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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react-data-grid
Features
Links
Install
npm install react-data-grid
react-data-grid
is published as ECMAScript modules for evergreen browsers / bundlers, and CommonJS for server-side rendering / Jest.
Quick start
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
Components
<DataGrid />
Props
columns: readonly Column<R, SR>[]
See Column
.
An array describing the grid's columns.
: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[]>
bottomSummaryRows?: Maybe<readonly SR[]>
An optional array of summary rows, usually used to display total values for example.
rowKeyGetter?: Maybe<(row: R) => K>
A function returning a unique key/identifier per 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>
A function receiving row updates.
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
Either a number defining the height of row in pixels, or a function returning dynamic row heights.
Default: 35
pixels
A number defining the height of the header row.
summaryRowHeight?: Maybe<number>
Default: 35
pixels
A number defining the height of summary rows.
selectedRows?: Maybe<ReadonlySet<K>>
onSelectedRowsChange?: Maybe<(selectedRows: Set<K>) => void>
sortColumns?: Maybe<readonly SortColumn[]>
onSortColumnsChange?: Maybe<(sortColumns: SortColumn[]) => void>
defaultColumnOptions?: Maybe<DefaultColumnOptions<R, SR>>
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>
onFill?: Maybe<(event: FillEvent<R>) => R>
onCopy?: Maybe<(event: CopyEvent<R>) => void>
onPaste?: Maybe<(event: PasteEvent<R>) => R>
onCellClick?: Maybe<(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) => void>
onCellDoubleClick?: Maybe<(args: CellClickArgs<R, SR>, event: CellMouseEvent) => void>
onCellKeyDown?: Maybe<(args: CellKeyDownArgs<R, SR>, event: CellKeyboardEvent) => void>
onSelectedCellChange?: Maybe<(args: CellSelectArgs<R, SR>) => void>;
Triggered when the selected cell is changed.
Arguments:
args.rowIdx
: number
- row indexargs.row
: R
- row object of the currently selected cellargs.column
: CalculatedColumn<TRow, TSummaryRow>
- column object of the currently selected cell
onScroll?: Maybe<(event: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void>
onColumnResize?: Maybe<(idx: number, width: number) => void>
enableVirtualization?: Maybe<boolean>
renderers?: Maybe<Renderers<R, SR>>
This prop can be used to override the internal renderers. The prop accepts an object of type
interface Renderers<TRow, TSummaryRow> {
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 context providers or tweak props
import DataGrid, { RenderRowProps, Row } from 'react-data-grid';
function myRowRenderer(key: React.Key, props: RenderRowProps<Row>) {
return (
<MyContext.Provider key={key} value={123}>
<Row {...props} />
</MyContext.Provider>
);
}
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) => Maybe<string>>
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
style?: CSSProperties | undefined
'aria-label'?: string | undefined
'aria-labelledby'?: string | undefined
'aria-describedby'?: string | undefined
'data-testid'?: Maybe<string>
<TextEditor />
Props
See RenderEditCellProps
<Row />
See renderers
Props
See RenderRowProps
The ref
prop is supported.
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
useRowSelection<R>(): [boolean, (selectRowEvent: SelectRowEvent<R>) => void]
Other
SelectColumn: Column<any, any>
SELECT_COLUMN_KEY = 'select-row'
Types
Column
DataGridHandle
RenderEditCellProps
RenderCellProps
RenderGroupCellProps
RenderRowProps
Generics
R
, TRow
: Row typeSR
, TSummaryRow
: Summary row typeK
: Row key type