AdaptTable for Angular Material

Column management in Angular Material

Everything a user expects to do to a column, without writing a column-settings panel: rename, show and hide, reorder by drag, pin to either edge, resize by drag or keyboard, and switch row density.

Pinning is logical rather than physical, so a column pinned to the start stays on the correct side in a right-to-left layout.

The arrangement is state like any other: persist it to the URL, to localStorage, or to your own server through columnLayout and onColumnLayoutChange.

The code

import { Component, input, signal } from "@angular/core";
import type { ColumnDef, ColumnLayoutState } from "@adapttable/angular";
import { AdaptDataTable } from "@adapttable/angular-material";
import { columnMenu } from "@adapttable/angular-material/column-menu";
import { resizableColumns } from "@adapttable/angular-material/resizable-columns";

@Component({
  selector: "app-people",
  imports: [AdaptDataTable],
  template: `
    <adapt-data-table
      [data]="rows()" [columns]="columns()" [rowKey]="rowKey"
      [features]="features" [columnLayout]="layout()"
      (columnLayoutChange)="layout.set($event)"
    />
  `,
})
export class People {
  readonly rows = input.required<readonly Person[]>();
  readonly columns = input.required<readonly ColumnDef<Person>[]>();
  readonly rowKey = (row: Person) => row.id;
  readonly layout = signal<ColumnLayoutState>({
    hidden: [], order: [], widths: {}, pinned: { name: "start" },
  });
  readonly features = [columnMenu(), resizableColumns()];
}

Install

# Follow the kit setup guide for compatible peers
pnpm add @adapttable/angular-material @adapttable/angular @angular/material@22.2.1 @angular/cdk@22.2.1 @angular/forms@^22 rxjs@^7.8.0

The same feature in the other kits

• Column management in Unstyled — Native elements — your own CSS
• Column management in NG-ZORRO — Ant Design components for Angular
• Column management in ng-bootstrap — Bootstrap styling, Angular overlays
• Column management in Angular Aria — Accessible behavior, precise styling
• Column management in ngx-bootstrap — Bootstrap controls and overlays
• Column management in Angular CDK — CDK behavior, a neutral theme
• Column management in Spartan — Sharp borders, subtle elevation
• Column management in Taiga UI — Soft surfaces, expressive controls

More Angular Material features

• Filtering in Angular Material — Ranges, selects, an AND/OR tree and chips — all in the URL.
• Column groups in Angular Material — Spanning headers that collapse to a stub, a kept child, or a custom cell.
• Row selection in Angular Material — A set of ids that survives paging, with bulk actions over it.
• Rows in Angular Material — Pin rows from a 3-dot menu, and merge a team that runs down the page.
• Row reordering in Angular Material — Drag or keyboard moves, announced — the host writes.
• Inline cell editing in Angular Material — Native editors in the cell; every write goes through your handler.
• Row grouping in Angular Material — Drag, select or keyboard grouping, with totals in the headers.
• Aggregation in Angular Material — Footer totals, pinned summaries, group aggregates — not data rows.
• Nested tables in Angular Material — A real table under a row — same engine, own columns, own keys.
• CSV export in Angular Material — One toolbar button, a CSV of the table as it stands.
• Row and column virtualization in Angular Material — 40,000 rows in a scroll box, only the visible ones rendered.
• Tree data in Angular Material — Nesting, chevrons, lazy children, and a tree on phones.
• Mobile cards in Angular Material — Every row becomes a card on phones. Automatically, with the same state.
• Pivot tables in Angular Material — Rows down the side, dimensions across the top, subtotals at every level.
• Saved views in Angular Material — Name an arrangement and restore it from the menu.
• Spreadsheet formulas in Angular Material — ROUND, POWER, SQRT, IF — computed columns, errors in the cell.
• Right-to-left Angular Material data table — Arabic strings, a flipped axis, and a popover that opens from the right edge.
• Live updates in Angular Material — Rows change while you read them. Sort and selection hold.
• Accessible Angular Material data table — Arrow-key focus, a visible ring, forced-colors, and live announcements.
• AI table assistant in Angular Material — Local sort, questions and approved edits with real table outcomes.

Reference: column-management, columns. More of this kit: AdaptTable for Angular Material, or the live demo.