Custom Headless Material React Table Example

Custom Headless Example

For advanced use cases where you want to be in 100% control of your UI components, you can use Material React Table in a more headless way, kind of like how you would use stock TanStack Table.

The power and flexibility here is almost limitless, as you can combine some already built-in Material React Table components alongside your own custom components. For the MRT components to work properly, all you need to do is pass the table object returned from the useMaterialReactTable hook.

Demo

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My Custom Headless Table

Rows per page

First Name	Last Name	Address	City	State
Christopher	Lee	555 Cedar Street	Seattle	Washington
Rachel	Anderson	987 Walnut Court	New York	New York
David	Garcia	654 Maple Avenue	Los Angeles	California
Zachary	Davis	261 Battle Ford	Columbus	Ohio
Robert	Smith	566 Brakus Inlet	Westerville	West Virginia

This example is written for MRT V2.

If your app is still using MRT V1, either Upgrade to MRT V2 or use the V1 Docs instead. (useMaterialReactTable only exists in V2)

Source Code

1import {
2  MRT_GlobalFilterTextField,
3  MRT_TableBodyCellValue,
4  MRT_TablePagination,
5  MRT_ToolbarAlertBanner,
6  flexRender,
7  type MRT_ColumnDef,
8  useMaterialReactTable,
9} from 'material-react-table';
10import {
11  Box,
12  Stack,
13  Table,
14  TableBody,
15  TableCell,
16  TableContainer,
17  TableHead,
18  TableRow,
19  Typography,
20} from '@mui/material';
21import { type Person, data } from './makeData';
22
23const columns: MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[] = [
24  {
25    accessorKey: 'name.firstName',
26    header: 'First Name',
27  },
28  {
29    accessorKey: 'name.lastName',
30    header: 'Last Name',
31  },
32  {
33    accessorKey: 'address',
34    header: 'Address',
35  },
36  {
37    accessorKey: 'city',
38    header: 'City',
39  },
40  {
41    accessorKey: 'state',
42    header: 'State',
43  },
44];
45
46const Example = () => {
47  const table = useMaterialReactTable({
48    columns,
49    data, //must be memoized or stable (useState, useMemo, defined outside of this component, etc.)
50    //MRT display columns can still work, optionally override cell renders with `displayColumnDefOptions`
51    enableRowSelection: true,
52    initialState: {
53      pagination: { pageSize: 5, pageIndex: 0 },
54      showGlobalFilter: true,
55    },
56    //customize the MRT components
57    muiPaginationProps: {
58      rowsPerPageOptions: [5, 10, 15],
59      variant: 'outlined',
60    },
61    paginationDisplayMode: 'pages',
62  });
63
64  return (
65    <Stack sx={{ m: '2rem 0' }}>
66      <Typography variant="h4">My Custom Headless Table</Typography>
67      <Box
68        sx={{
69          display: 'flex',
70          justifyContent: 'space-between',
71          alignItems: 'center',
72        }}
73      >
74        {/**
75         * Use MRT components along side your own markup.
76         * They just need the `table` instance passed as a prop to work!
77         */}
78        <MRT_GlobalFilterTextField table={table} />
79        <MRT_TablePagination table={table} />
80      </Box>
81      {/* Using Vanilla Material-UI Table components here */}
82      <TableContainer>
83        <Table>
84          {/* Use your own markup, customize however you want using the power of TanStack Table */}
85          <TableHead>
86            {table.getHeaderGroups().map((headerGroup) => (
87              <TableRow key={headerGroup.id}>
88                {headerGroup.headers.map((header) => (
89                  <TableCell align="center" variant="head" key={header.id}>
90                    {header.isPlaceholder
91                      ? null
92                      : flexRender(
93                          header.column.columnDef.Header ??
94                            header.column.columnDef.header,
95                          header.getContext(),
96                        )}
97                  </TableCell>
98                ))}
99              </TableRow>
100            ))}
101          </TableHead>
102          <TableBody>
103            {table.getRowModel().rows.map((row) => (
104              <TableRow key={row.id} selected={row.getIsSelected()}>
105                {row.getVisibleCells().map((cell) => (
106                  <TableCell align="center" variant="body" key={cell.id}>
107                    {/* Use MRT's cell renderer that provides better logic than flexRender */}
108                    <MRT_TableBodyCellValue cell={cell} table={table} />
109                  </TableCell>
110                ))}
111              </TableRow>
112            ))}
113          </TableBody>
114        </Table>
115      </TableContainer>
116      <MRT_ToolbarAlertBanner stackAlertBanner table={table} />
117    </Stack>
118  );
119};
120
121export default Example;
122

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