In this React Table tutorial, we will learn how to implement useFilter in our react-table example. Further, we will explore how useFilter works in React Table.

1. React Table
Tutorial:
useFilter (Part 2)
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2. In the previous blogpost of React Table
tutorial series, we learned how to get
started with React-table-tutorial-7 and
built a demo application using hook
useTable. Adding more to the react-table
tutorial series, we will now pick another
hook, useFilter, and implement it in the
same demo app, that we’ve built earlier.
So, I’d suggest going through my previous
blog, React Table Tutorial: Project Setup
and useTable, if you want to build the
application from scratch; here, we will only
implement the useFilter hook and explore
a bit about the same.

3. Overview

4. Remember how we used to implement
filtering in react-table v6 to v7? It was kind
of messy and too much to take care of. But,
thanks to react-table v7 for making it more
accessible, handy, and customizable. The
headless version of the react-table gives
you control for designing and maintaining
the table as per your requirements. Also,
Also, new features of the react-table make
the React table library lightweight and give
you opportunities to improve
performance.

5. React Table
Tutorial Goal:
useFilter
hook

6. https://youtu.be/5rXI5E9iCkE

7. Getting
started with
React Table
useFilter hook

8. Once, done with setting up the project
with the useTable hook, follow these steps
to implement useFilter and useGlobalFilter
in your project.
According to our UI, this will be the project
structure for the react-table example.

9. Update App.js & TableContainer.js
Create a new file named – Filter.js
(which will have functional
components for Filter views)
We will implement the default filter and
select column filter. For that, we will
Without further ado, let’s create Filter.js
and define React table components for
Filter UI.

10. Defining
Filter
Components
for UI

11. Default Filter for Columns: It will
render text input, and the column data
is filtered based on the text entered.
Global Filter: It will render text input
but not just for columns; the entire
table data is filtered based on the text
entered.
Select Filter for Column: It will render
select input, and the column data is
filtered based on the option selected
from the list.
In this React Table demo, we will
implement three filter views –
We will create a common file named
Filter.js (or with any suitable name) from
where we will export the above-mentioned
functional components for readability
purposes.

12. Filter.js
import { React, useMemo, useState }
from "react";
import { useAsyncDebounce } from
"react-table";
import { Label, Input } from
"reactstrap";
// Component for Global Filter
export function GlobalFilter({
globalFilter,
setGlobalFilter
}) {
const [value, setValue] =
useState(globalFilter);
const onChange =
useAsyncDebounce((value) => {
setGlobalFilter(value || undefined);
}, 200);

13. return (
<div>
<Label>Search Table: </Label>
<Input
value={value || ""}
onChange={(e) => {
setValue(e.target.value);
onChange(e.target.value);
}}
placeholder=" Enter value "
className="w-25"
style={{
fontSize: "1.1rem",
margin: "15px",
display: "inline",
}}
/>
</div>
);
}

14. // Component for Default Column Filter
export function
DefaultFilterForColumn({
column: {
filterValue,
preFilteredRows: { length },
setFilter,
},
}) {
return (
<Input
value={filterValue || ""}
onChange={(e) => {
// Set undefined to remove the filter
entirely
setFilter(e.target.value || undefined);
}}
placeholder={`Search ${length}
records..`}
style={{ marginTop: "10px" }}
/>
);
}

15. // Component for Custom Select Filter
export function SelectColumnFilter({
column: { filterValue, setFilter,
preFilteredRows, id },
}) {
// Use preFilteredRows to calculate
the options
const options = useMemo(() => {
const options = new Set();
preFilteredRows.forEach((row) => {
options.add(row.values[id]);
});
return [...options.values()];
}, [id, preFilteredRows]);

16. // UI for Multi-Select box
return (
<select
value={filterValue}
onChange={(e) => {
setFilter(e.target.value || undefined);
}}
>
<option value="">All</option>
{options.map((option, i) => (
<option key={i} value={option}>
{option}
</option>
))}
</select>
);
}

17. Explanation
What is the use of useAsyncDebounce? –
React table provides useAsyncDebounce to
avoid the multiple re-renders caused due
to side-effects and to use the latest one.
Back-to-back state side-effects take place
that triggers multiple renders. So, rather
than handling it manually, React Table
provides a hook to debounce the rapid
side-effects.
Here, we have little data, so that we won’t
realize the importance of
useAsyncDebounce. But, consider, if we
have thousands of data filtered, then the
continuous state changes and side-effects
are much costlier than this demo app.

18. A good developer takes care of the
performance even while coding for a
demo application. Try avoiding trash
coding.
The setfilter, filterValue, and
preFilterRows are column properties
used for specific columns. We have
destructured the column prop and
used them to get the filter values of
respective columns.

19. Rendering
Filter
components

20. For GlobalFilter and
DefaultFilterForColumn
Open TableContainer.js and Import
components and hooks-
import { useTable, useFilters,
useGlobalFilter } from "react-table";
import { GlobalFilter,
DefaultFilterForColumn} from "./Filter";
Pass DefaultFilter For Column to use Table
hook as a default filter for all the columns.
So by default, your columns will have these
components as filters unless you provide a
custom filter or disable the filter.

21. useTable( { columns, data,
defaultColumn: { Filter:
DefaultFilterForColumn }, }, useFilters,
useGlobalFilter
Now for rendering the UI, use the following code-
{/* Rendering Global Filter */}
<GlobalFilter
preGlobalFilteredRows=
{preGlobalFilteredRows}
globalFilter={state.globalFilter}
setGlobalFilter={setGlobalFilter}
/>
{/* Rendering Default Column Filter */}
<div>
{column.canFilter ? column.render("Filter") :
null}
</div>

22. Your entire TableContainer.js will look like
this-
import { React } from "react";
import { useTable, useFilters,
useGlobalFilter } from "react-table";
import { GlobalFilter, DefaultColumnFilter }
from "./Filter";
export default function Table({ columns,
data }) {
const {
getTableProps,
getTableBodyProps,
headerGroups,
rows,
state,
visibleColumns,
prepareRow,
setGlobalFilter,
preGlobalFilteredRows,
} = useTable(
{

23. {
columns,
data,
defaultColumn: { Filter:
DefaultFilterForColumn },
},
useFilters,
useGlobalFilter
);
return (
<table {...getTableProps()}>
<thead>
<tr>
<th
colSpan={visibleColumns.length}
style={{
textAlign: "center",
}}
>

24. {/* Rendering Global Filter */}
<GlobalFilter
preGlobalFilteredRows=
{preGlobalFilteredRows}
globalFilter={state.globalFilter}
setGlobalFilter={setGlobalFilter}
/>
</th>
</tr>
{headerGroups.map((headerGroup)
=> (
<tr
{...headerGroup.getHeaderGroupProps
()}>
{headerGroup.headers.map((column)
=> (
<th
{...column.getHeaderProps()}>
{column.render("Header")}
{/* Rendering Default Column
Filter */}
<div>
{column.canFilter ?
column.render("Filter")

25. :null}
</div>
</th>
))}
</tr>
))}
</thead>
<tbody {...getTableBodyProps()}>
{rows.map((row, i) => {
prepareRow(row);
return (
<tr {...row.getRowProps()}>
{row.cells.map((cell) => {
return <td
{...cell.getCellProps()}>
{cell.render("Cell")}

26. </td>;
})}
</tr>
);
})}
</tbody>
</table>
);
}
Open App.js where we have defined the
array of columns.
Import SelectColumnFilter.
Add Filter: SelectColumnFilter to a
particular object of the column.
For using SelectColumnFilter,

27. {
Header: "Status", accessor: "show.status",
Filter: SelectColumnFilter, filter: "includes",
},
If you disable filter on any particular
column, add the following line of code-
{
Header: "Premiered", accessor:
"show.premiered", // disable the filter for
particular column disableFilters: true, Cell: ({
cell: { value } }) =&gt; value || "-",
},

28. How does
Column Filter
work in
React Table?

29. Do you remember we added a line for
implementing column filter-
<div>{column.canFilter ?
column.render("Filter") : null}</div>
The “Filter” is the property in the column
definition. It will render whichever
component is given as a value to the Filter
key.
Here we have used defaultcolumn, so no
need to define Filter for all the columns but
we have to define the Filter key for custom
filters (e.g. SelectColumnFilter)

30. The condition of column.canFilter will be
executed and it will render component
defined to key Filter.
Here we have mentioned the custom filter,
SelectColumnFilter, in the object and set
DefaultFilterForColumn as a default shown
filter.
The entire source code is available at
Github Repository. Feel free to clone and
play around with the code.

31. Conclusion

32. So, this was about how to filter your
table data using the useFilter hook. I
hope the React Table tutorial was
helpful for you. If you have any
questions or suggestions, feel free to
comment below.
If you are a ReactJs enthusiast, check
the ReactJS Tutorials page with more
tutorials and its respective github
repository.
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