Programatically update a row in DataTable ?

[MikeLewell]

I am looking for a way to update an entire row or sibling values when using the column editor. Other table libraries have this functionality such as MUI. Does this exist in Prime React ?

[melloware]

I don't think updating a single row is possible. @sja-cslab thoughts?

[sja-cslab]

I'm not exactly sure what "update an entire row" means.
Just sounds like row edit to me.

[MikeLewell]

Apologies, my description isn't the most clear.

I am asking if there is a way to update an entire row programatically via a call back. ColumnEditorOptions has editorCallback to update the column field. It would be nice if there was a way to also update the entire row value. This is useful when the data is more complex. Such as, when passing a nested structure, where I may need to overwrite an entire object property in the row.

As an aside, I have noticed a couple potential bugs:

• It appears that nested object properties in the DataTable row are passed by reference to the internal state. This leads to some weird behaviour when edit mode also mutates the source data. I am working around it by deep cloning the DataTable value each time it is passed to the table. Just thought that was worth mentioning.
• Canceling edit mode retains the internal edited state of object values. It would be nice if edit mode replaced the internal state with the pre-edited row state. I am working around it by forcing a re-render of the entire table.

I think this is a great product, much nicer DX than the alternatives.

[sja-cslab]

I'm still not 100% what you try to achive, sorry.
Row-data is a combined set of column-data that's how it works.
If you want to edit a whole row then, you should just need to edit your sourcedata which should be reflected by the datatable as soon as react re-renders.
You can achive this by e.g. using onRowEditComplete where you get an event including all things you need.
Or by implementing a whole edit yourself (thats what i do).

It appears that nested object properties in the DataTable row are passed by reference to the internal state. This leads to some weird behaviour when edit mode also mutates the source data. I am working around it by deep cloning the DataTable value each time it is passed to the table. Just thought that was worth mentioning.

I've noticed that myself for a while #6738. I cannot remember what exactly happened and why I closed that.