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Build headless data tables with TanStack Table v8. Server-side pagination, filtering, sorting, and virtualization for Cloudflare Workers + D1. Prevents 12 documented errors. Use when building tables with large datasets, coordinating with TanStack Query, or fixing state management, performance, or React 19+ compatibility issues.
npx skill4agent add jezweb/claude-skills tanstack-tablenpm install @tanstack/react-table@latest
npm install @tanstack/react-virtual@latest # For virtualizationimport { useReactTable, getCoreRowModel, ColumnDef } from '@tanstack/react-table'
import { useMemo } from 'react'
const columns: ColumnDef<User>[] = [
{ accessorKey: 'name', header: 'Name' },
{ accessorKey: 'email', header: 'Email' },
]
function UsersTable() {
const data = useMemo(() => [...users], []) // Stable reference
const table = useReactTable({ data, columns, getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel() })
return (
<table>
<thead>
{table.getHeaderGroups().map(group => (
<tr key={group.id}>
{group.headers.map(h => <th key={h.id}>{h.column.columnDef.header}</th>)}
</tr>
))}
</thead>
<tbody>
{table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => (
<tr key={row.id}>
{row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => <td key={cell.id}>{cell.renderValue()}</td>)}
</tr>
))}
</tbody>
</table>
)
}// Workers API: functions/api/users.ts
export async function onRequestGet({ request, env }) {
const url = new URL(request.url)
const page = Number(url.searchParams.get('page')) || 0
const pageSize = 20
const search = url.searchParams.get('search') || ''
const sortBy = url.searchParams.get('sortBy') || 'created_at'
const sortOrder = url.searchParams.get('sortOrder') || 'DESC'
const { results } = await env.DB.prepare(`
SELECT * FROM users
WHERE name LIKE ? OR email LIKE ?
ORDER BY ${sortBy} ${sortOrder}
LIMIT ? OFFSET ?
`).bind(`%${search}%`, `%${search}%`, pageSize, page * pageSize).all()
const { total } = await env.DB.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) as total FROM users').first()
return Response.json({
data: results,
pagination: { page, pageSize, total, pageCount: Math.ceil(total / pageSize) },
})
}const [pagination, setPagination] = useState({ pageIndex: 0, pageSize: 20 })
const [columnFilters, setColumnFilters] = useState([])
const [sorting, setSorting] = useState([])
// CRITICAL: Include ALL state in query key
const { data, isLoading } = useQuery({
queryKey: ['users', pagination, columnFilters, sorting],
queryFn: async () => {
const params = new URLSearchParams({
page: pagination.pageIndex,
search: columnFilters.find(f => f.id === 'search')?.value || '',
sortBy: sorting[0]?.id || 'created_at',
sortOrder: sorting[0]?.desc ? 'DESC' : 'ASC',
})
return fetch(`/api/users?${params}`).then(r => r.json())
},
})
const table = useReactTable({
data: data?.data ?? [],
columns,
getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
// CRITICAL: manual* flags tell table server handles these
manualPagination: true,
manualFiltering: true,
manualSorting: true,
pageCount: data?.pagination.pageCount ?? 0,
state: { pagination, columnFilters, sorting },
onPaginationChange: setPagination,
onColumnFiltersChange: setColumnFilters,
onSortingChange: setSorting,
})import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'
function VirtualizedTable() {
const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
const table = useReactTable({ data: largeDataset, columns, getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel() })
const { rows } = table.getRowModel()
const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
count: rows.length,
getScrollElement: () => containerRef.current,
estimateSize: () => 50, // Row height px
overscan: 10,
})
return (
<div ref={containerRef} style={{ height: '600px', overflow: 'auto' }}>
<table style={{ height: `${rowVirtualizer.getTotalSize()}px` }}>
<tbody>
{rowVirtualizer.getVirtualItems().map(virtualRow => {
const row = rows[virtualRow.index]
return (
<tr key={row.id} style={{ position: 'absolute', transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)` }}>
{row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => <td key={cell.id}>{cell.renderValue()}</td>)}
</tr>
)
})}
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
)
}display: noneconst rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
count: rows.length,
getScrollElement: () => containerRef.current,
estimateSize: () => 50,
overscan: 10,
// Disable when container is hidden to prevent infinite re-renders
enabled: containerRef.current?.getClientRects().length !== 0,
})
// OR: Conditionally render instead of hiding with CSS
{isVisible && <VirtualizedTable />}import { useReactTable, getCoreRowModel } from '@tanstack/react-table'
const table = useReactTable({
data,
columns,
getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
// Enable pinning
enableColumnPinning: true,
enableRowPinning: true,
// Initial pinning state
initialState: {
columnPinning: {
left: ['select', 'name'], // Pin to left
right: ['actions'], // Pin to right
},
},
})
// Render with pinned columns
function PinnedTable() {
return (
<div className="flex">
{/* Left pinned columns */}
<div className="sticky left-0 bg-background z-10">
{table.getLeftHeaderGroups().map(/* render left headers */)}
{table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => (
<tr>{row.getLeftVisibleCells().map(/* render cells */)}</tr>
))}
</div>
{/* Center scrollable columns */}
<div className="overflow-x-auto">
{table.getCenterHeaderGroups().map(/* render center headers */)}
{table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => (
<tr>{row.getCenterVisibleCells().map(/* render cells */)}</tr>
))}
</div>
{/* Right pinned columns */}
<div className="sticky right-0 bg-background z-10">
{table.getRightHeaderGroups().map(/* render right headers */)}
{table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => (
<tr>{row.getRightVisibleCells().map(/* render cells */)}</tr>
))}
</div>
</div>
)
}
// Toggle pinning programmatically
column.pin('left') // Pin column to left
column.pin('right') // Pin column to right
column.pin(false) // Unpin column
row.pin('top') // Pin row to top
row.pin('bottom') // Pin row to bottomcolumnHelper.group()column.getStart('left')// Disable pinning for grouped columns
const isPinnable = (column) => !column.parent
// OR: Pin individual columns within group, not the group itself
table.getColumn('firstName')?.pin('left')
table.getColumn('lastName')?.pin('left')
// Don't pin the parent group columnimport { useReactTable, getCoreRowModel, getExpandedRowModel } from '@tanstack/react-table'
// Data with nested children
const data = [
{
id: 1,
name: 'Parent Row',
subRows: [
{ id: 2, name: 'Child Row 1' },
{ id: 3, name: 'Child Row 2' },
],
},
]
const table = useReactTable({
data,
columns,
getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
getExpandedRowModel: getExpandedRowModel(), // Required for expanding
getSubRows: row => row.subRows, // Tell table where children are
})
// Render with expand button
function ExpandableTable() {
return (
<tbody>
{table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => (
<>
<tr key={row.id}>
<td>
{row.getCanExpand() && (
<button onClick={row.getToggleExpandedHandler()}>
{row.getIsExpanded() ? '▼' : '▶'}
</button>
)}
</td>
{row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => (
<td key={cell.id} style={{ paddingLeft: `${row.depth * 20}px` }}>
{cell.renderValue()}
</td>
))}
</tr>
</>
))}
</tbody>
)
}
// Control expansion programmatically
table.toggleAllRowsExpanded() // Expand/collapse all
row.toggleExpanded() // Toggle single row
table.getIsAllRowsExpanded() // Check if all expandedfunction DetailRow({ row }) {
if (!row.getIsExpanded()) return null
return (
<tr>
<td colSpan={columns.length}>
<div className="p-4 bg-muted">
Custom detail content for row {row.id}
</div>
</td>
</tr>
)
}import { useReactTable, getCoreRowModel, getGroupedRowModel } from '@tanstack/react-table'
const table = useReactTable({
data,
columns,
getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
getGroupedRowModel: getGroupedRowModel(), // Required for grouping
getExpandedRowModel: getExpandedRowModel(), // Groups are expandable
initialState: {
grouping: ['status'], // Group by 'status' column
},
})
// Column with aggregation
const columns = [
{
accessorKey: 'status',
header: 'Status',
},
{
accessorKey: 'amount',
header: 'Amount',
aggregationFn: 'sum', // Sum grouped values
aggregatedCell: ({ getValue }) => `Total: ${getValue()}`,
},
]
// Render grouped table
function GroupedTable() {
return (
<tbody>
{table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => (
<tr key={row.id}>
{row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => (
<td key={cell.id}>
{cell.getIsGrouped() ? (
// Grouped cell - show group header with expand toggle
<button onClick={row.getToggleExpandedHandler()}>
{row.getIsExpanded() ? '▼' : '▶'} {cell.renderValue()} ({row.subRows.length})
</button>
) : cell.getIsAggregated() ? (
// Aggregated cell - show aggregation result
cell.renderValue()
) : cell.getIsPlaceholder() ? null : (
// Regular cell
cell.renderValue()
)}
</td>
))}
</tr>
))}
</tbody>
)
}
// Built-in aggregation functions
// 'sum', 'min', 'max', 'extent', 'mean', 'median', 'unique', 'uniqueCount', 'count'createRow// 1. Use server-side grouping for large datasets
// 2. Implement pagination to limit rows per page
// 3. Disable grouping for 10k+ rows
const shouldEnableGrouping = data.length < 10000
// 4. OR: Use React.memo on row components
const MemoizedRow = React.memo(TableRow)datacolumnsuseMemo(() => [...], [])queryKey: ['users', pagination, columnFilters, sorting]manual*manualPagination: truemanualFiltering: truemanualSorting: truepageCountcreateColumnHelper@tanstack/react-table@tanstack/table-coresortingmanualSorting: trueonSortingChange"Table doesn't re-render when data changes""use no memo"useReactTable"use no memo"
function TableComponent() {
const table = useReactTable({ data, columns, getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel() })
// Now works correctly with React Compiler
}toggleAllRowsSelected(false)const toggleAllRows = (value: boolean) => {
if (!value) {
table.setRowSelection({}) // Clear entire selection object
} else {
table.toggleAllRowsSelected(true)
}
}onPaginationChangepageIndex: 0// Instead of relying on client-side pagination
const table = useReactTable({
data,
columns,
manualPagination: true, // Forces correct state tracking
pageCount: Math.ceil(data.length / pagination.pageSize),
state: { pagination },
onPaginationChange: setPagination,
})const removeRow = (idToRemove: string) => {
// Remove from data
setData(data.filter(row => row.id !== idToRemove))
// Clean up selection if it was selected
const { rowSelection } = table.getState()
if (rowSelection[idToRemove]) {
table.setRowSelection((old) => {
const filtered = Object.entries(old).filter(([id]) => id !== idToRemove)
return Object.fromEntries(filtered)
})
}
}
// OR: Use table.resetRowSelection(true) to clear allgetValue()unknowncolumnHelper.group()renderValue()// Option 1: Type assertion
cell: (info) => {
const value = info.getValue() as string
return value.toUpperCase()
}
// Option 2: Use renderValue() (better type inference)
cell: (info) => {
const value = info.renderValue()
return typeof value === 'string' ? value.toUpperCase() : value
}