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Data grid - Column pinning

Pin columns to keep them visible at all time.

Pinned (or frozen, locked, or sticky) columns are columns that are visible at all time while the user scrolls the grid horizontally. They can be pinned either to the left or right side and cannot be reordered.

To pin a column, there are a few ways:

  • Using the initialState prop
  • Controlling the pinnedColumns and onPinnedColumnsChange props
  • Dedicated buttons in the column menu
  • Accessing the imperative API

To set pinned columns via initialState, pass an object with the following shape to this prop:

interface GridPinnedColumns {
  left?: string[]; // Optional field names to pin to the left
  right?: string[]; // Optional field names to pin to the right
}

The following demos illustrates how this approach works:

<DataGridPro
  rows={rows}
  columns={columns}
  initialState={{ pinnedColumns: { left: ['name'], right: ['actions'] } }}
/>

Controlling the pinned columns

While the initialState prop only works for setting pinned columns during the initialization, the pinnedColumns prop allows you to modify which columns are pinned at any time. The value passed to it follows the same shape from the previous approach. Use it together with onPinnedColumnsChange to know when a column is pinned or unpinned.

<Alert severity="info">
  <code>pinnedColumns: {JSON.stringify(pinnedColumns)}</code>
</Alert>
<Box sx={{ height: 400, mt: 1 }}>
  <DataGridPro
    rows={rows}
    columns={columns}
    pinnedColumns={pinnedColumns}
    onPinnedColumnsChange={handlePinnedColumnsChange}
  />
</Box>

Blocking column unpinning

It may be desirable to not allow a column to be unpinned. The only thing required to achieve that is to hide the buttons added to the column menu. This can be done in two ways:

  1. Per column, by setting pinnable to false in each GridColDef:

    <DataGrid columns={[{ field: 'id', pinnable: false }]} /> // Default is `true`.

  2. By providing a custom menu, as demonstrated below:

<DataGridPro
  rows={rows}
  columns={columns}
  components={{ ColumnMenu: CustomColumnMenu }}
  initialState={{ pinnedColumns: { left: ['name'], right: ['actions'] } }}
/>

Pinning the checkbox selection column

To pin the checkbox column added when using checkboxSelection, add GRID_CHECKBOX_SELECTION_COL_DEF.field to the list of pinned columns.

<DataGridPro
  rows={rows}
  columns={columns}
  checkboxSelection
  initialState={{
    pinnedColumns: {
      left: [GRID_CHECKBOX_SELECTION_COL_DEF.field],
      right: ['actions'],
    },
  }}
/>

apiRef

Signature:
getPinnedColumns: () => GridPinnedColumns
Signature:
isColumnPinned: (field: string) => GridPinnedPosition | false
Signature:
pinColumn: (field: string, side: GridPinnedPosition) => void
Signature:
setPinnedColumns: (pinnedColumns: GridPinnedColumns) => void
Signature:
unpinColumn: (field: string) => void

API