AdaptTable for shadcn

Column groups in shadcn

A parent with children is a column group. This table has three, two children each, open by default. Collapse one to see its mode. Actions stays ungrouped at the end.

Contact is Name + Role with no collapse options: fold is the chevron. Assignment is Team + Status with collapsedKey: "team". Delivery is Timeline + Budget with collapsedRender ($25,300 for 35 days) and align: "start".

collapsibleColumnGroups arms the toggles. The headers and the chevrons are shadcn.

A group header sits on the thead with the preset's classes, spanning its children, and the toggle is a native button wearing the map; a collapsed stub hides the caption.

The code

import { DataTable, type ColumnInput } from "@adapttable/shadcn";

const columns: ColumnInput<Person>[] = [
  {
    header: "Contact",
    children: [
      { key: "name", header: "Name" },
      { key: "role", header: "Role" },
    ],
  },
  {
    header: "Assignment",
    collapsedKey: "team",
    children: [
      { key: "team", header: "Team" },
      { key: "status", header: "Status" },
    ],
  },
  {
    header: "Delivery",
    align: "start",
    collapsedRender: (row) => row.budget + " for 35 days",
    children: [
      { key: "timeline", header: "Timeline" },
      { key: "budget", header: "Budget" },
    ],
  },
];

export function People({ rows }) {
  return (
    <DataTable
      data={rows}
      columns={columns}
      rowKey={(row) => row.id}
      collapsibleColumnGroups
    />
  );
}

Install

pnpm add @adapttable/shadcn @adapttable/core

The same feature in the other kits

• Column groups in Mantine — Rounded, friendly, filled controls
• Column groups in MUI — Material elevation, uppercase actions
• Column groups in Chakra — Soft teal, generous radius
• Column groups in Ant Design — Compact, tinted header, crisp
• Column groups in Radix — Radix Themes, iris accent
• Column groups in Base UI — Unstyled primitives, blue accent
• Column groups in Tailwind — Unstyled — your own classes

More shadcn features

• Filtering in shadcn — Kit-native operators, date ranges, checklists, an AND/OR tree, chips.
• Column management in shadcn — Show, hide, reorder, pin and resize — from a menu you did not write.
• Row selection in shadcn — A set of ids that survives paging, with bulk actions over it.
• Rows in shadcn — Pin, drag-reorder, merge cells, and a 3-dot menu per row.
• Inline cell editing in shadcn — Kit-native editors in the cell; every write goes through your handler.
• Row grouping in shadcn — Nested group headers with counts, subtotals, footers and collapse state.
• Nested tables in shadcn — A real table under a row — same engine, own columns, own keys.
• Export and print in shadcn — CSV, XLSX and PDF from one seam — plus a real print layout.
• Large datasets in shadcn — 100k rows, 40 columns, virtualized rows and columns, sticky chrome.
• Tree data in shadcn — Rows that contain rows — nesting, chevrons, keyboard traversal.
• Mobile cards in shadcn — Every row becomes a card on phones. Automatically, with the same state.
• Pivot tables in shadcn — Rows down the side, dimensions across the top, subtotals at every level.
• Saved views in shadcn — Name an arrangement, share it as a link, manage the list in place.
• Spreadsheet formulas in shadcn — Computed columns typed as formulas, errors reported in the cell.
• Right-to-left shadcn data table — Arabic strings, a flipped axis, and a popover that opens from the right edge.
• Live updates in shadcn — Rows change while you read them. Sort and selection hold.
• Accessible shadcn data table — Arrow-key focus, a visible ring, and every announcement shown as text.

Reference: column-groups, columns. More of this kit: AdaptTable for shadcn, or the live demo.