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Angular Data Grid Quickstart

Quickstart

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Render your first CoreUI Data Grid for Angular in a few lines — columns, data, a stable row key, then your first feature.

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This guide builds a working grid from scratch. It assumes you’ve installed @coreui/angular-data-grid and loaded the grid stylesheet.

1. The component

DataGridComponent is standalone — import it and drop <c-data-grid> into your template:

import { Component } from '@angular/core'
import { DataGridComponent } from '@coreui/angular-data-grid'

@Component({
  selector: 'app-users',
  imports: [DataGridComponent],
  template: `<c-data-grid [columns]="columns" [items]="items" [itemKey]="itemKey" />`
})
export class UsersComponent {}

2. Columns and data

Define columns by key (the property to read from each item) and bind your items:

import { Component } from '@angular/core'
import { DataGridComponent } from '@coreui/angular-data-grid'
import type { DataGridColumn, DataGridItem } from '@coreui/angular-data-grid'

@Component({
  selector: 'app-users',
  imports: [DataGridComponent],
  template: `<c-data-grid [columns]="columns" [items]="items" [itemKey]="itemKey" />`
})
export class UsersComponent {
  readonly columns: DataGridColumn[] = [
    { key: 'name', label: 'Name' },
    { key: 'role', label: 'Role' }
  ]

  readonly items: DataGridItem[] = [
    { id: 1, name: 'Alice', role: 'admin' },
    { id: 2, name: 'Bob', role: 'editor' },
    { id: 3, name: 'Carol', role: 'viewer' }
  ]

  readonly itemKey = (item: DataGridItem) => String(item.id)
}

itemKey returns a stable id per row. It’s optional, but selection needs it to survive sorting and filtering — set it up front.

3. Turn on a feature

Every feature is a single input. Add filtering and selection:

<c-data-grid
  [columns]="columns"
  [items]="items"
  [itemKey]="itemKey"
  [columnFilters]="true"
  [globalFilter]="true"
  [rowSelection]="true"
/>

Sorting is on by default. From here, explore the feature matrix or jump to any feature page.

4. React to changes

The grid emits outputs with structured state:

<c-data-grid
  [columns]="columns"
  [items]="items"
  [itemKey]="itemKey"
  [rowSelection]="true"
  (selectionChange)="onSelectionChange($event)"
/>
import type { DataGridSelectionChangeEvent } from '@coreui/angular-data-grid'

onSelectionChange({ selectedItems }: DataGridSelectionChangeEvent) {
  console.log(selectedItems)
}

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