conscious-sapphire•3w ago

How to enable sorting on refinedev/react-table columns with shadcn?

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Hi @regn. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- To enable sorting on columns when using @refinedev/react-table with Shadcn UI components, you should leverage the sorting capabilities provided by the underlying TanStack Table integration in Refine. Here’s how you can do it: 1. Define Columns with Sorting Enabled
By default, columns in TanStack Table (and thus in @refinedev/react-table) are sortable unless you explicitly disable sorting for a column by setting enableSorting: false in the column definition. 2. Use the useTable Hook
Use the useTable hook from @refinedev/react-table to manage your table state, including sorting. 3. Pass Table Props to Your Shadcn DataTable
Pass all the table-related props returned from useTable to your custom <DataTable /> component that uses Shadcn UI components internally. Here’s a simplified example based on the knowledge sources:

import { useTable } from "@refinedev/react-table";
import { ColumnDef } from "@tanstack/react-table";
import { DataTable } from "@/components/table/data-table"; // Your Shadcn DataTable

const columns: ColumnDef<any>[] = [
  {
    id: "title",
    accessorKey: "title",
    header: "Title",
    // Sorting is enabled by default
  },
  {
    id: "actions",
    accessorKey: "id",
    header: "Actions",
    enableSorting: false, // Disable sorting for actions column
    // ...cell renderer
  },
];

export const BlogPostList = () => {
  const tableProps = useTable({
    columns,
    // You can set initial sorting if needed
    refineCoreProps: {
      sorters: {
        initial: [{ field: "title", order: "asc" }],
      },
    },
  });

  return (
    <DataTable {...tableProps} />
  );
};

import { useTable } from "@refinedev/react-table";
import { ColumnDef } from "@tanstack/react-table";
import { DataTable } from "@/components/table/data-table"; // Your Shadcn DataTable

const columns: ColumnDef<any>[] = [
  {
    id: "title",
    accessorKey: "title",
    header: "Title",
    // Sorting is enabled by default
  },
  {
    id: "actions",
    accessorKey: "id",
    header: "Actions",
    enableSorting: false, // Disable sorting for actions column
    // ...cell renderer
  },
];

export const BlogPostList = () => {
  const tableProps = useTable({
    columns,
    // You can set initial sorting if needed
    refineCoreProps: {
      sorters: {
        initial: [{ field: "title", order: "asc" }],
      },
    },
  });

  return (
    <DataTable {...tableProps} />
  );
};

Key Points: - Sorting is enabled by default for columns unless you set enableSorting: false. - The sorting state and handlers are managed by useTable and passed to your DataTable. - To trigger sorting, you need to implement UI controls (like clickable headers) in your Shadcn DataTable that call the appropriate sorting handlers from TanStack Table. For a full example of integrating @refinedev/react-table with a custom DataTable component (using Shadcn or any other UI library), see the Refine & Shadcn: Building a Reusable <DataTable /> Component with Shadcn section. While the source does not show the sorting UI implementation in the DataTable, the underlying mechanism is the same as with TanStack Table: you need to call column.getToggleSortingHandler() on your header elements to toggle sorting when clicked. If you need to disable sorting for a specific column, set enableSorting: false in its column definition as shown above. References:
- Refine & Shadcn: Building a Reusable <DataTable /> Component with Shadcn - Introduction to React Table - TanStack Table Adapter for React > Sorting ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•3w ago

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How to enable sorting on refinedev/react-table columns with shadcn?

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