DataTables component for React

This library provides a React component for DataTables.net to be used inside a React application.

Installation

Install the datatables.net-react and datatables.net-dt packages using your package manager:

# npm
npm install --save datatables.net-react datatables.net-dt

# yarn
yarn add datatables.net-react datatables.net-dt

To then use DataTables component in your own components, you need to import both it and DataTables core, then assign DataTables core as the library to use in the component like this:

import DataTable from 'datatables.net-react';
import DT from 'datatables.net-dt';

DataTable.use(DT);

This will give you a <DataTable> React component you can use in your components.

Note the use of the -dt postfix for the core DataTables library. This represents the DataTables default styling. Other styling packages such as for Bootstrap, Bulma and Semantic UI are also available. Use the DataTables download builder to get a list of the packages to use.

Use

Once installed and registered in your component you will have a <DataTable> component available for use in your JSX (you can change the name by changing the import statement used above if you prefer something else). It accepts child elements which can be used to describe the table's headers and footers:

<DataTable>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Name</th>
			<th>Location</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
</DataTable>

Attributes

The <DataTable> component has the following attributes that can be assigned for configuration of the DataTable:

• ajax - Ajax option for DataTables - to load data for the table over Ajax.
• className - Class name to assign to the -tag table
• columns - Define the columns array used for DataTables initialisation
• data - Data array for DataTables. This is optional and if you are using Ajax to load the DataTable this attribute should not be used.
• options - The DataTables options for the table. Note that this can include columns, data and ajax - if they are provided by one of the properties from above that will override a matching option given here.
• slots - An object containing slot functions that can be used to display React components inside the DataTable columns. See the React Components section below.
• on* - Event functions - see the Events section below.

Initialisation

The most basic example use of DataTables in a React application is shown below:

import { useState } from 'react';
import DataTable from 'datatables.net-react';
import DT from 'datatables.net-dt';

import './App.css';

DataTable.use(DT);

function App() {
  const [tableData, setTableData] = useState([
    [ 'Tiger Nixon', 'System Architect' ],
    [ 'Garrett Winters', 'Accountant' ],
	// ...
  ]);

  return (
		<DataTable data={tableData} className="display">
			<thead>
				<tr>
					<th>Name</th>
					<th>Position</th>
				</tr>
			</thead>
		</DataTable>
	);
}

export default App;

Documentation

Please refer to the DataTables React documentation for full details on how to work with the DataTables React component, including details on working with events, the DataTables API and React components in the table. There are also a number of running examples available.