Column Hiding Feature Guide

The column hiding feature is enabled by default and allows the user to hide data columns from either the column actions menu or the columns menu.

Relevant Props

#	Type	Default Value	More Info Links
1	boolean	true	MRT Column Hiding Docs

2	OnChangeFn<ColumnVisibilityState>		TanStack Table Column Visibility Docs

Relevant Column Options

	#	Column Option 2	Type	Default Value	More Info Links
	1		boolean

Relevant State

	#	State Option	Type	Default Value	More Info Links
	1		Record<string, boolean>	{}	TanStack Table Column Visibility Docs

Hide Some Columns by Default

You can easily hide columns by default by setting the columnVisibility state or initialState to hide the desired columns by id.

<MaterialReactTable
  columns={columns}
  data={data}
  initialState={{ columnVisibility: { firstName: false } }} //hide firstName column by default
/>

Disable Column Hiding

If you do not want this feature to be enabled at all, you can disable it by setting the enableHiding prop to false.

<MaterialReactTable columns={columns} data={data} enableHiding={false} />

Alternatively, you can disable hiding specific columns by setting the enableHiding column option to false per column.

If you want to hide certain columns by default, you can specify an column visibility in the initialState.columnVisibility prop. This can also be useful for making the column hiding state persistent.

Demo

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Drop to group by

First Name	Last Name	City	State
Dylan	Murray	East Daphne	Kentucky
Raquel	Kohler	Columbus	Ohio
Ervin	Reinger	South Linda	West Virginia
Brittany	McCullough	Lincoln	Nebraska
Branson	Frami	Charleston	South Carolina

Source Code

1import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
2import { MaterialReactTable, type MRT_ColumnDef } from 'material-react-table';
3
4const Example = () => {
5  const columns = useMemo(
6    () =>
7      [
8        {
9          accessorKey: 'firstName',
10          enableHiding: false,
11          header: 'First Name',
12        },
13        {
14          accessorKey: 'lastName',
15          enableHiding: false,
16          header: 'Last Name',
17        },
18        {
19          accessorKey: 'address',
20          header: 'Address',
21        },
22        {
23          accessorKey: 'city',
24          header: 'City',
25        },
26        {
27          accessorKey: 'state',
28          header: 'State',
29        },
30      ] as MRT_ColumnDef<(typeof data)[0]>[],
31    [],
32  );
33
34  const data = useMemo(
35    () => [
36      //data definitions...
37      {
38        firstName: 'Dylan',
39        lastName: 'Murray',
40        address: '261 Erdman Ford',
41        city: 'East Daphne',
42        state: 'Kentucky',
43      },
44      {
45        firstName: 'Raquel',
46        lastName: 'Kohler',
47        address: '769 Dominic Grove',
48        city: 'Columbus',
49        state: 'Ohio',
50      },
51      {
52        firstName: 'Ervin',
53        lastName: 'Reinger',
54        address: '566 Brakus Inlet',
55        city: 'South Linda',
56        state: 'West Virginia',
57      },
58      {
59        firstName: 'Brittany',
60        lastName: 'McCullough',
61        address: '722 Emie Stream',
62        city: 'Lincoln',
63        state: 'Nebraska',
64      },
65      {
66        firstName: 'Branson',
67        lastName: 'Frami',
68        address: '32188 Larkin Turnpike',
69        city: 'Charleston',
70        state: 'South Carolina',
71      },
72      
73    ],
74    [],
75  );
76  return (
77    <MaterialReactTable
78      columns={columns}
79      data={data}
80      initialState={{ columnVisibility: { address: false } }}
81    />
82  );
83};
84
85export default Example;
86

Enable Column Hiding on Display Columns

By default, column hiding is only enabled on data columns. Display columns, such as mrt-row-numbers, mrt-row-select, etc., do not have column hiding enabled, and their toggle will be disabled. You can turn that back on by setting the enableHiding option to true in the displayColumnsOptions prop.

<MaterialReactTable
  columns={columns}
  data={data}
  displayColumnDefOptions={{
    'mrt-row-numbers': {
      enableHiding: true, //now row numbers are hidable too
    },
  }}
/>

See the Display Columns Feature Guide for a more in depth explanation of the displayColumnsOptions prop.

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