Tanstack Table Core Pagination

This skill builds on core, table-features, and client-vs-server. Choose client slicing or server pages, never both accidentally.

Setup

import {
  createPaginatedRowModel,
  rowPaginationFeature,
  tableFeatures,
} from '@tanstack/table-core'

export const features = tableFeatures({
  rowPaginationFeature,
  paginatedRowModel: createPaginatedRowModel(),
})
export const initialState = { pagination: { pageIndex: 0, pageSize: 25 } }

Core Patterns

const serverOptions = { manualPagination: true, rowCount: response.total }

Pass one already-processed page and either rowCount or pageCount.

Common Mistakes

[CRITICAL] Expecting manual mode to slice

Wrong: const options = { data: allRows, manualPagination: true }

Correct: const options = { data: requestedPageRows, manualPagination: true, rowCount: totalRows }

Manual pagination trusts the provided data as the current page.

Source: https://github.com/TanStack/table/issues/4917

[HIGH] Omitting the server total

Wrong: const options = { data: pageRows, manualPagination: true }

Correct: const options = { data: pageRows, manualPagination: true, rowCount: 1234 }

Without a count, last-page and next-page availability cannot reflect the server dataset.

Source: packages/table-core/src/features/row-pagination/rowPaginationFeature.types.ts

[HIGH] Fighting automatic page resets

Wrong: onPaginationChange: setPagination

Correct: const options = { onPaginationChange: setPagination, autoResetPageIndex: false }

Client data and processing changes may reset page index; configure the policy when product state must retain it.

Source: docs/framework/react/guide/pagination.md#auto-reset-page-index

API Discovery

Inspect node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/dist/features/row-pagination/ for reset rules, count calculation, and navigation APIs.