Tanstack Solid Table Create Table Hook

This skill builds on @tanstack/table-core#core, getting-started, and table-state. Use a factory when tables share policy; keep one-off tables on createTable.

Setup

import {
  createTableHook,
  rowSelectionFeature,
  tableFeatures,
} from '@tanstack/solid-table'

export const { createAppColumnHelper, createAppTable, useTableContext } =
  createTableHook({
    features: tableFeatures({ rowSelectionFeature }),
    getRowId: (row: { id: string }) => row.id,
  })

Core Patterns

Infer columns with the bound helper

type Person = { id: string; name: string }
const helper = createAppColumnHelper<Person>()
const columns = helper.columns([helper.accessor('name', { header: 'Name' })])

Preserve per-table reactivity

const table = createAppTable({
  columns,
  get data() {
    return data()
  },
})
return <table.AppTable>{() => <RowCount />}</table.AppTable>

Common Mistakes

MEDIUM Abstracting a one-off table

Wrong:

const app = createTableHook({ features: tableFeatures({}) })

Correct:

const table = createTable({ features, columns, data })

The factory should encode repeated app conventions rather than add ceremony.

Source: docs/framework/solid/guide/composable-tables.md

HIGH Passing per-table snapshots

Wrong:

createAppTable({ columns, data: data() })

Correct:

createAppTable({
  columns,
  get data() {
    return data()
  },
})

The getter preserves Solid tracking when the signal changes.

Source: examples/solid/composable-tables

HIGH Reading context outside wrappers

Wrong:

return <RowCount />

Correct:

return <table.AppTable>{() => <RowCount />}</table.AppTable>

Returned context hooks must run under the matching factory wrapper; use them instead of prop drilling registered components.

Source: packages/solid-table/src/createTableHook.tsx

API Discovery

Inspect node_modules/@tanstack/solid-table/dist/createTableHook.d.ts for exact returned names, component binding, context providers, and reactive option merging.