Overview

LyteNyte Grid uses columns to define the data displayed in the grid's viewport. This guide details how to use columns to configure dynamic views.

Columns View Specification

A column in LyteNyte Grid defines the specification (or type interface) the grid follows to configure how cells and headers are displayed. LyteNyte Grid accepts an array of columns, which developers provide to the grid through the Grid.useLyteNyte hook.

For example, defining a set of columns can be done as follows:

const columns: Column<OrderData>[] = [
  { id: "id", width: 60, widthMin: 60, cellRenderer: IdCell, name: "ID" },
  { id: "product", cellRenderer: ProductCell, width: 200 },
  { id: "price", type: "number", cellRenderer: PriceCell, width: 100 },
  { id: "customer", cellRenderer: AvatarCell, width: 180 },
  { id: "purchaseDate", cellRenderer: PurchaseDateCell, name: "Purchase Date", width: 120 },
  { id: "paymentMethod", cellRenderer: PaymentMethodCell, name: "Payment Method" },
  { id: "email", cellRenderer: EmailCell, width: 220 },
];

Notice from the definitions above:

Each column has an id property. This is the only required property for columns provided to LyteNyte Grid.
The width property determines the horizontal space the column's cells occupy in the viewport.
The widthMin sets the minimum allowable width for the column.
The name property provides a display name for components that use the column specification.
The cellRenderer property accepts a React component for rendering the cell's content.

The example specification contains only a few of the available properties for a column. The remaining guides in this section cover all configuration possibilities, but you can refer to the Column API reference for details on every configuration option a column accepts.

Think of columns declaratively. As the developer, you provide LyteNyte Grid with the column specification. LyteNyte Grid follows the specification to create the correct view. Hence, updating the columns in the grid updates the current view.

LyteNyte Grid does not maintain a separate column state from the column specification. The columns property is the source of truth for the grid. This source of truth includes implicit state, such as column ordering, which the grid infers from the order of columns in the array.

Complete Working Example

The example below shows the columns defined earlier in use. Use this example as a lightweight introduction to what is possible with columns and how even a relatively small amount of configuration creates rich data experiences.

Columns in Action

"use client";

import { Grid, useClientRowDataSource } from "@1771technologies/lytenyte-pro";
import "@1771technologies/lytenyte-pro/grid.css";
import type { Column } from "@1771technologies/lytenyte-pro/types";
import { useId } from "react";
import type { OrderData } from "@1771technologies/grid-sample-data/orders";
import { data } from "@1771technologies/grid-sample-data/orders";
import {
  AvatarCell,
  EmailCell,
  IdCell,
  PaymentMethodCell,
  PriceCell,
  ProductCell,
  PurchaseDateCell,
  tw,
} from "./components";

const columns: Column<OrderData>[] = [
  { id: "id", width: 60, widthMin: 60, cellRenderer: IdCell, name: "ID" },
  { id: "product", cellRenderer: ProductCell, width: 200 },
  { id: "price", type: "number", cellRenderer: PriceCell, width: 100 },
  { id: "customer", cellRenderer: AvatarCell, width: 180 },
  { id: "purchaseDate", cellRenderer: PurchaseDateCell, name: "Purchase Date", width: 120 },
  { id: "paymentMethod", cellRenderer: PaymentMethodCell, name: "Payment Method", width: 150 },
  { id: "email", cellRenderer: EmailCell, width: 220 },
];

export default function ColumnBase() {
  const ds = useClientRowDataSource({ data: data });

  const grid = Grid.useLyteNyte({
    gridId: useId(),
    rowDataSource: ds,
    columns,
    rowHeight: 50,
  });

  const view = grid.view.useValue();

  return (
    <div className="lng-grid" style={{ height: 500 }}>
      <Grid.Root grid={grid}>
        <Grid.Viewport>
          <Grid.Header>
            {view.header.layout.map((row, i) => {
              return (
                <Grid.HeaderRow key={i} headerRowIndex={i}>
                  {row.map((c) => {
                    if (c.kind === "group") return null;

                    return (
                      <Grid.HeaderCell
                        key={c.id}
                        cell={c}
                        className={tw(
                          "flex h-full w-full items-center px-3 text-sm text-nowrap capitalize",
                          c.column.type === "number" && "justify-end",
                        )}
                      />
                    );
                  })}
                </Grid.HeaderRow>
              );
            })}
          </Grid.Header>
          <Grid.RowsContainer>
            <Grid.RowsCenter>
              {view.rows.center.map((row) => {
                if (row.kind === "full-width") return null;

                return (
                  <Grid.Row row={row} key={row.id}>
                    {row.cells.map((c) => {
                      return (
                        <Grid.Cell
                          key={c.id}
                          cell={c}
                          className="flex h-full w-full items-center px-3 text-sm"
                        />
                      );
                    })}
                  </Grid.Row>
                );
              })}
            </Grid.RowsCenter>
          </Grid.RowsContainer>
        </Grid.Viewport>
      </Grid.Root>
    </div>
  );
}

import type { CellRendererParams } from "@1771technologies/lytenyte-pro/types";
import type { ClassValue } from "clsx";
import clsx from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
import { format } from "date-fns";
import type { JSX, ReactNode } from "react";
import type { OrderData } from "@1771technologies/grid-sample-data/orders";

export function tw(...c: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(...c));
}

export function ProductCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  const url = row.data?.productThumbnail;
  const title = row.data.product;
  const desc = row.data.productDescription;

  return (
    <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center gap-2">
      <img className="border-ln-gray-50 h-7 w-7 rounded-lg border" src={url} alt={title + desc} />
      <div className="text-ln-gray-90 flex flex-col gap-0.5">
        <div className="font-semibold">{title}</div>
        <div className="text-ln-gray-70 text-xs">{desc}</div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

export function AvatarCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  const url = row.data?.customerAvatar;

  const name = row.data.customer;

  return (
    <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center gap-2">
      <img className="border-ln-gray-50 h-7 w-7 rounded-full border" src={url} alt={name} />
      <div className="text-ln-gray-90 flex flex-col gap-0.5">
        <div>{name}</div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

const formatter = new Intl.NumberFormat("en-Us", {
  minimumFractionDigits: 2,
  maximumFractionDigits: 2,
});
export function PriceCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  const price = formatter.format(row.data.price);
  const [dollars, cents] = price.split(".");

  return (
    <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center justify-end">
      <div className="flex items-baseline tabular-nums">
        <span className="text-ln-gray-80 font-semibold">${dollars}</span>.
        <span className="relative text-xs">{cents}</span>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

export function PurchaseDateCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  const formattedDate = format(row.data.purchaseDate, "dd MMM, yyyy");

  return <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center">{formattedDate}</div>;
}
export function IdCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  return <div className="text-xs tabular-nums">{row.data.id}</div>;
}

export function PaymentMethodCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  const cardNumber = row.data.cardNumber;
  const provider = row.data.paymentMethod;

  let Logo: ReactNode = null;
  if (provider === "Visa") Logo = <VisaLogo className="w-6" />;
  if (provider === "Mastercard") Logo = <MastercardLogo className="w-6" />;

  return (
    <div className="flex h-full w-full items-center gap-2">
      <div className="flex w-7 items-center justify-center">{Logo}</div>
      <div className="flex items-center">
        <div className="bg-ln-gray-40 size-2 rounded-full"></div>
        <div className="bg-ln-gray-40 size-2 rounded-full"></div>
        <div className="bg-ln-gray-40 size-2 rounded-full"></div>
        <div className="bg-ln-gray-40 size-2 rounded-full"></div>
      </div>
      <div className="tabular-nums">{cardNumber}</div>
    </div>
  );
}

export function EmailCell({ grid: { api }, row }: CellRendererParams<OrderData>) {
  if (!api.rowIsLeaf(row) || !row.data) return;

  return <div className="text-ln-primary-50 flex h-full w-full items-center">{row.data.email}</div>;
}

const VisaLogo = (props: JSX.IntrinsicElements["svg"]) => (
  <svg
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    width={2500}
    height={812}
    viewBox="0.5 0.5 999 323.684"
    {...props}
  >
    <path
      fill="#1434cb"
      d="M651.185.5c-70.933 0-134.322 36.766-134.322 104.694 0 77.9 112.423 83.28 112.423 122.415 0 16.478-18.884 31.229-51.137 31.229-45.773 0-79.984-20.611-79.984-20.611l-14.638 68.547s39.41 17.41 91.734 17.41c77.552 0 138.576-38.572 138.576-107.66 0-82.316-112.89-87.537-112.89-123.86 0-12.91 15.501-27.053 47.662-27.053 36.286 0 65.892 14.99 65.892 14.99l14.326-66.204S696.614.5 651.185.5zM2.218 5.497.5 15.49s29.842 5.461 56.719 16.356c34.606 12.492 37.072 19.765 42.9 42.353l63.51 244.832h85.138L379.927 5.497h-84.942L210.707 218.67l-34.39-180.696c-3.154-20.68-19.13-32.477-38.685-32.477H2.218zm411.865 0L347.449 319.03h80.999l66.4-313.534h-80.765zm451.759 0c-19.532 0-29.88 10.457-37.474 28.73L709.699 319.03h84.942l16.434-47.468h103.483l9.994 47.468H999.5L934.115 5.497h-68.273zm11.047 84.707 25.178 117.653h-67.454z"
    />
  </svg>
);

const MastercardLogo = (props: JSX.IntrinsicElements["svg"]) => (
  <svg
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    width={2500}
    height={1524}
    viewBox="55.2 38.3 464.5 287.8"
    {...props}
  >
    <path
      fill="#f79f1a"
      d="M519.7 182.2c0 79.5-64.3 143.9-143.6 143.9s-143.6-64.4-143.6-143.9S296.7 38.3 376 38.3s143.7 64.4 143.7 143.9z"
    />
    <path
      fill="#ea001b"
      d="M342.4 182.2c0 79.5-64.3 143.9-143.6 143.9S55.2 261.7 55.2 182.2 119.5 38.3 198.8 38.3s143.6 64.4 143.6 143.9z"
    />
    <path
      fill="#ff5f01"
      d="M287.4 68.9c-33.5 26.3-55 67.3-55 113.3s21.5 87 55 113.3c33.5-26.3 55-67.3 55-113.3s-21.5-86.9-55-113.3z"
    />
  </svg>
);

Next Steps

Column Base: See the default column values and how to override them with the columnBase property.
Column ID & Name: Define user-friendly column names and ensure unique IDs.
Column Moving: Reorder columns programmatically or through drag-and-drop.
Column Field: Control how a column retrieves its value for each cell.

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Columns View Specification

Complete Working Example

Columns in Action

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