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React Example: Virtualized Rows Experimental

import React from 'react' import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client' import './index.css' import { flexRender, getCoreRowModel, getSortedRowModel, useReactTable, } from '@tanstack/react-table' import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual' import { makeData } from './makeData' import type { ColumnDef, Row, Table } from '@tanstack/react-table' import type { Virtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual' import type { Person } from './makeData' // This is a dynamic row height example, which is more complicated, but allows for a more realistic table. // See https://tanstack.com/virtual/v3/docs/examples/react/table for a simpler fixed row height example. function App() { const columns = React.useMemo<Array<ColumnDef<Person>>>( () => [ { accessorKey: 'id', header: 'ID', size: 60, }, { accessorKey: 'firstName', cell: info => info.getValue(), }, { accessorFn: row => row.lastName, id: 'lastName', cell: info => info.getValue(), header: () => <span>Last Name</span>, }, { accessorKey: 'age', header: () => 'Age', size: 50, }, { accessorKey: 'visits', header: () => <span>Visits</span>, size: 50, }, { accessorKey: 'status', header: 'Status', }, { accessorKey: 'progress', header: 'Profile Progress', size: 80, }, { accessorKey: 'createdAt', header: 'Created At', cell: info => info.getValue<Date>().toLocaleString(), size: 250, }, ], [] ) const [data, _setData] = React.useState(() => makeData(50_000)) const refreshData = React.useCallback(() => { _setData(makeData(50_000)) }, []) // refresh data every 5 seconds React.useEffect(() => { const interval = setInterval(() => { refreshData() }, 5000) return () => clearInterval(interval) }, [refreshData]) const table = useReactTable({ data, columns, getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(), getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(), debugTable: true, }) // The virtualizer needs to know the scrollable container element const tableContainerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null) // All important CSS styles are included as inline styles for this example. This is not recommended for your code. return ( <div className="app"> {process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? ( <p> <strong>Notice:</strong> You are currently running React in development mode. Virtualized rendering performance will be slightly degraded until this application is built for production. </p> ) : null} ({data.length} rows) <button onClick={refreshData}>Refresh Data</button> <div className="container" ref={tableContainerRef} style={{ overflow: 'auto', // our scrollable table container position: 'relative', // needed for sticky header height: '800px', // should be a fixed height }} > {/* Even though we're still using sematic table tags, we must use CSS grid and flexbox for dynamic row heights */} <table style={{ display: 'grid' }}> <thead style={{ display: 'grid', position: 'sticky', top: 0, zIndex: 1, }} > {table.getHeaderGroups().map(headerGroup => ( <tr key={headerGroup.id} style={{ display: 'flex', width: '100%' }} > {headerGroup.headers.map(header => { return ( <th key={header.id} style={{ display: 'flex', width: header.getSize(), }} > <div {...{ className: header.column.getCanSort() ? 'cursor-pointer select-none' : '', onClick: header.column.getToggleSortingHandler(), }} > {flexRender( header.column.columnDef.header, header.getContext() )} {{ asc: ' 🔼', desc: ' 🔽', }[header.column.getIsSorted() as string] ?? null} </div> </th> ) })} </tr> ))} </thead> <TableBodyWrapper table={table} tableContainerRef={tableContainerRef} /> </table> </div> </div> ) } interface TableBodyWrapperProps { table: Table<Person> tableContainerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> } function TableBodyWrapper({ table, tableContainerRef }: TableBodyWrapperProps) { const rowRefsMap = React.useRef<Map<number, HTMLTableRowElement>>(new Map()) const { rows } = table.getRowModel() const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer<HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableRowElement>({ count: rows.length, estimateSize: () => 33, // estimate row height for accurate scrollbar dragging getScrollElement: () => tableContainerRef.current, // measure dynamic row height, except in firefox because it measures table border height incorrectly measureElement: typeof window !== 'undefined' && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox') === -1 ? element => element?.getBoundingClientRect().height : undefined, overscan: 5, onChange: instance => { // requestAnimationFrame(() => { instance.getVirtualItems().forEach(virtualRow => { const rowRef = rowRefsMap.current.get(virtualRow.index) if (!rowRef) return rowRef.style.transform = `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)` }) // }) }, }) React.useLayoutEffect(() => { rowVirtualizer.measure() }, [table.getState()]) return ( <TableBody rowRefsMap={rowRefsMap} rowVirtualizer={rowVirtualizer} table={table} /> ) } interface TableBodyProps { table: Table<Person> rowVirtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableRowElement> rowRefsMap: React.MutableRefObject<Map<number, HTMLTableRowElement>> } function TableBody({ rowVirtualizer, table, rowRefsMap }: TableBodyProps) { const { rows } = table.getRowModel() const virtualRowIndexes = rowVirtualizer.getVirtualIndexes() return ( <tbody style={{ display: 'grid', height: `${rowVirtualizer.getTotalSize()}px`, // tells scrollbar how big the table is position: 'relative', // needed for absolute positioning of rows }} > {virtualRowIndexes.map(virtualRowIndex => { const row = rows[virtualRowIndex] return ( <TableBodyRowMemo key={row.id} row={row} rowRefsMap={rowRefsMap} rowVirtualizer={rowVirtualizer} virtualRowIndex={virtualRowIndex} /> ) })} </tbody> ) } interface TableBodyRowProps { row: Row<Person> rowRefsMap: React.MutableRefObject<Map<number, HTMLTableRowElement>> rowVirtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableRowElement> virtualRowIndex: number } function TableBodyRow({ row, rowRefsMap, rowVirtualizer, virtualRowIndex, }: TableBodyRowProps) { return ( <tr data-index={virtualRowIndex} // needed for dynamic row height measurement ref={node => { if (node && typeof virtualRowIndex !== 'undefined') { rowVirtualizer.measureElement(node) // measure dynamic row height rowRefsMap.current.set(virtualRowIndex, node) // store ref for virtualizer to apply scrolling transforms } }} key={row.id} style={{ display: 'flex', position: 'absolute', width: '100%', }} > {row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => { return ( <td key={cell.id} style={{ display: 'flex', width: cell.column.getSize(), }} > {flexRender(cell.column.columnDef.cell, cell.getContext())} </td> ) })} </tr> ) } // test out when rows don't re-render at all (future TanStack Virtual release can make this unnecessary) const TableBodyRowMemo = React.memo( TableBodyRow, (_prev, next) => next.rowVirtualizer.isScrolling ) as typeof TableBodyRow const rootElement = document.getElementById('root') if (!rootElement) throw new Error('Failed to find the root element') ReactDOM.createRoot(rootElement).render( <React.StrictMode> <App /> </React.StrictMode> ) 
import React from 'react' import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client' import './index.css' import { flexRender, getCoreRowModel, getSortedRowModel, useReactTable, } from '@tanstack/react-table' import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual' import { makeData } from './makeData' import type { ColumnDef, Row, Table } from '@tanstack/react-table' import type { Virtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual' import type { Person } from './makeData' // This is a dynamic row height example, which is more complicated, but allows for a more realistic table. // See https://tanstack.com/virtual/v3/docs/examples/react/table for a simpler fixed row height example. function App() { const columns = React.useMemo<Array<ColumnDef<Person>>>( () => [ { accessorKey: 'id', header: 'ID', size: 60, }, { accessorKey: 'firstName', cell: info => info.getValue(), }, { accessorFn: row => row.lastName, id: 'lastName', cell: info => info.getValue(), header: () => <span>Last Name</span>, }, { accessorKey: 'age', header: () => 'Age', size: 50, }, { accessorKey: 'visits', header: () => <span>Visits</span>, size: 50, }, { accessorKey: 'status', header: 'Status', }, { accessorKey: 'progress', header: 'Profile Progress', size: 80, }, { accessorKey: 'createdAt', header: 'Created At', cell: info => info.getValue<Date>().toLocaleString(), size: 250, }, ], [] ) const [data, _setData] = React.useState(() => makeData(50_000)) const refreshData = React.useCallback(() => { _setData(makeData(50_000)) }, []) // refresh data every 5 seconds React.useEffect(() => { const interval = setInterval(() => { refreshData() }, 5000) return () => clearInterval(interval) }, [refreshData]) const table = useReactTable({ data, columns, getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(), getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(), debugTable: true, }) // The virtualizer needs to know the scrollable container element const tableContainerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null) // All important CSS styles are included as inline styles for this example. This is not recommended for your code. return ( <div className="app"> {process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? ( <p> <strong>Notice:</strong> You are currently running React in development mode. Virtualized rendering performance will be slightly degraded until this application is built for production. </p> ) : null} ({data.length} rows) <button onClick={refreshData}>Refresh Data</button> <div className="container" ref={tableContainerRef} style={{ overflow: 'auto', // our scrollable table container position: 'relative', // needed for sticky header height: '800px', // should be a fixed height }} > {/* Even though we're still using sematic table tags, we must use CSS grid and flexbox for dynamic row heights */} <table style={{ display: 'grid' }}> <thead style={{ display: 'grid', position: 'sticky', top: 0, zIndex: 1, }} > {table.getHeaderGroups().map(headerGroup => ( <tr key={headerGroup.id} style={{ display: 'flex', width: '100%' }} > {headerGroup.headers.map(header => { return ( <th key={header.id} style={{ display: 'flex', width: header.getSize(), }} > <div {...{ className: header.column.getCanSort() ? 'cursor-pointer select-none' : '', onClick: header.column.getToggleSortingHandler(), }} > {flexRender( header.column.columnDef.header, header.getContext() )} {{ asc: ' 🔼', desc: ' 🔽', }[header.column.getIsSorted() as string] ?? null} </div> </th> ) })} </tr> ))} </thead> <TableBodyWrapper table={table} tableContainerRef={tableContainerRef} /> </table> </div> </div> ) } interface TableBodyWrapperProps { table: Table<Person> tableContainerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> } function TableBodyWrapper({ table, tableContainerRef }: TableBodyWrapperProps) { const rowRefsMap = React.useRef<Map<number, HTMLTableRowElement>>(new Map()) const { rows } = table.getRowModel() const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer<HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableRowElement>({ count: rows.length, estimateSize: () => 33, // estimate row height for accurate scrollbar dragging getScrollElement: () => tableContainerRef.current, // measure dynamic row height, except in firefox because it measures table border height incorrectly measureElement: typeof window !== 'undefined' && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox') === -1 ? element => element?.getBoundingClientRect().height : undefined, overscan: 5, onChange: instance => { // requestAnimationFrame(() => { instance.getVirtualItems().forEach(virtualRow => { const rowRef = rowRefsMap.current.get(virtualRow.index) if (!rowRef) return rowRef.style.transform = `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)` }) // }) }, }) React.useLayoutEffect(() => { rowVirtualizer.measure() }, [table.getState()]) return ( <TableBody rowRefsMap={rowRefsMap} rowVirtualizer={rowVirtualizer} table={table} /> ) } interface TableBodyProps { table: Table<Person> rowVirtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableRowElement> rowRefsMap: React.MutableRefObject<Map<number, HTMLTableRowElement>> } function TableBody({ rowVirtualizer, table, rowRefsMap }: TableBodyProps) { const { rows } = table.getRowModel() const virtualRowIndexes = rowVirtualizer.getVirtualIndexes() return ( <tbody style={{ display: 'grid', height: `${rowVirtualizer.getTotalSize()}px`, // tells scrollbar how big the table is position: 'relative', // needed for absolute positioning of rows }} > {virtualRowIndexes.map(virtualRowIndex => { const row = rows[virtualRowIndex] return ( <TableBodyRowMemo key={row.id} row={row} rowRefsMap={rowRefsMap} rowVirtualizer={rowVirtualizer} virtualRowIndex={virtualRowIndex} /> ) })} </tbody> ) } interface TableBodyRowProps { row: Row<Person> rowRefsMap: React.MutableRefObject<Map<number, HTMLTableRowElement>> rowVirtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLDivElement, HTMLTableRowElement> virtualRowIndex: number } function TableBodyRow({ row, rowRefsMap, rowVirtualizer, virtualRowIndex, }: TableBodyRowProps) { return ( <tr data-index={virtualRowIndex} // needed for dynamic row height measurement ref={node => { if (node && typeof virtualRowIndex !== 'undefined') { rowVirtualizer.measureElement(node) // measure dynamic row height rowRefsMap.current.set(virtualRowIndex, node) // store ref for virtualizer to apply scrolling transforms } }} key={row.id} style={{ display: 'flex', position: 'absolute', width: '100%', }} > {row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => { return ( <td key={cell.id} style={{ display: 'flex', width: cell.column.getSize(), }} > {flexRender(cell.column.columnDef.cell, cell.getContext())} </td> ) })} </tr> ) } // test out when rows don't re-render at all (future TanStack Virtual release can make this unnecessary) const TableBodyRowMemo = React.memo( TableBodyRow, (_prev, next) => next.rowVirtualizer.isScrolling ) as typeof TableBodyRow const rootElement = document.getElementById('root') if (!rootElement) throw new Error('Failed to find the root element') ReactDOM.createRoot(rootElement).render( <React.StrictMode> <App /> </React.StrictMode> ) 
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