Data table
Many records in one view, with search, filters, sorting, column choice, selection and paging.
Left out of Content first Content first avoids data-heavy tools. It has no dense tables, and its rows are read, not scanned. Use instead: Card, Pagination
See it live
npm run storybookWhen to use it
- Use it when: People find, compare and act on many records, often in bulk.
- Not when: A handful of rows (a plain table), or items people browse rather than compare (cards).
Instead:
How Content first uses it
Words
- Write to one person: "you", not "users".
- Short sentences with room to breathe.
- Explain why before asking for anything.
- Use: Read, Save for later, You, Next issue. Avoid: Click here, Submit, Users, Content.
The labels components use, from the voice tokens:
content.action.commit: Savecontent.action.cancel: Not nowcontent.action.destroy: Removecontent.action.retry: Try againcontent.action.empty-action: Browse guides
See Voice and tone for the whole voice.
Accessibility and keyboard
| Keyboard | What happens | Not |
|---|---|---|
| undefined | Every tool and row action is reachable by keyboard. | undefined |
Test before you ship:
- It stays a real table with headers; sorting and selection are announced. undefined
Use it in code
npx open-ds add data-table
The component reads only component keys and semantic tokens, so it follows the brand and mode on <html>.
Tokens it reads
Data table reads 12 tokens of its own, each an alias of a semantic token. Each row is one part: its own token, the semantic it aliases, and the value it ends at. Change a semantic and every component that reads it follows; override one of Data table's tokens to change Data table alone.
Content first decides what changes when you switch theme. Here a switch changes colors only, so the marked rows differ between light and dark; everything else holds steady.
| Part | Its token and the semantic it aliases | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Shared | ||
| Card radius | component.card.radiusradius.containervar(--card-radius) | radius.12:0.75rem |
| Table row height | component.table.row-heightsize.rowvar(--table-row-height) | size.48:3rem |
| Table row border Changes with theme | component.table.row-bordercolor.border.defaultvar(--table-row-border) | Lightstone.light.200:#E4DDD0Darkstone.dark.100:#2E2A24 |
| Data table | ||
| Gap | component.data-table.gapspace.gap.tightvar(--data-table-gap) | space.8:0.5rem |
| Label hover Changes with theme on hover | component.data-table.label-hovercolor.text.primaryvar(--data-table-label-hover) | Lightstone.light.900:#1F1B16Darkstone.dark.900:#FFFDF8 |
| Padding | component.data-table.paddingcomponent-spacing-map.x2var(--data-table-padding) | space.8:0.5rem |
| Gap 2 | component.data-table.gap-2space.gap.defaultvar(--data-table-gap-2) | space.16:1rem |
| Corner | component.data-table.radiusradius.badgevar(--data-table-radius) | radius.999:9999px |
| Padding, left and right | component.data-table.padding-xcomponent-spacing-map.x2var(--data-table-padding-x) | space.8:0.5rem |
| Padding, top and bottom | component.data-table.padding-ycomponent-spacing-map.x1var(--data-table-padding-y) | space.4:0.25rem |
| Background hover Changes with theme on hover | component.data-table.background-hovercolor.surface.sunkenvar(--data-table-background-hover) | Lightstone.light.100:#F6F2EADarkstone.dark.100:#2E2A24 |
| Text Changes with theme | component.data-table.labelcolor.text.mutedvar(--data-table-label) | Lightstone.light.600:#61594DDarkstone.dark.400:#A39A8B |
| From the system | ||
| Edge Changes with theme | color.border.default straight from the system, through --border | Lightstone.light.200 · #E4DDD0Darkstone.dark.100 · #2E2A24 |