AdaptTable for Tailwind

Nested tables in Tailwind

Open a row and the panel holds another Tailwind table — the same component, not a hand-built list. Each person has recent orders; the inner table has its own columns and row keys.

nestedTable mounts the kit's DataTable with defaults that keep the two tables from fighting over the URL. Rows with no nested table can still use renderRowDetail.

The expand chevron and both tables are Tailwind.

The chevron and both tables carry the map's classes; the nested orders are a second native table, not a div pretending to be one.

The code

import { DataTable } from "@adapttable/unstyled";

export function People({ rows, columns, orderColumns }) {
  return (
    <DataTable
      data={rows}
      columns={columns}
      rowKey={(row) => row.id}
      nestedTable={(row) => ({
        label: `Orders for ${row.name}`,
        table: (defaults) => (
          <DataTable
            {...defaults}
            data={row.orders}
            columns={orderColumns}
            rowKey={(order) => order.id}
          />
        ),
      })}
    />
  );
}

Install

pnpm add @adapttable/unstyled @adapttable/core

The same feature in the other kits

• Nested tables in Mantine — Rounded, friendly, filled controls
• Nested tables in MUI — Material elevation, uppercase actions
• Nested tables in Chakra — Soft teal, generous radius
• Nested tables in Ant Design — Compact, tinted header, crisp
• Nested tables in Radix — Radix Themes, iris accent
• Nested tables in Base UI — Unstyled primitives, blue accent
• Nested tables in shadcn — Monochrome, ring focus

More Tailwind features

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

Reference: tree-data, row-expansion. More of this kit: AdaptTable for Tailwind, or the live demo.