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What's the most useful feature for a DataGrid?

As we're building https://infinite-table.com/ we know the it will be used in ways we haven't imagined yet - so we're developing the component with this flexibility in mind.

However, we're here to ask the community:

What do you want most from a DataGrid?

What's one feature that would immediately make you use Infinite Table?

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@raduable Thanks for giving it a try and send us this feedback!

As for replacing built-in UI components, you can definitely provide your own React components via hooks - see infinite-table.com/docs/latest/lea... - so all doable. We're still working on some parts of the UI, but we're building it in a way that will allow developers easily switch out every part of the UI with their own components. Some good examples for that would be switching out column filters, cell editors for inline editing, menus, etc.

For theming, have a look at infinite-table.com/docs/latest/lea... and we also have a full list of public CSS variables that people can use to style the DataGrid - infinite-table.com/docs/latest/lea...

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First off, performance, performance, performance! If it doesn't have this, nothing else matters. From what i've looked at your component, you guys rock 🚀! It was definitely a surprise to see how well it behaves with large data-sets.

Another very important feature for us is the ability to control every part of the UI (basically to be able to replace every built-in component with a custom component). Is Infinite capable of doing this? Also easy theming via CSS variables - that would be the cherry on the cake.