers, and server-side rendering.

Getting started

Here is a basic example of how to use react-data-grid in your React application:

import 'react-data-grid/lib/styles.css';

import { DataGrid } from 'react-data-grid';

const columns = [
  { key: 'id', name: 'ID' },
  { key: 'title', name: 'Title' }
];

const rows = [
  { id: 0, title: 'Example' },
  { id: 1, title: 'Demo' }
];

function App() {
  return <DataGrid columns={columns} rows={rows} />;
}

API Reference

Components

<DataGrid />

DataGridProps

columns: readonly Column<R, SR>[]

See Column.

An array of column definitions. Each column should have a key and name.

:warning: Passing a new columns array will trigger a re-render for the whole grid, avoid changing it as much as possible for optimal performance.

rows: readonly R[]

An array of rows, the rows data can be of any type.

topSummaryRows?: Maybe<readonly SR[]>

Rows pinned at the top of the grid for summary purposes.

bottomSummaryRows?: Maybe<readonly SR[]>

Rows pinned at the bottom of the grid for summary purposes.

rowKeyGetter?: Maybe<(row: R) => K>

Function to return a unique key/identifier for each row. rowKeyGetter is required for row selection to work.

import { DataGrid } from 'react-data-grid';

interface Row {
  id: number;
  name: string;
}

function rowKeyGetter(row: Row) {
  return row.id;
}

function MyGrid() {
  return <DataGrid columns={columns} rows={rows} rowKeyGetter={rowKeyGetter} />;
}

:bulb: While optional, setting this prop is recommended for optimal performance as the returned value is used to set the key prop on the row elements.

onRowsChange?: Maybe<(rows: R[], data: RowsChangeData<R, SR>) => void>

Callback triggered when rows are changed.

The first parameter is a new rows array with both the updated rows and the other untouched rows. The second parameter is an object with an indexes array highlighting which rows have changed by their index, and the column where the change happened.

import { useState } from 'react';
import { DataGrid } from 'react-data-grid';

function MyGrid() {
  const [rows, setRows] = useState(initialRows);

  return <DataGrid columns={columns} rows={rows} onRowsChange={setRows} />;
}

rowHeight?: Maybe<number | ((row: R) => number)>

Default: 35 pixels

Height of each row in pixels. A function can be used to set different row heights.

headerRowHeight?: Maybe<number>

Default: 35 pixels

Height of the header row in pixels.

summaryRowHeight?: Maybe<number>

Default: 35 pixels

Height of each summary row in pixels.

selectedRows?: Maybe<ReadonlySet<K>>

A set of selected row keys. rowKeyGetter is required for row selection to work.

isRowSelectionDisabled?: Maybe<(row: NoInfer<R>) => boolean>

Function to determine if row selection is disabled for a specific row.

onSelectedRowsChange?: Maybe<(selectedRows: Set<K>) => void>

Callback triggered when the selection changes.

import { useState } from 'react';
import { DataGrid, SelectColumn } from 'react-data-grid';

const rows: readonly Rows[] = [...];

const columns: readonly Column<Row>[] = [
  SelectColumn,
  // other columns
];

function MyGrid() {
  const [selectedRows, setSelectedRows] = useState((): ReadonlySet<number> => new Set());

  return (
    <DataGrid
      rowKeyGetter={rowKeyGetter}
      columns={columns}
      rows={rows}
      selectedRows={selectedRows}
      isRowSelectionDisabled={isRowSelectionDisabled}
      onSelectedRowsChange={setSelectedRows}
    />
  );
}

function rowKeyGetter(row: Row) {
  return row.id;
}

function isRowSelectionDisabled(row: Row) {
  return !row.isActive;
}

sortColumns?: Maybe<readonly SortColumn[]>

An array of sorted columns.

onSortColumnsChange?: Maybe<(sortColumns: SortColumn[]) => void>

Callback triggered when sorting changes.

import { useState } from 'react';
import { DataGrid, SelectColumn } from 'react-data-grid';

const rows: readonly Rows[] = [...];

const columns: readonly Column<Row>[] = [
  {
    key: 'name',
    name: 'Name',
    sortable: true
  },
  // other columns
];

function MyGrid() {
  const [sortColumns, setSortColumns] = useState<readonly SortColumn[]>([]);

  return (
    <DataGrid
      columns={columns}
      rows={rows}
      sortColumns={sortColumns}
      onSortColumnsChange={setSortColumns}
    />
  );
}

Grid can be sorted on multiple columns using ctrl (command) + click. To disable multiple column sorting, change the onSortColumnsChange function to

onSortColumnsChange(sortColumns: SortColumn[]) {
  setSortColumns(sortColumns.slice(-1));
}

defaultColumnOptions?: Maybe<DefaultColumnOptions<R, SR>>

Default options applied to all columns.

function MyGrid() {
  return (
    <DataGrid
      columns={columns}
      rows={rows}
      defaultColumnOptions={{
        minWidth: 100,
        resizable: true,
        sortable: true,
        draggable: true
      }}
    />
  );
}

onFill?: Maybe<(event: FillEvent<R>) => R>

onCellClick?: Maybe<(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) => void>

Callback triggered when a cell is clicked. The default behavior is to select the cell. Call preventGridDefault to prevent the default behavior

function onCellClick(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) {
  if (args.column.key === 'id') {
    event.preventGridDefault();
  }
}

<DataGrid rows={rows} columns={columns} onCellClick={onCellClick} />;

This event can be used to open cell editor on single click

function onCellClick(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) {
  if (args.column.key === 'id') {
    event.preventGridDefault();
    args.selectCell(true);
  }
}

Arguments:

args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>

• args.rowIdx: number - row index of the currently selected cell
• args.row: R - row object of the currently selected cell
• args.column: CalculatedColumn<TRow, TSummaryRow> - column object of the currently selected cell
• args.selectCell: (enableEditor?: boolean) => void - function to manually select the cell and optionally pass true to start editing

event extends React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>

• event.preventGridDefault:: () => void
• event.isGridDefaultPrevented: boolean

onCellDoubleClick?: Maybe<(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) => void>

Callback triggered when a cell is double-clicked. The default behavior is to open the editor if the cell is editable. Call preventGridDefault to prevent the default behavior

function onCellDoubleClick(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) {
  if (args.column.key === 'id') {
    event.preventGridDefault();
  }
}

<DataGrid rows={rows} columns={columns} onCellDoubleClick={onCellDoubleClick} />;

onCellContextMenu?: Maybe<(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) => void>

Callback triggered when a cell is right-clicked. The default behavior is to select the cell. Call preventGridDefault to prevent the default behavior

function onCellContextMenu(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) {
  if (args.column.key === 'id') {
    event.preventGridDefault();
  }
}

<DataGrid rows={rows} columns={columns} onCellContextMenu={onCellContextMenu} />;

onCellKeyDown?: Maybe<(args: CellKeyDownArgs<R, SR>, event: CellKeyboardEvent) => void>

A function called when keydown event is triggered on a cell. This event can be used to customize cell navigation and editing behavior.

Examples

• Prevent editing on Enter

function onCellKeyDown(args: CellKeyDownArgs<R, SR>, event: CellKeyboardEvent) {
  if (args.mode === 'SELECT' && event.key === 'Enter') {
    event.preventGridDefault();
  }
}

• Prevent navigation on Tab

function onCellKeyDown(args: CellKeyDownArgs<R, SR>, event: CellKeyboardEvent) {
  if (args.mode === 'SELECT' && event.key === 'Tab') {
    event.preventGridDefault();
  }
}

Check more examples

onCellCopy?: Maybe<(args: CellCopyEvent<NoInfer<R>, NoInfer<SR>>, event: CellClipboardEvent) => void>

Callback triggered when a cell's content is copied.

onCellPaste?: Maybe<(args: CellPasteEvent<NoInfer<R>, NoInfer<SR>>, event: CellClipboardEvent) => void>

Callback triggered when content is pasted into a cell.

onSelectedCellChange?: Maybe<(args: CellSelectArgs<R, SR>) => void>;

Triggered when the selected cell is changed.

Arguments:

• args.rowIdx: number - row index
• args.row: R - row object of the currently selected cell
• args.column: CalculatedColumn<TRow, TSummaryRow> - column object of the currently selected cell

onScroll?: Maybe<(event: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void>

Callback triggered when the grid is scrolled.

onColumnResize?: Maybe<(column: CalculatedColumn<R, SR>, width: number) => void>

Callback triggered when column is resized.

onColumnsReorder?: Maybe<(sourceColumnKey: string, targetColumnKey: string) => void>

Callback triggered when columns are reordered.

enableVirtualization?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: true

This prop can be used to disable virtualization.

renderers?: Maybe<Renderers<R, SR>>

Custom renderers for cells, rows, and other components.

interface Renderers<TRow, TSummaryRow> {
  renderCell?: Maybe<(key: Key, props: CellRendererProps<TRow, TSummaryRow>) => ReactNode>;
  renderCheckbox?: Maybe<(props: RenderCheckboxProps) => ReactNode>;
  renderRow?: Maybe<(key: Key, props: RenderRowProps<TRow, TSummaryRow>) => ReactNode>;
  renderSortStatus?: Maybe<(props: RenderSortStatusProps) => ReactNode>;
  noRowsFallback?: Maybe<ReactNode>;
}

For example, the default <Row /> component can be wrapped via the renderRow prop to add contexts or tweak props

import { DataGrid, RenderRowProps, Row } from 'react-data-grid';

function myRowRenderer(key: React.Key, props: RenderRowProps<Row>) {
  return (
    <MyContext key={key} value={123}>
      <Row {...props} />
    </MyContext>
  );
}

function MyGrid() {
  return <DataGrid columns={columns} rows={rows} renderers={{ renderRow: myRowRenderer }} />;
}

:warning: To prevent all rows from being unmounted on re-renders, make sure to pass a static or memoized component to renderRow.

rowClass?: Maybe<(row: R, rowIdx: number) => Maybe<string>>

Function to apply custom class names to rows.

import { DataGrid } from 'react-data-grid';

function MyGrid() {
  return <DataGrid columns={columns} rows={rows} rowClass={rowClass} />;
}

function rowClass(row: Row, rowIdx: number) {
  return rowIdx % 2 === 0 ? 'even' : 'odd';
}

headerRowClass?: Maybe<string>>

Custom class name for the header row.

direction?: Maybe<'ltr' | 'rtl'>

This property sets the text direction of the grid, it defaults to 'ltr' (left-to-right). Setting direction to 'rtl' has the following effects:

• Columns flow from right to left
• Frozen columns are pinned on the right
• Column resize handle is shown on the left edge of the column
• Scrollbar is moved to the left

className?: string | undefined

Custom class name for the grid.

style?: CSSProperties | undefined

Custom styles for the grid.

'aria-label'?: string | undefined

The label of the grid. We recommend providing a label using aria-label or aria-labelledby

'aria-labelledby'?: string | undefined

The id of the element containing a label for the grid. We recommend providing a label using aria-label or aria-labelledby

'aria-description'?: string | undefined

'aria-describedby'?: string | undefined

If the grid has a caption or description, aria-describedby can be set on the grid element with a value referring to the element containing the description.

'data-testid'?: Maybe<string>

This prop can be used to add a testid for testing. We recommend using role and name to find the grid element

function MyGrid() {
  return <DataGrid aria-label="my-grid" columns={columns} rows={rows} />;
}

function MyGridTest() {
  const grid = screen.getByRole('grid', { name: 'my-grid' });
}

<TreeDataGrid />

TreeDataGrid is component built on top of DataGrid to add row grouping. This implements the Treegrid pattern. At the moment TreeDataGrid does not support onFill and isRowSelectionDisabled props

TreeDataGridProps

groupBy?: Maybe<readonly string[]>

rowGrouper?: Maybe<(rows: readonly R[], columnKey: string) => Record<string, readonly R[]>>

expandedGroupIds?: Maybe<ReadonlySet<unknown>>

onExpandedGroupIdsChange?: Maybe<(expandedGroupIds: Set<unknown>) => void>

groupIdGetter?: Maybe<(groupKey: string, parentId?: string) => string>

<TextEditor />

Props

See RenderEditCellProps

<Row />

See renderers

Props

See RenderRowProps

The ref prop is supported.

<SortableHeaderCell />

Props

onSort: (ctrlClick: boolean) => void

sortDirection: SortDirection | undefined

priority: number | undefined

tabIndex: number

children: React.ReactNode

<ValueFormatter />

Props

See FormatterProps

<SelectCellFormatter />

Props

value: boolean

tabIndex: number

disabled?: boolean | undefined

onChange: (value: boolean, isShiftClick: boolean) => void

onClick?: MouseEventHandler<T> | undefined

'aria-label'?: string | undefined

'aria-labelledby'?: string | undefined

<ToggleGroupFormatter />

Props

See RenderGroupCellProps

Hooks

useHeaderRowSelection<R>(): { isIndeterminate, isRowSelected, onRowSelectionChange }

useRowSelection<R>(): { isRowSelectionDisabled, isRowSelected, onRowSelectionChange }

Other

SelectColumn: Column<any, any>

SELECT_COLUMN_KEY = 'rdg-select-column'

Types

Column

name: string | ReactElement

The name of the column. Displayed in the header cell by default.

key: string

A unique key to distinguish each column

width?: Maybe<number | string>

Default auto

Width can be any valid css grid column value. If not specified, it will be determined automatically based on grid width and specified widths of other columns.

width: 80; // pixels
width: '25%';
width: 'max-content';
width: 'minmax(100px, max-content)';

max-content can be used to expand the column to show all the content. Note that the grid is only able to calculate column width for visible rows.

minWidth?: Maybe<number>

Default: 50 pixels

Minimum column width in pixels.

maxWidth?: Maybe<number>

Maximum column width in pixels.

cellClass?: Maybe<string | ((row: TRow) => Maybe<string>)>

Class name(s) for the cell

headerCellClass?: Maybe<string>

Class name(s) for the header cell.

summaryCellClass?: Maybe<string | ((row: TSummaryRow) => Maybe<string>)>

Class name(s) for the summary cell.

renderCell?: Maybe<(props: RenderCellProps<TRow, TSummaryRow>) => ReactNode>

Render function to render the content of cells.

renderHeaderCell?: Maybe<(props: RenderHeaderCellProps<TRow, TSummaryRow>) => ReactNode>

Render function to render the content of the header cell.

renderSummaryCell?: Maybe<(props: RenderSummaryCellProps<TSummaryRow, TRow>) => ReactNode>

Render function to render the content of summary cells

renderEditCell?: Maybe<(props: RenderEditCellProps<TRow, TSummaryRow>) => ReactNode>

Render function to render the content of edit cells. When set, the column is automatically set to be editable

editable?: Maybe<boolean | ((row: TRow) => boolean)>

Enables cell editing. If set and no editor property specified, then a textinput will be used as the cell editor.

colSpan?: Maybe<(args: ColSpanArgs<TRow, TSummaryRow>) => Maybe<number>>

frozen?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: false

Determines whether column is frozen. Frozen columns are pinned on the left. At the moment we do not support pinning columns on the right.

resizable?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: false

Enable resizing of the column

sortable?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: false

Enable sorting of the column

draggable?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: false

Enable dragging of the column

sortDescendingFirst?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: false

Sets the column sort order to be descending instead of ascending the first time the column is sorted

editorOptions

Options for cell editing.

displayCellContent?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: false

Render the cell content in addition to the edit cell. Enable this option when the editor is rendered outside the grid, like a modal for example.

commitOnOutsideClick?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: true

Commit changes when clicking outside the cell.

closeOnExternalRowChange?: Maybe<boolean>

Default: true

Close the editor when the row changes externally.

DataGridHandle

RenderEditCellProps

RenderCellProps

RenderGroupCellProps

RenderRowProps

Generics

• R, TRow: Row type
• SR, TSummaryRow: Summary row type
• K: Row key type