AdaptTable for ng-bootstrap

Inline cell editing in ng-bootstrap

Mark a column editable, compose editing(onCellEdit), and double-click opens a ng-bootstrap editor in the cell — text, number, date or select. Enter commits, Escape cancels.

The table never mutates your rows. It hands your handler the row, the column key and the new value, and a column's validate refuses a value before it reaches you: clear a name and try to commit it.

With cellNavigation() composed, the arrow keys move a visible focus from cell to cell.

The code

import { Component, input } from "@angular/core";
import type { ColumnDef } from "@adapttable/angular";
import { AdaptDataTable } from "@adapttable/ng-bootstrap";
import { cellNavigation } from "@adapttable/ng-bootstrap/cell-navigation";
import { editing } from "@adapttable/ng-bootstrap/editing";

const columns: ColumnDef<Person>[] = [
  {
    key: "name",
    editable: true,
    editor: "text",
    validate: (value) => (String(value).trim() ? undefined : "Required"),
  },
  { key: "budget", editable: true, editor: "number" },
  {
    key: "status",
    editable: true,
    editor: { type: "select", options: ["Active", "Planned", "Blocked"] },
  },
];

@Component({
  selector: "app-people",
  imports: [AdaptDataTable],
  template: `
    <adapt-data-table
      [data]="rows()"
      [columns]="columns"
      [rowKey]="rowKey"
      [features]="features"
    />
  `,
})
export class People {
  readonly rows = input.required<readonly Person[]>();
  readonly columns = columns;
  readonly rowKey = (row: Person) => row.id;
  readonly save =
    input.required<(row: Person, key: string, value: unknown) => void>();
  readonly features = [
    editing<Person>((row, key, value) => this.save()(row, key, value)),
    cellNavigation(),
  ];
}

Install

# Follow the kit setup guide for compatible peers
pnpm add @adapttable/ng-bootstrap @adapttable/angular @ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap@21.0.0 @popperjs/core@2.11.8 @angular/forms@^22 @angular/localize@^22 rxjs@^7.4.0

The same feature in the other kits

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

More ng-bootstrap features

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

Reference: cell-editing, cell-navigation. More of this kit: AdaptTable for ng-bootstrap, or the live demo.