AdaptTable for Element Plus

Column management in Element Plus

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

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ref } from "vue";
import type { ColumnDef, ColumnLayoutState } from "@adapttable/vue";
import { DataTable } from "@adapttable/element-plus";
import { columnMenu } from "@adapttable/element-plus/column-menu";
import { resizableColumns } from "@adapttable/element-plus/resizable-columns";

defineProps<{
  rows: readonly Person[];
  columns: readonly ColumnDef<Person>[];
}>();

const rowKey = (row: Person) => row.id;
const layout = ref<ColumnLayoutState>({
  hidden: [], order: [], widths: {}, pinned: { name: "start" },
});
const features = [columnMenu(), resizableColumns()];
</script>

<template>
  <DataTable
    v-model:column-layout="layout"
    :data="rows" :columns="columns" :row-key="rowKey" :features="features"
  />
</template>

Install

pnpm add @adapttable/element-plus @adapttable/vue @adapttable/core element-plus

The same feature in the other kits

• Column management in Vue Unstyled — Native elements — your own CSS
• Column management in Vuetify — Material Design, Vuetify blue
• Column management in Naive UI — Clean, compact, green accent
• Column management in Reka UI — Accessible primitives, neutral theme
• Column management in shadcn-vue — Monochrome, ring focus
• Column management in Nuxt UI — Tailwind-native, Nuxt green
• Column management in Quasar — Material-flavoured, Quasar blue

More Element Plus features

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

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