Tanstack Table Core Row Pinning

This skill builds on core and table-features. Pinning creates row regions; the renderer controls order and sticky layout.

Setup

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

type Person = { id: string; name: string }
export const features = tableFeatures({ rowPinningFeature })
export const options = {
  getRowId: (row: Person) => row.id,
  keepPinnedRows: true,
}

Core Patterns

const regions = [
  table.getTopRows(),
  table.getCenterRows(),
  table.getBottomRows(),
]
for (const rows of regions) rows.forEach(renderRow)

Render each region explicitly if the visual order matters.

Common Mistakes

[HIGH] Persisting index-based IDs

Wrong: const options = { getRowId: (_row: Person, index: number) => String(index) }

Correct: const options = { getRowId: (row: Person) => row.id }

Indexes change under sorting, filtering, pagination, and insertion.

Source: docs/framework/react/guide/row-pinning.md

[HIGH] Expecting sticky rows automatically

Wrong: row.pin('top')

Correct: topRowElement.style.position = 'sticky'

Pinning state does not style or place DOM elements.

Source: examples/react/row-pinning/src/main.tsx

Choose the pinned-row visibility policy

• keepPinnedRows: true is the default. Pinned rows stay visible in their pinned region even when filtering or pagination removes them from the center row model.
• keepPinnedRows: false limits pinned rows to those present in the current filtered and paginated row model.

Choose explicitly based on product behavior; neither value is inherently wrong.

Source: packages/table-core/src/features/row-pinning/rowPinningFeature.types.ts

API Discovery

Inspect node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/dist/features/row-pinning/ for region getters, row APIs, and keepPinnedRows semantics.