A headless table hook for Qwik, inspired by @tanstack/table.

• Installation
• Examples
• useTable
• useTable Parameters
  • getColumnDefs$
  • ColumnDef
    • ColumnDef.id
    • ColumnDef.cell
    • ColumnDef.header
    • ColumnDef.accessorFn
    • data
• Usage
  • Creating Column Definitions
  • flexRender
  • Sorting
• Attribution

Installation

pnpm add @oqx/qwik-table

npm install @oqx/qwik-table

yarn add @oqx/qwik-table

Examples

• CodeSandbox
• Simple Table
• Sortable Columns

useTable

useTable generates a data representation of a table that can be iterated through to create UI.

export default component$<{ users: Signal<User[]> }>(({ users }) => {
  const table = useTable({ data: users, getColumnDefs$ });

  return (
    <div>
      <table>
        <thead>
          <tr>
            {table.headerGroups.value?.map((header) => (
              <td key={header.id}>{header.cell}</td>
            ))}
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          {table.rowGroups.value?.map((row, i) => (
            <tr key={i + "row"}>
              {row.map((cell) => (
                <td key={cell.id}>{cell.value}</td>
              ))}
            </tr>
          ))}
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
  );
});

useTable Parameters

fallback

A fallback value for when a piece of data is empty. Defaults to --.

getColumnDefs$

getColumnDefs$ is a QRL that returns an array of ColumnDef, or column definitons. QRL is necessary since ColumnDef can contain values that cannot be serialized.

ColumnDef

ColumnDef is a building block that provides instructions on how to derive rows and columns from the data parameter. Below is a table of ColumnDef properties, their corresponding types, and descriptions of each.

ColumnDef.id

ID is a string used as a key and a mechanism for sorting. It's also used to derive keys for JSX iterables behind the scenes.

Type

string;

ColumnDef.cell

cell provides an API for adding HTML/JSX to a column. The info argument represents the value of the property selected from data via accessorKey or accessorFn.

Type

(info: { value: string | number | undefined }) =>
  JSXNode | Element | string | number;

ColumnDef.header

The table header is very similar to cell, except it received parameters that provide information about the sort order, and whether that table header's column is the active sort column.

Type

string | (props: {
  isSortedBy: boolean;
  sortOrder?: "asc" | "desc";
  id?: string;
}) => JSXNode | Serializable | Element

ColumnDef.accessorFn

An accessor function for when you have a more complex value, like an object, to derive data from. For example, a nested object:

const data = [
  {
    // ...
    details: {
      address: {
        city: "Minneapolis",
      },
    },
  },
];
// state will be equal to data
const getColumnDefs$ = $(() => [
  {
    id: "city",
    header: "City",
    accessorFn(state) {
      return state.details.address.city;
    },
  },
  // ...
]);

Type

(data: TData) => string | number | undefined`

data

data represents a Signal that is an array of objects. It is to be transformed into table headers, rows, and columns via ColumnDef definitions provided by getColumnDefs$.

Usage

Creating Column Definitions

For this example, a table of users will be created, where a user looks like:

type User = {
  name: string;
  email: string;
  age: string;
};

With User defined, a getColumnDefs$ QRL would look like this:

const getColumnDefs$ = $((): ColumnDef<User>[] => [
  {
    accessorKey: "name",
    id: "name",
    header: "Name",
  },
  {
    accessorKey: "email",
    id: "email",
    header: "Email",
  },
  {
    accessorKey: "age",
    id: "age",
    header: "Age",
  },
]);

Adding ColumnDef with a generic to the return type will allow validation of accessorKey.

flexRender

flexRender will determine whether the value passed in is a string or a function and return a value that can be rendered in the UI.

For example, in ColumnDef, instead of adding a string to the header property, it can instead be a function that returns a JSXNode or element. This removes the ternary statement boilerplate you'd otherwise need.

const header = (value: string) => () => <span>{value} 🍕</span>;

const getColumnDefs$ = $((): ColumnDef<User>[] => [
  {
    accessorKey: "name",
    id: "name",
    header: header("Name"),
  },
  // ...
]);

Sorting

Sorting can be achieved by adding data-usetable-sort to an element -- particularly an element assigned to ColumnDef.header.

Here's an example:

const header =
  (value: string) =>
  ({
    isSortedBy,
    sortOrder,
    id,
  }: {
    isSortedBy: boolean;
    sortOrder?: "asc" | "desc";
    id?: string;
  }) => (
    // Adding data-usetable-sort to an element will automatically
    // add onClick sort functionality.
    <button data-usetable-sort={id}>
      {value}{" "}
      <span
        class={{
          chevron: true,
          "chevron--down": isSortedBy && sortOrder === "desc",
          "chevron--up": isSortedBy && sortOrder === "asc",
        }}
      />
    </button>
  );

A JSXNode assigned to ColumnDef.header will receive the following props:

type HeaderArgs = {
  // true if the column is currently the one the table is sorted by
  isSortedBy: boolean;
  // current sort order
  sortOrder?: "asc" | "desc";
  // id of the column being sorted
  id?: string;
};

Attribution

Inspired by @tanstack/table.