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Data Grid - Selection

Selection allows the user to select and highlight a number of rows that they can then take action on.

Row selection

Row selection can be performed with a simple mouse click, or using the keyboard shortcuts. The grid supports single and multiple row selection.

Single row selection

Single row selection is enabled by default with the DataGrid component. To unselect a row, hold the Ctrl key and click on it.

Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email
Quantity
D-4710
Milk
Daniel Austin
21,285
D-7463
Milk
Olivia Henry
81,685
D-7029
Soybean Meal
Lucy Sparks
94,298
D-6830
Wheat
Myrtle Cross
56,113
D-9445
Sugar No.14
Teresa Carter
95,377
D-6426
Sugar No.14
Marie Russell
58,074
D-354
Oats
Eva Pratt
23,324
D-855
Soybeans
Theresa Lamb
36,967
D-3799
Sugar No.14
Fanny Schmidt
23,483

Rows per page:

1–10 of 10

<DataGrid {...data} />

Multiple row selection

On the DataGridPro component, you can select multiple rows in two ways:

  • To select multiple independent rows, hold the Ctrl key while selecting rows.
  • To select a range of rows, hold the SHIFT key while selecting rows.
  • To disable multiple row selection, use disableMultipleSelection={true}.
Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email
Quantity
D-8984
Rough Rice
Mable Moreno
55,331
D-7302
Cotton No.2
Austin Reeves
11,474
D-9223
Milk
Alex Bridges
69,795
D-1622
Cotton No.2
George Hines
89,229
D-9304
Soybean Oil
Lora Burke
14,325
D-787
Soybean Oil
Cole Adams
89,170
D-4948
Oats
Lois Jennings
60,291
D-9480
Cocoa
Kevin Colon
66,132
D-6494
Milk
Polly Holt
90,734

1–10 of 100

<DataGridPro {...data} pagination pageSize={10} />

Checkbox selection

To activate checkbox selection set checkboxSelection={true}.

No rows
Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email

Rows per page:

0–0 of 0

<Button
  sx={{ mb: 2 }}
  onClick={() => setCheckboxSelection(!checkboxSelection)}
>
  Toggle checkbox selection
</Button>
<div style={{ height: 400 }}>
  <DataGrid checkboxSelection={checkboxSelection} {...data} />
</div>

Disable selection on click

You might have interactive content in the cells and need to disable the selection of the row on click. Use the disableSelectionOnClick prop in this case.

No rows
Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email
Quantity

Rows per page:

0–0 of 0

<DataGrid checkboxSelection disableSelectionOnClick {...data} />

Disable selection on certain rows

Use the isRowSelectable prop to indicate if a row can be selected. It's called with a GridRowParams object and should return a boolean value. If not specified, all rows are selectable.

In the demo below only rows with quantity above 50000 can be selected:

No rows
Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email
Quantity

Rows per page:

0–0 of 0

<DataGrid
  {...data}
  isRowSelectable={(params: GridRowParams) => params.row.quantity > 50000}
  checkboxSelection
/>

Controlled selection

Use the selectionModel prop to control the selection. Each time this prop changes, the onSelectionModelChange callback is called with the new selection value.

No rows
Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email
Quantity

Rows per page:

0–0 of 0

<DataGrid
  checkboxSelection
  onSelectionModelChange={(newSelectionModel) => {
    setSelectionModel(newSelectionModel);
  }}
  selectionModel={selectionModel}
  {...data}
/>

Usage with server-side pagination

Using the controlled selection with paginationMode="server" may result in selected rows being lost when the page is changed. This happens because the grid cross-checks with the rows prop and only calls onSelectionModelChange with existing row IDs. Depending on your server-side implementation, when the page changes and the new value for the rows prop does not include previously selected rows, the grid will call onSelectionModelChange with an empty value. To prevent this, enable the keepNonExistentRowsSelected prop to keep the rows selected even if they do not exist.

<DataGrid keepNonExistentRowsSelected />

By using this approach, clicking in the Select All checkbox may still leave some rows selected. It is up to you to clean the selection model, using the selectionModel prop. The following demo shows the prop in action:

Desk
Commodity
Trader Name
Trader Email
Quantity

1–5 of 100

apiRef

The grid exposes a set of methods that enables all of these features using the imperative apiRef.

⚠️ Only use this API as the last option. Give preference to the props to control the grid.

Signature:
getSelectedRows: () => Map<GridRowId, GridRowModel>
Signature:
isRowSelected: (id: GridRowId) => boolean
Signature:
selectRow: (id: GridRowId, isSelected?: boolean, resetSelection?: boolean) => void
Signature:
selectRowRange: (range: { startId: GridRowId; endId: GridRowId }, isSelected?: boolean, resetSelection?: boolean) => void
Signature:
selectRows: (ids: GridRowId[], isSelected?: boolean, resetSelection?: boolean) => void
Signature:
setSelectionModel: (rowIds: GridRowId[]) => void

🚧 Range selection

⚠️ This feature isn't implemented yet. It's coming.

👍 Upvote issue #208 if you want to see it land faster.

With this feature, you will be able to select ranges of cells across the Grid.

API