Virtualization in Material React Table Example

Virtualized Example

Material React Table has a built-in virtualization features (via @tanstack/react-virtual) that allows you to render a large number of rows or columns without major performance issues that you would normally see with a large number of DOM elements.

Try out the performance of the table below with 10,000 rows and over a dozen columns! Filtering, Search, and Sorting also maintain usable performance.

Be sure to also check out the full virtualization feature guide docs to learn about both Row and Column Virtualization.

NOTE: You should only enable row virtualization if you have a large number of rows or columns. Depending on the size of the table, if you are rendering fewer than a couple dozen rows at a time, you will actually just be adding extra overhead to the table renders. Virtualization only becomes necessary when you have over 50 rows or so at the same time with no pagination or dozens of columns.

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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 { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
2import {
3  MaterialReactTable,
4  useMaterialReactTable,
5  type MRT_ColumnDef,
6  type MRT_SortingState,
7  type MRT_RowVirtualizer,
8} from 'material-react-table';
9import { makeData, type Person } from './makeData';
10
11const Example = () => {
12  const columns = useMemo<MRT_ColumnDef<Person>[]>(
13    //column definitions...
14    () => [
15      {
16        accessorKey: 'firstName',
17        header: 'First Name',
18        size: 150,
19      },
20      {
21        accessorKey: 'middleName',
22        header: 'Middle Name',
23        size: 170,
24      },
25      {
26        accessorKey: 'lastName',
27        header: 'Last Name',
28        size: 150,
29      },
30      {
31        accessorKey: 'email',
32        header: 'Email Address',
33        size: 300,
34      },
35      {
36        accessorKey: 'phoneNumber',
37        header: 'Phone Number',
38        size: 250,
39      },
40      {
41        accessorKey: 'address',
42        header: 'Address',
43        size: 300,
44      },
45      {
46        accessorKey: 'zipCode',
47        header: 'Zip Code',
48      },
49      {
50        accessorKey: 'city',
51        header: 'City',
52        size: 220,
53      },
54      {
55        accessorKey: 'state',
56        header: 'State',
57      },
58      {
59        accessorKey: 'country',
60        header: 'Country',
61        size: 350,
62      },
63      {
64        accessorKey: 'petName',
65        header: 'Pet Name',
66      },
67      {
68        accessorKey: 'age',
69        header: 'Age',
70      },
71      {
72        accessorKey: 'salary',
73        header: 'Salary',
74      },
75      {
76        accessorKey: 'dateOfBirth',
77        header: 'Date of Birth',
78      },
79      {
80        accessorKey: 'dateOfJoining',
81        header: 'Date of Joining',
82      },
83      {
84        accessorKey: 'isActive',
85        header: 'Is Active',
86      },
87    ],
88    [],
89    
90  );
91
92  //optionally access the underlying virtualizer instance
93  const rowVirtualizerInstanceRef = useRef<MRT_RowVirtualizer>(null);
94
95  const [data, setData] = useState<Person[]>([]);
96  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
97  const [sorting, setSorting] = useState<MRT_SortingState>([]);
98
99  useEffect(() => {
100    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
101      setData(makeData(10_000));
102      setIsLoading(false);
103    }
104  }, []);
105
106  useEffect(() => {
107    //scroll to the top of the table when the sorting changes
108    try {
109      rowVirtualizerInstanceRef.current?.scrollToIndex?.(0);
110    } catch (error) {
111      console.error(error);
112    }
113  }, [sorting]);
114
115  const table = useMaterialReactTable({
116    columns,
117    data, //10,000 rows
118    defaultDisplayColumn: { enableResizing: true },
119    enableBottomToolbar: false,
120    enableColumnResizing: true,
121    enableColumnVirtualization: true,
122    enableGlobalFilterModes: true,
123    enablePagination: false,
124    enableColumnPinning: true,
125    enableRowNumbers: true,
126    enableRowVirtualization: true,
127    muiTableContainerProps: { sx: { maxHeight: '600px' } },
128    onSortingChange: setSorting,
129    state: { isLoading, sorting },
130    rowVirtualizerInstanceRef, //optional
131    rowVirtualizerOptions: { overscan: 5 }, //optionally customize the row virtualizer
132    columnVirtualizerOptions: { overscan: 2 }, //optionally customize the column virtualizer
133  });
134
135  return <MaterialReactTable table={table} />;
136};
137
138export default Example;
139

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