AdaptTable for Vue Unstyled

Nested tables in Vue Unstyled

Open a row and the panel holds another Vue Unstyled 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 rowDetail().

The expand chevron and both tables are Vue Unstyled.

The code

<script setup lang="ts">
import { h } from "vue";
import type { ColumnDef } from "@adapttable/vue";
import { DataTable } from "@adapttable/vue-unstyled";
import { nestedTable } from "@adapttable/vue-unstyled/nested-table";

interface Order {
  id: string;
  item: string;
}

interface Customer {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  orders: Order[];
}

defineProps<{ rows: readonly Customer[] }>();

const columns: ColumnDef<Customer>[] = [{ key: "name" }];
const orderColumns: ColumnDef<Order>[] = [{ key: "item" }];
const rowKey = (row: Customer) => row.id;
const features = [
  nestedTable<Customer>((row) => ({
    label: `Orders for ${row.name}`,
    table: (defaults) =>
      h(DataTable<Order>, {
        ...defaults,
        data: row.orders,
        columns: orderColumns,
        rowKey: (order: Order) => order.id,
      }),
  })),
];
</script>

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

Install

pnpm add @adapttable/vue-unstyled @adapttable/vue @adapttable/core

The same feature in the other kits

• Nested tables in Element Plus — Element blue, crisp form controls
• Nested tables in Vuetify — Material Design, Vuetify blue
• Nested tables in Naive UI — Clean, compact, green accent
• Nested tables in Reka UI — Accessible primitives, neutral theme
• Nested tables in shadcn-vue — Monochrome, ring focus
• Nested tables in Nuxt UI — Tailwind-native, Nuxt green
• Nested tables in Quasar — Material-flavoured, Quasar blue

More Vue Unstyled features

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

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