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Data Grid - Column dimensions

Customize the dimensions and resizing behavior of your columns.

Column width

By default, the columns have a width of 100px. This is an arbitrary, easy-to-remember value. To change the width of a column, use the width property available in GridColDef.

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Minimum width

By default, the columns have a minimum width of 50px. This is an arbitrary, easy-to-remember value. To change the minimum width of a column, use the minWidth property available in GridColDef.

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Fluid width

Column fluidity or responsiveness can be achieved by setting the flex property in GridColDef.

The flex property accepts a value between 0 and ∞. It works by dividing the remaining space in the Data Grid among all flex columns in proportion to their flex value.

For example, consider a grid with a total width of 500px that has three columns: the first with width: 200; the second with flex: 1; and the third with flex: 0.5. The first column will be 200px wide, leaving 300px remaining. The column with flex: 1 is twice the size of flex: 0.5, which means that final sizes will be: 200px, 200px, 100px.

To set a minimum and maximum width for a flex column set the minWidth and the maxWidth property in GridColDef.

Resizing

By default, Data Grid allows all columns to be resized by dragging the right portion of the column separator.

To prevent the resizing of a column, set resizable: false in the GridColDef. Alternatively, to disable all columns resize, set the prop disableColumnResize={true}.

To restrict resizing a column under a certain width set the minWidth property in GridColDef.

To restrict resizing a column above a certain width set the maxWidth property in GridColDef.

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To capture changes in the width of a column there are two callbacks that are called:

  • onColumnResize: Called while a column is being resized.
  • onColumnWidthChange: Called after the width of a column is changed, but not during resizing.

Autosizing

Data Grid allows to autosize the columns' dimensions based on their content. Autosizing is enabled by default. To turn it off, pass the disableAutosize prop to the Data Grid.

Autosizing can be used by one of the following methods:

  • Adding the autosizeOnMount prop,
  • Double-clicking a column header separator on the grid,
  • Calling the apiRef.current.autosizeColumns(options) API method.

You can pass options directly to the API method when you call it. To configure autosize for the other two methods, provide the options in the autosizeOptions prop.

Note that for the separator double-click method, the autosizeOptions.columns will be replaced by the respective column user double-clicked on.

In all the cases, the colDef.minWidth and colDef.maxWidth options will be respected.

<DataGrid
  {...otherProps}
  autosizeOptions={{
    columns: ['name', 'status', 'createdBy'],
    includeOutliers: true,
    includeHeaders: false,
  }}
/>

Autosizing asynchronously

The autosizeColumns method from the apiRef can be used as well to adjust the column size on specified events, for example when receiving row data from the server.

Autosizing with dynamic row height

Column autosizing is compatible with the Dynamic row height feature.

Autosizing with grouped rows

When using row grouping you can utilize the autosizeColumns method to adjust the column width of the expanded rows dynamically. The demo below shows how you can subscribe to the rowExpansionChange event. The provided handler function then calls the autosizeColumns method from the gridApi.

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API