DataViews

DataViews is a component that provides an API to render datasets using different types of layouts (table, grid, list, etc.).

Installation

Install the module

npm install @wordpress/dataviews --save

Usage

const Example = () => {

	// Declare data, fields, etc.

	return (
		<DataViews
			data={ data }
			fields={ fields }
			view={ view }
			onChangeView={ onChangeView }
			actions={ actions }
			paginationInfo={ paginationInfo }
		/>
	);
}

Properties

data: Object[]

The dataset to work with, represented as a one-dimensional array.

Example:

const data = [
	{
		id: 1,
		title: "Title",
		author: "Admin",
		date: "2012-04-23T18:25:43.511Z"
	},
	{ /* ... */ }
]

By default, dataviews would use each record's id as an unique identifier. If it's not, the consumer should provide a getItemId function that returns one.

fields: Object[]

The fields describe the visible items for each record in the dataset.

Example:

const STATUSES = [
	{ value: 'draft', label: __( 'Draft' ) },
	{ value: 'future', label: __( 'Scheduled' ) },
	{ value: 'pending', label: __( 'Pending Review' ) },
	{ value: 'private', label: __( 'Private' ) },
	{ value: 'publish', label: __( 'Published' ) },
	{ value: 'trash', label: __( 'Trash' ) },
];
const fields = [
	{
		id: 'title',
		header: 'Title',
		enableHiding: false,
	},
	{
		id: 'date',
		header: 'Date',
		render: ( { item } ) => {
			return (
				<time>{ getFormattedDate( item.date ) }</time>
			);
		}
	},
	{
		id: 'author',
		header: __( 'Author' ),
		render: ( { item } ) => {
			return (
				<a href="...">{ item.author }</a>
			);
		},
		elements: [
			{ value: 1, label: 'Admin' }
			{ value: 2, label: 'User' }
		],
		filterBy: {
			operators: [ 'is', 'isNot' ]
		},
		enableSorting: false
	},
	{
		header: __( 'Status' ),
		id: 'status',
		getValue: ( { item } ) =>
			STATUSES.find( ( { value } ) => value === item.status )
				?.label ?? item.status,
		elements: STATUSES,
		filterBy: {
			operators: [ 'isAny' ],
		},
		enableSorting: false,
	},
]

Each field is an object with the following properties:

• id: identifier for the field. Unique.
• header: the field's name to be shown in the UI.
• getValue: function that returns the value of the field, defaults to field[id].
• render: function that renders the field. Optional, getValue will be used if render is not defined.
• elements: the set of valid values for the field's value.
• type: the type of the field. See "Field types".
• enableSorting: whether the data can be sorted by the given field. True by default.
• enableHiding: whether the field can be hidden. True by default.
• filterBy: configuration for the filters.
  • operators: the list of operators supported by the field.
  • isPrimary: whether it is a primary filter. A primary filter is always visible and is not listed in the "Add filter" component, except for the list layout where it behaves like a secondary filter.

view: object

The view object configures how the dataset is visible to the user.

Example:

const view = {
	type: 'table',
	search: '',
	filters: [
		{ field: 'author', operator: 'is', value: 2 },
		{ field: 'status', operator: 'isAny', value: [ 'publish', 'draft'] }
	],
	page: 1,
	perPage: 5,
	sort: {
		field: 'date',
		direction: 'desc',
	},
	hiddenFields: [ 'date', 'featured-image' ],
	layout: {},
}

Properties:

• type: view type, one of table, grid, list. See "Layout types".
• search: the text search applied to the dataset.
• filters: the filters applied to the dataset. Each item describes:
  • field: which field this filter is bound to.
  • operator: which type of filter it is. See "Operator types".
  • value: the actual value selected by the user.
• perPage: number of records to show per page.
• page: the page that is visible.
• sort:
  • field: the field used for sorting the dataset.
  • direction: the direction to use for sorting, one of asc or desc.
• hiddenFields: the id of the fields that are hidden in the UI.
• layout: config that is specific to a particular layout type.
  • mediaField: used by the grid and list layouts. The id of the field to be used for rendering each card's media.
  • primaryField: used by the table, grid and list layouts. The id of the field to be highlighted in each row/card/item.

onChangeView: function

The view is a representation of the visible state of the dataset: what type of layout is used to display it (table, grid, etc.), how the dataset is filtered, how it is sorted or paginated.

It's the consumer's responsibility to work with the data provider to make sure the user options defined through the view's config (sort, pagination, filters, etc.) are respected. The onChangeView prop allows the consumer to provide a callback to be called when the view config changes, to process the data accordingly.

The following example shows how a view object is used to query the WordPress REST API via the entities abstraction. The same can be done with any other data provider.

function MyCustomPageTable() {
	const [ view, setView ] = useState( {
		type: 'table',
		perPage: 5,
		page: 1,
		sort: {
			field: 'date',
			direction: 'desc',
		},
		search: '',
		filters: [
			{ field: 'author', operator: 'is', value: 2 },
			{ field: 'status', operator: 'isAny', value: [ 'publish', 'draft' ] }
		],
		hiddenFields: [ 'date', 'featured-image' ],
		layout: {},
	} );

	const queryArgs = useMemo( () => {
		const filters = {};
		view.filters.forEach( ( filter ) => {
			if ( filter.field === 'status' && filter.operator === 'isAny' ) {
				filters.status = filter.value;
			}
			if ( filter.field === 'author' && filter.operator === 'is' ) {
				filters.author = filter.value;
			}
		} );
		return {
			per_page: view.perPage,
			page: view.page,
			_embed: 'author',
			order: view.sort?.direction,
			orderby: view.sort?.field,
			search: view.search,
			...filters,
		};
	}, [ view ] );

	const {
		records
	} = useEntityRecords( 'postType', 'page', queryArgs );

	return (
		<DataViews
			data={ records }
			view={ view }
			onChangeView={ setView }
			// ...
		/>
	);
}

actions: Object[]

Collection of operations that can be performed upon each record.

Each action is an object with the following properties:

• id: string, required. Unique identifier of the action. For example, move-to-trash.
• label: string, required. User facing description of the action. For example, Move to Trash.
• isPrimary: boolean, optional. Whether the action should be listed inline (primary) or in hidden in the more actions menu (secondary).
• icon: icon to show for primary actions. It's required for a primary action, otherwise the action would be considered secondary.
• isEligible: function, optional. Whether the action can be performed for a given record. If not present, the action is considered to be eligible for all items. It takes the given record as input.
• isDestructive: boolean, optional. Whether the action can delete data, in which case the UI would communicate it via red color.
• callback: function, required unless RenderModal is provided. Callback function that takes the record as input and performs the required action.
• RenderModal: ReactElement, optional. If an action requires that some UI be rendered in a modal, it can provide a component which takes as props the record as item and a closeModal function. When this prop is provided, the callback property is ignored.
• hideModalHeader: boolean, optional. This property is used in combination with RenderModal and controls the visibility of the modal's header. If the action renders a modal and doesn't hide the header, the action's label is going to be used in the modal's header.

paginationInfo: Object

• totalItems: the total number of items in the datasets.
• totalPages: the total number of pages, taking into account the total items in the dataset and the number of items per page provided by the user.

search: boolean

Whether the search input is enabled. true by default.

searchLabel: string

What text to show in the search input. "Search" by default.

getItemId: function

Function that receives an item and returns an unique identifier for it. By default, it uses the id of the item as unique identifier. If it's not, the consumer should provide their own.

isLoading: boolean

Whether the data is loading. false by default.

supportedLayouts: String[]

Array of layouts supported. By default, all are: table, grid, list.

onSelectionChange: function

Callback that signals the user selected one of more items, and takes them as parameter. So far, only the list view implements it.

Types

Layouts

• table: the view uses a table layout.
• grid: the view uses a grid layout.
• list: the view uses a list layout.

Fields

The enumeration type was removed as it was deemed redundant with the field.elements metadata. New types will be introduced soon.

Operators

Allowed operators:

| Operator | Selection | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | is | Single item | EQUAL TO. The item's field is equal to a single value. | Author is Admin | | isNot | Single item | NOT EQUAL TO. The item's field is not equal to a single value. | Author is not Admin | | isAny | Multiple items | OR. The item's field is present in a list of values. | Author is any: Admin, Editor | | isNone | Multiple items | NOT OR. The item's field is not present in a list of values. | Author is none: Admin, Editor | | isAll | Multiple items | AND. The item's field has all of the values in the list. | Category is all: Book, Review, Science Fiction | | isNotAll | Multiple items | NOT AND. The item's field doesn't have all of the values in the list. | Category is not all: Book, Review, Science Fiction |

is and isNot are single-selection operators, while isAny, isNone, isAll, and isNotALl are multi-selection. By default, a filter with no operators declared will support the isAny and isNone multi-selection operators. A filter cannot mix single-selection & multi-selection operators; if a single-selection operator is present in the list of valid operators, the multi-selection ones will be discarded and the filter won't allow selecting more than one item.

The legacy operators in and notIn have been deprecated and will be removed soon. In the meantime, they work as is and isNot operators, respectively.

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