DataTable Experimental

Rendered table with sorting, row selection, column resizing, and optional virtual scrolling for large datasets.

import { DataTable } from 'phoundry-ui';

Basic Table

Name	Email	Role	Status
Alice Chen	[email protected]	Engineer	Active
Bob Rivera	[email protected]	Designer	Away
Carol Kim	[email protected]	Manager	Active
Dan Okafor	[email protected]	Engineer	Offline

const people = [
  { name: 'Alice Chen', email: '[email protected]', role: 'Engineer', status: 'Active' },
  { name: 'Bob Rivera', email: '[email protected]', role: 'Designer', status: 'Away' },
  { name: 'Carol Kim', email: '[email protected]', role: 'Manager', status: 'Active' },
];

const columns = [
  { id: 'name', header: 'Name', accessorKey: 'name' },
  { id: 'email', header: 'Email', accessorKey: 'email' },
  { id: 'role', header: 'Role', accessorKey: 'role' },
  { id: 'status', header: 'Status', accessorKey: 'status' },
];

<DataTable data={people} columns={columns} striped />

Sortable Columns

Name	Email	Role	Status
Alice Chen	[email protected]	Engineer	Active
Bob Rivera	[email protected]	Designer	Away
Carol Kim	[email protected]	Manager	Active
Dan Okafor	[email protected]	Engineer	Offline

const columns = [
  { id: 'name', header: 'Name', accessorKey: 'name', sortable: true },
  { id: 'email', header: 'Email', accessorKey: 'email', sortable: true },
  { id: 'role', header: 'Role', accessorKey: 'role', sortable: true },
  { id: 'status', header: 'Status', accessorKey: 'status' },
];

<DataTable data={people} columns={columns} />

With Selection

Name	Email	Role	Status
Alice Chen	[email protected]	Engineer	Active
Bob Rivera	[email protected]	Designer	Away
Carol Kim	[email protected]	Manager	Active
Dan Okafor	[email protected]	Engineer	Offline

Selected: none

let selected = $state<string[]>([]);

<DataTable
  data={people}
  columns={columns}
  selectable
  onSelectionChange={(ids) => selected = ids}
/>

Cell Editors

All cell types - text, status, select, multi-select, rating, boolean, number, date, URL. Click cells to edit. Changes are reflected in the data immediately.

Title	Hours	Due Date
Build DataTable cell editors	8	2026/07/31
Write documentation	4	Set date...
Deploy staging environment	2	2026/07/27
Design system review	0	2026/08/04
API rate limiting	6	Set date...

const statusOptions = [
  { id: 'todo', label: 'Todo', color: '#737373' },
  { id: 'in-progress', label: 'In Progress', color: '#3b82f6' },
];
const tagOptions = [
  { id: 'frontend', label: 'Frontend', color: '#3b82f6' },
  { id: 'backend', label: 'Backend', color: '#22c55e' },
];

const columns = [
  { id: 'title', header: 'Title', accessorKey: 'title',
    cellType: 'text', cellConfig: { placeholder: 'Task title...' } },
  { id: 'status', header: 'Status', accessorKey: 'status',
    cellType: 'status', cellConfig: { options: statusOptions } },
  { id: 'tags', header: 'Tags', accessorKey: 'tags',
    cellType: 'multi-select', cellConfig: { options: tagOptions } },
  { id: 'rating', header: 'Rating', accessorKey: 'rating',
    cellType: 'rating' },
  { id: 'done', header: 'Done', accessorKey: 'done',
    cellType: 'boolean' },
  { id: 'dueDate', header: 'Due', accessorKey: 'dueDate',
    cellType: 'date' },
  { id: 'website', header: 'Link', accessorKey: 'website',
    cellType: 'url' },
];

<DataTable
  data={items}
  columns={columns}
  onCellChange={handleCellChange}
/>

Grouped rows (groupBy)

Rows are bucketed by the chosen column after the current sort. Group headers reuse built-in cell display in read-only mode.

Title	Hours	Due Date
Done
Deploy staging environment	2	2026/07/27
In Progress
Build DataTable cell editors	8	2026/07/31
Review
Design system review	0	2026/08/04
Todo
Write documentation	4	Set date...
API rate limiting	6	Set date...

<DataTable
  data={taskData}
  columns={taskColumns}
  getRowId={(row) => row.id}
  groupBy="status"
  onCellChange={handleCellChange}
  striped
/>

Relation Cells

Relation cells use an async onSearch callback to link records.

Project	Status	Owner	Contributors
phoundry-ui
phials-core
pheeder

const columns = [
  { id: 'name', header: 'Project', accessorKey: 'name',
    cellType: 'text' },
  { id: 'owner', header: 'Owner', accessorKey: 'owner',
    cellType: 'relation',
    cellConfig: { onSearch: searchPeople } },
  { id: 'contributors', header: 'Contributors',
    accessorKey: 'contributors', cellType: 'relation',
    cellConfig: { onSearch: searchPeople } },
];

<DataTable
  data={projects}
  columns={columns}
  onCellChange={handleChange}
/>

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
data required	T[]	-	Array of row objects.
columns required	ColumnDef<T>[]	-	Column definitions controlling headers, accessors, and behavior.
getRowId	(row: T, index: number) => string	-	Custom row identity function. Defaults to index.
onSortChange	(sort) => void	-	Called when a sortable column header is clicked.
onSelectionChange	(ids: Set<string>) => void	-	Called when row selection changes.
onRowClick	(row: T, index: number) => void	-	Single-click handler for a row.
onRowDblClick	(row: T, index: number) => void	-	Double-click handler for a row.
onCellChange	(row: T, column, value) => void	-	Called when a built-in cell editor changes a value.
selectable	boolean	false	Show selection checkboxes.
rowHeight	number	36	Row height in pixels.
maxHeight	number	-	Max table height before scrolling.
virtualScroll	boolean	false	Enable virtual scrolling for large datasets.
striped	boolean	false	Alternate row background colors.
bordered	boolean	false	Add cell borders.
compact	boolean	false	Reduce cell padding.
class	string	-	Additional CSS classes.
groupBy	string	-	Column id to group rows by. Inserts a header row per group using the same cell visuals in read-only mode. Unknown ids are ignored.
groupHeaderHeight	number	-	Height in pixels for group header rows when using groupBy (defaults to rowHeight).
groupCell	Snippet	-	Optional custom renderer for group headers when both groupBy and the cell snippet are set; otherwise a text fallback is used.
cell	Snippet<[value, row, column, rowIndex]>	-	Overrides built-in cell rendering for every column.
headerCell	Snippet<[ResolvedColumn<T>]>	-	Custom header cell content per column definition.
empty	Snippet	-	Shown when `data` is empty.

ColumnDef

Prop	Type	Default	Description
id required	string	-	Unique column identifier.
header required	string	-	Column header text.
accessorKey	keyof T	-	Property key to read from each row.
accessorFn	(row: T) => any	-	Custom accessor function.
sortFn	(a, b) => number	-	Custom sort comparator.
width	number	-	Fixed column width in pixels.
minWidth	number	-	Minimum resize width.
maxWidth	number	-	Maximum resize width.
sortable	boolean	-	Enable sorting for this column.
resizable	boolean	-	Enable column resizing.
align	'left' \| 'center' \| 'right'	-	Cell text alignment.
cellType	CellType	-	Built-in cell editor type. Auto-renders matching cell component when no cell snippet is provided.
cellConfig	CellConfig	-	Configuration object passed to the auto-rendered cell editor (options, placeholder, callbacks, etc.).

Cell Types

Available cellType values:

text - Click-to-edit text input
number - Click-to-edit number (supports decimals)
boolean - Always-interactive checkbox
rating - Always-interactive star rating
select / status - Single-select dropdown with colored option pills
multi-select - Multi-select dropdown with colored tags
date - Date/datetime picker with optional end date and time
url - URL display with click-to-edit and external link
relation - Generic link picker with async search

Usage tips

For headless usage without the rendered table, use createTable from import { createTable } from 'phoundry-ui'.
Enable virtualScroll with a maxHeight for datasets over a few hundred rows.
Provide getRowId when rows have a natural unique key - it improves selection and reconciliation.
Combine striped and compact for dense data displays like logs or analytics.
Cell editors can also be used standalone via the cell snippet: import CellText, CellSelect, etc. from 'phoundry-ui'.