Material React Table

Material React Table supports almost any sorting scenario you may have. Client-side sorting is enabled by default, but you can opt to implement your own server-side sorting logic, or even replace the default client-side sorting with your own implementation.

boolean

true

boolean

boolean

true

(table: Table<TData>) => () => RowModel<TData>

(e: unknown) => boolean

boolean

number

OnChangeFn<SortingState>

boolean

Record<string, SortingFn>

boolean

boolean

boolean

false

boolean

false | 1 | -1

SortingFnOption

Array<{ id: string, desc: boolean }>

[]

Sorting can be disabled globally by setting the enableSorting prop to false. This will disable sorting for all columns. You can also disable sorting for individual columns by setting the enableSorting column option to false.

const columns = [
  {
    accessorKey: 'name',
    header: 'Name',
    enableSorting: false, // disable sorting for this column
  },
];

return (
  <MaterialReactTable
    columns={columns}
    data={data}
    enableSorting={false} //disable sorting for all columns
  />
);

Client-side sorting is enabled by default. When sorting is toggled on for a column, the table will be sorted by an alphanumeric sorting algorithm by default.

Multi-sorting is also enabled by default, which means a user can sort by multiple columns at once. This can be accomplished by clicking on a column header while holding down the shift key. The table will then be sorted by the previously sorted column, and then by the newly clicked column. You can limit the number of columns that can be sorted at once by setting the maxMultiSortColCount prop, or you can disable multi-sorting entirely by setting the enableMultiSort prop to false.

By default, columns with string datatypes will sort alphabetically in ascending order, but columns with number datatypes will sort numerically in descending order. You can change the default sort direction per column by specifying the sortDescFirst column option to either true or false. You can also change the default sort direction globally by setting the sortDescFirst prop to either true or false.

By default, Material React Table will use an alphanumeric sorting function for all columns.

There are 6 built-in sorting functions that you can choose from: alphanumeric, alphanumericCaseSensitive, text, textCaseSensitive, datetime, and basic. You can learn more about these built-in sorting function in the TanStack Table Sorting API docs.

If none of these sorting functions meet your needs, you can add your own custom sorting functions by specifying more sorting functions in the sortingFns prop.

<MaterialReactTable
  columns={columns}
  data={data}
  sortingFns={{
    //will add a new sorting function to the list of other sorting functions already available
    myCustomSortingFn: (rowA, rowB, columnId) => // your custom sorting logic
  }}
/>

You can now choose a sorting function for each column by either passing a string value of the built-in sorting function names to the sortingFn column option, or by passing a custom sorting function to the sortingFn column option.

const columns = [
  {
    accessorKey: 'name',
    header: 'Name',
    sortingFn: 'textCaseSensitive', //use the built-in textCaseSensitive sorting function instead of the default alphanumeric sorting function
  },
  {
    accessorKey: 'age',
    header: 'Age',
    //use your own custom sorting function instead of any of the built-in sorting functions
    sortingFn: (rowA, rowB, columnId) => // your custom sorting logic
  },
];

If you are working with large data sets, you may want to let your back-end apis handle all of the sorting and pagination processing instead of doing it client-side. You can do this by setting the manualSorting prop to true. This will disable the default client-side sorting and pagination features, and will allow you to implement your own sorting and pagination logic.

When manualSorting is set to true, Material React Table assumes that your data is already sorted by the time you are passing it to the table.

If you need to sort your data in a back-end api, then you will also probably need access to the internal sorting state from the table. You can do this by managing the sorting state yourself, and then passing it to the table via the state prop. You can also pass a callback function to the onSortingChange prop, which will be called whenever the sorting state changes internally in the table

const [sorting, setSorting] = useState([]);

useEffect(() => {
  //do something with the sorting state when it changes
}, [sorting]);

return (
  <MaterialReactTable
    columns={columns}
    data={data}
    manualSorting
    state={{ sorting }}
    onSortingChange={setSorting}
  />
);

Here is the full Remote Data example showing how to implement server-side sorting, filtering, and pagination with Material React Table.

1import React, { FC, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
2import MaterialReactTable, { MRT_ColumnDef } from 'material-react-table';
3import type {
4  ColumnFiltersState,
5  PaginationState,
6  SortingState,
7} from '@tanstack/react-table';
8
9type UserApiResponse = {
10  data: Array<User>;
11  meta: {
12    totalRowCount: number;
13  };
14};
15
16type User = {
17  firstName: string;
18  lastName: string;
19  address: string;
20  state: string;
21  phoneNumber: string;
22};
23
24const Example: FC = () => {
25  //data and fetching state
26  const [data, setData] = useState<User[]>([]);
27  const [isError, setIsError] = useState(false);
28  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
29  const [isRefetching, setIsRefetching] = useState(false);
30  const [rowCount, setRowCount] = useState(0);
31
32  //table state
33  const [columnFilters, setColumnFilters] = useState<ColumnFiltersState>([]);
34  const [globalFilter, setGlobalFilter] = useState('');
35  const [sorting, setSorting] = useState<SortingState>([]);
36  const [pagination, setPagination] = useState<PaginationState>({
37    pageIndex: 0,
38    pageSize: 10,
39  });
40
41  //if you want to avoid useEffect, look at the React Query example instead
42  useEffect(() => {
43    const fetchData = async () => {
44      if (!data.length) {
45        setIsLoading(true);
46      } else {
47        setIsRefetching(true);
48      }
49
50      const url = new URL(
51        '/api/data',
52        process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
53          ? 'https://www.material-react-table.com'
54          : 'http://localhost:3000',
55      );
56      url.searchParams.set(
57        'start',
58        `${pagination.pageIndex * pagination.pageSize}`,
59      );
60      url.searchParams.set('size', `${pagination.pageSize}`);
61      url.searchParams.set('filters', JSON.stringify(columnFilters ?? []));
62      url.searchParams.set('globalFilter', globalFilter ?? '');
63      url.searchParams.set('sorting', JSON.stringify(sorting ?? []));
64
65      try {
66        const response = await fetch(url.href);
67        const json = (await response.json()) as UserApiResponse;
68        setData(json.data);
69        setRowCount(json.meta.totalRowCount);
70      } catch (error) {
71        setIsError(true);
72        console.error(error);
73        return;
74      }
75      setIsError(false);
76      setIsLoading(false);
77      setIsRefetching(false);
78    };
79    fetchData();
80    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
81  }, [
82    columnFilters,
83    globalFilter,
84    pagination.pageIndex,
85    pagination.pageSize,
86    sorting,
87  ]);
88
89  const columns = useMemo<MRT_ColumnDef<User>[]>(
90    () => [
91      {
92        accessorKey: 'firstName',
93        header: 'First Name',
94      },
95      //column definitions...
96      {
97        accessorKey: 'lastName',
98        header: 'Last Name',
99      },
100      {
101        accessorKey: 'address',
102        header: 'Address',
103      },
104      {
105        accessorKey: 'state',
106        header: 'State',
107      },
108      {
109        accessorKey: 'phoneNumber',
110        header: 'Phone Number',
111      },
112      
113    ],
114    [],
115  );
116
117  return (
118    <MaterialReactTable
119      columns={columns}
120      data={data}
121      enableRowSelection
122      getRowId={(row) => row.phoneNumber}
123      initialState={{ showColumnFilters: true }}
124      manualFiltering
125      manualPagination
126      manualSorting
127      muiToolbarAlertBannerProps={
128        isError
129          ? {
130              color: 'error',
131              children: 'Error loading data',
132            }
133          : undefined
134      }
135      onColumnFiltersChange={setColumnFilters}
136      onGlobalFilterChange={setGlobalFilter}
137      onPaginationChange={setPagination}
138      onSortingChange={setSorting}
139      rowCount={rowCount}
140      state={{
141        columnFilters,
142        globalFilter,
143        isLoading,
144        pagination,
145        showAlertBanner: isError,
146        showProgressBars: isRefetching,
147        sorting,
148      }}
149    />
150  );
151};
152
153export default Example;
154

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