NEWS.md
This release upgrades to a new major version of React Table (#35), which introduces many new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Backward compatibility was kept where possible, but note that there are several breaking changes.
sticky argument in colDef() and colGroup() (#19, #72, #141).vAlign and headerVAlign arguments in colDef(), and the new headerVAlign argument in colGroup() (#142, #177).reactable() gains a paginateSubRows argument to include grouped sub rows in pagination. This is recommended for larger tables with row groups that may not all fit on the page when expanded.colDef() gains a grouped argument to customize rendering for grouped cells in groupBy columns (#33, #94, #148).rowInfo.expanded and cellInfo.expanded indicating whether the row is expandedcellInfo.selected property indicating whether the cell’s row is selectedstate.page, state.pageSize, and state.pages for the current page index, page size, and number of pages in the tablestate argument (#88).state argument.groupBy and row details columns (#71).columnGroups and groupBy arguments are provided, groupBy columns are no longer added to a column group automatically (#87).defaultGroupHeader argument in reactableLang() is now deprecated and no longer used. Use the columnGroups argument in reactable() to customize the column group header for groupBy columns.state.expanded property has been removed from JavaScript render functions and style functions. To check whether a row is expanded, use rowInfo.expanded instead.rowInfo.page and cellInfo.page properties have been removed from JavaScript render functions and style functions. To get the current page index of the table, use state.page instead.show = FALSE as a default value in defaultColDef() now works (@csgillespie, #105).pageSizeOptions in reactable() now works.reactable(), defaultExpanded = TRUE now expands all rows in the table, not just rows on the first page.reactable(), defaultExpanded = TRUE now works when column groups are present.groupBy columns, aggregate functions could take aggregated values which could produce inaccurate calculations (e.g., when calculating the mean of values)."max" and "min" aggregate functions now work on dates, date-times, and strings (#130).reactable() now works for data frames with difftime objects and objects with custom classes (#164).colFormat() no longer ignores time zones when formatting dates and times.aria-expanded attribute to indicate expanded or collapsed state. The default label for row expand buttons is now “Toggle details” instead of “Expand details” or “Collapse details”.reactableLang() gains the groupExpandLabel and groupCollapseLabel arguments to customize the accessible labels for row group expand buttons.reactableTheme(), filterInputStyle now applies correctly when rerendering a table in Shiny (#186).reactableTheme(), cellPadding now applies to column group headers correctly.[ or ]) in their column name now render correctly (#187).updateReactable() gains a data argument to update the data of a reactable instance in Shiny (#49).defaultSelected now works correctly with Crosstalk linked selection.SharedData objects with zero or one rows.colFormat() now always formats numbers as a localized string when locales is specified.reactableTheme(tableBodyStyle = list(flex = "auto")).reactable() now supports linked selection and filtering with Crosstalk-compatible HTML widgets (#46).reactable() gains a theme argument to customize the default styling of a table.reactable() gains a language argument to customize the language strings in a table (#24).reactable() gains a defaultSelected argument to set default selected rows.reactable() gains a defaultExpanded argument to set default expanded rows (#23).updateReactable() function to update the selected rows, expanded rows, or current page of a reactable instance in Shiny (#20).getReactableState() function to get the state of a reactable instance in Shiny (#20).colDef() gains a "median" aggregate function to calculate the median of numbers (#30).".selection" as the column name (#19).reactable(), the rowClass, rowStyle, and details JavaScript functions now receive a rowInfo.selected property indicating whether the row is selected (#20).selectionId argument in reactable() will be deprecated in a future release. Use getReactableState() to get the selected rows of a table in Shiny instead.colFormat(date = TRUE) now formats YYYY-MM-DD dates correctly (#38).colFormat(percent = TRUE) now works correctly when viewing tables in IE11.colDef(), the class and style R functions now handle list-columns correctly.