Vue Data GridComponents

You can create your own custom components to customise the behaviour of the grid. For example you can customise how cells are rendered, how values are edited and also create your own filters.

The full list of component types you can provide in AG Grid are as follows:

Cell Renderer: To customise the contents of a cell.
Cell Editor: To customise the editing of a cell.
Date Component: To customise the date selection component in the date filter.
Filter Component: For custom column filter that appears inside the column menu.
Floating Filter: For custom column floating filter that appears inside the column menu.
Header Component: To customise the header of a column and column groups.
Loading Cell Renderer: To customise the loading cell row when using Server Side row model.
Overlay Component: To customise loading and no rows overlay components.
Status Bar Component: For custom status bar components.
Tool Panel Component: For custom tool panel components.
Tooltip Component: For custom cell tooltip components.

The remainder of this page gives information that is common across all the component types.

Declaring Custom Components

VueJS components can be defined as either simple inline components, or as full/complex externalised ones (i.e in a separate file).

"Inline" Components

export default {
  data() {
      return {
          ...data 
      }
  },
  components: {
      AgGridVue,              // the actual AgGridVue Grid component
      CubeComponent: {        // an inline custom component
          template: '<span>{{ valueCubed() }}</span>',
          methods: {
              valueCubed() {
                  return this.params.value * this.params.value * this.params.value;
              }
          }
      }
  }
}

Note here that we can define the property name either quoted or not but note that in order to reference these components in your column definitions you'll need to provide them as case-sensitive strings.

Locally Declared Components

const SquareComponent = {
   template: '<span>{{ valueSquared() }}</span>',
   methods: {
       valueSquared() {
           return this.params.value * this.params.value;
       }
   }
};

Externalised JavaScript Components (.js files)

// SquareComponent.js
export default {
   template: '<span>{{ valueSquared() }}</span>',
   methods: {
       valueSquared() {
           return this.params.value * this.params.value;
       }
   }
};

Externalised Single File Components (SFC / .vue files)

<template>
    <span class="currency">{{ params.value | currency('EUR') }}</span>
</template>

<script>
export default {
    filters: {
        currency(value, symbol) {
            let result = value;
            if (!isNaN(value)) {
                result = value.toFixed(2);
            }
            return symbol ? symbol + result : result;
        }
    } };</script>

<style scoped>
    .currency {
        color: blue; }</style>

Note that in this case the component name will match the actual reference, but you can specify a different one if you choose:

components: {
    AgGridVue,
    'MySquareComponent': SquareComponent
}

All of the above works if you're going to register components by Name (see below). If you wish to register components by direct reference then you will need to wrap your component with Vue.extend(...your component...) (for Vue 2), or defineComponent(...your component...) (for Vue 3).

We highly recommend registration by name for the flexibility it provides - all of our examples use registration by name.

Registering Custom Components

The pages for each component type (cell renderer, cell editor etc) contain examples on how to register and use each component type. It is however useful here to step back and focus on the component registration process which is common across all component types.

There are generally two ways to register custom components ("inline" components can only be registered by name):

By name
Direct reference (deprecated)

Both options are fully supported by the grid - however we recommend referencing by name as registering by Direct Reference is deprecated. It's also the case that registering by name is the more flexible of the two options - given this, all of the examples in the documentation use registering by name. The direct reference approach is kept for backwards compatibility as this was the original way to do it in AG Grid.

Registering Inline Custom Components

Inline Custom Components can only be registered within the Grid by name:

<template>
  <ag-grid-vue :columnDefs="columnDefs" ...other properties>
  </ag-grid-vue>
</template>

<script>
//...other imports
import {AgGridVue} from "ag-grid-vue3";

export default {
  components: {
      AgGridVue,
      CubeComponent: {
          template: '<span>{{ valueCubed() }}</span>',
          methods: {
              valueCubed() {
                  return this.params.value * this.params.value * this.params.value;
              }
          }
      }
  },
  data() {
      return {
          columnDefs: [
               {
                  headerName: "Cube",
                  field: "value",
                  cellRenderer: 'CubeComponent',     
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  //...other properties & methods
}
</script>

Registering Non-Inline Custom Components

1. By Name

To use a component within the grid you will reference components by case-sensitive name, for example:

<template>
  <ag-grid-vue ...other properties>
  </ag-grid-vue>
</template>

<script>
//...other imports
import {AgGridVue} from "ag-grid-vue3";
import CubeComponent from './CubeComponent.vue';

export default {
  components: {
      AgGridVue,
      CubeComponent
  }
  data() {
      return {
          columnDefs: [
               {
                  headerName: "Cube",
                  field: "value",
                  cellRenderer: 'CubeComponent'     
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  //...other properties & methods
}
</script>

2. By Direct Reference

Deprecated.

This approach is supported but not recommend and will be removed in a future release.

When registering components within the Grid by direct reference the target components must be wrapped in Vue.extend(...) (for Vue 2), or defineComponent(...) (for Vue 3):

<template>
  <ag-grid-vue ...other properties>
  </ag-grid-vue>
</template>

<script>
//...other imports
import Vue from "vue";
import {AgGridVue} from "ag-grid-vue3";

// component wrapped in Vue.extend for direct reference
const CubeComponent = Vue.extend({
  template: '<span>{{ valueCubed() }}</span>',
  methods: {
      valueCubed() {
          return this.params.value * this.params.value * this.params.value;
      }
  }
};


export default {
  components: {
      AgGridVue,
      // CubeComponent does not have to be registered here when registering by direct reference
  }
  data() {
      return {
          columnDefs: [
               {
                  headerName: "Cube",
                  field: "value",
                  cellRenderer: CubeComponent
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  //...other properties & methods
}
</script>

Example: Registering Components

Advantages of By Name

Registering components by name has the following advantages:

Implementations can change without having to change all the column definitions. For example, you may have 20 columns using a currency cell renderer. If you want to update the cell renderer to another currency cell renderer, you only need to do it in only place (where the cell renderer is registered) and all columns will pick up the new implementation.
The part of the grid specifying column definitions is plain JSON. This is helpful for applications that read column definitions from static data. If you referred to the class name directly inside the column definition, it would not be possible to convert the column definition to JSON.
No need to wrap components with Vue.extend(...) / defineComponent(...)

Providing Additional Parameters

Each Custom Component gets a set of parameters from the grid. For example, for Cell Renderer the grid provides, among other things, the value to be rendered. You can provide additional properties to the Custom Component (e.g. what currency symbol to use) by providing additional parameters specific to your application.

To provide additional parameters, use the property [prop-name]Params, e.g. cellRendererParams.

<ag-grid-vue
    :columnDefs="columnDefs"
    /* other grid options ... */>
</ag-grid-vue>

this.columnDefs = [
    { 
        field: 'price',
        cellRenderer: PriceCellRenderer,
        cellRendererParams: {
            currency: 'EUR'
        }
    },
];

Mixing JavaScript and Vue

When providing Custom Components you have a choice of the following:

Provide an AG Grid component in JavaScript.
Provide an AG Grid component as an Vue Component.

For example if you want to build a cell renderer you have the choice to build the cell renderer using either Vue or using plain JavaScript.

The following code snippet shows how both JavaScript and Vue Components can be used at the same time:

<template>
  <ag-grid-vue :components="components" 
               ...other properties>
  </ag-grid-vue>
</template>

<script>
//...other imports
import {AgGridVue} from "ag-grid-vue3";
import JavascriptComponent from './JavascriptComponent.js';
import VueComponent from './VueComponent.vue';

export default {
  components: {
      AgGridVue,
      // Vue components are registered here
      'vueComponent': VueComponent
  }
  data() {
      return {
          // JavaScript components are registered here, for when looking up component by name
          components: {
              // declare the javascript component
              'javascriptComponent': JavascriptComponent
          },          
          columnDefs: [
               {
                  headerName: "JS Cell",
                  field: "value",
                  cellRenderer: 'javascriptComponent',    // reference/use the javascript component by name
              },
               {
                  headerName: "JS Cell",
                  field: "value",
                  cellRenderer: JavascriptComponent,    // reference/use the javascript component directly
              },
              {
                  headerName: "Vue Cell",
                  field: "value",
                  cellRenderer: 'vueComponent',  // reference/use the Vue component
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  //...other properties & methods
}
</script>

Change the documentation view to JavaScript to see how to create a plain JavaScript component.

Component Usage

The below table gives a summary of the components, where they are configured and using what attribute.

Component	Where	Attribute
Cell Renderer	Column Definition	cellRenderer cellRendererParams cellRendererSelector
Cell Editor	Column Definition	cellEditor cellEditorParams cellEditorSelector
Filter	Column Definition	filter filterParams
Floating Filter	Column Definition	floatingFilter floatingFilterParams
Header Component	Column Definition	headerComponent headerComponentParams
Header Group Component	Column Definition	headerGroupComponent headerGroupComponentParams
Tooltip Component	Column Definition	tooltipComponent tooltipComponentParams
Group Row Cell Renderer	Grid Option	groupRowRenderer groupRowRendererParams
Group Row Inner Cell Renderer	Grid Option	innerRenderer innerRendererParams
Detail Cell Renderer	Grid Option	detailCellRenderer detailCellRendererParams
Full Width Cell Renderer	Grid Option	fullWidthCellRenderer fullWidthCellRendererParams
Loading Cell Renderer	Grid Option	loadingCellRenderer loadingCellRendererParams
Loading Overlay	Grid Option	loadingOverlayComponent loadingOverlayComponentParams
No Rows Overlay	Grid Option	noRowsOverlayComponent noRowsOverlayComponentParams
Date Component	Grid Option	dateComponent dateComponentParams
Status Bar Component	Grid Option -> Status Bar	statusPanel statusPanelParams
Tool Panel	Grid Option -> Side Bar	toolPanel toolPanelParams

Grid Provided Components

The grid comes with pre-registered components that can be used. Each component provided by the grid starts with the namespaces 'ag' to minimise naming conflicts with user provided components. The full list of grid provided components are in the table below.

Date Inputs
agDateInput	Default date input used by filters.
Column Headers
agColumnHeader	Default column header.
agColumnHeaderGroup	Default column group header.
Column Filters
agSetColumnFilter	Set filter (default when using AG Grid Enterprise).
agTextColumnFilter	Simple text filter (default when using AG Grid Community).
agNumberColumnFilter	Number filter.
agDateColumnFilter	Date filter.
Floating Filters
agSetColumnFloatingFilter	Floating set filter.
agTextColumnFloatingFilter	Floating text filter.
agNumberColumnFloatingFilter	Floating number filter.
agDateColumnFloatingFilter	Floating date filter.
Cell Renderers
agAnimateShowChangeCellRenderer	Cell renderer that animates value changes.
agAnimateSlideCellRenderer	Cell renderer that animates value changes.
agGroupCellRenderer	Cell renderer for displaying group information.
agLoadingCellRenderer	Cell renderer for loading row when using Enterprise row model.
Overlays
agLoadingOverlay	Loading overlay.
agNoRowsOverlay	No rows overlay.
Cell Editors
agTextCellEditor	Text cell editor.
agSelectCellEditor	Select cell editor.
agRichSelectCellEditor	Rich select editor.
agLargeTextCellEditor	Large text cell editor.
Master Detail
agDetailCellRenderer	Detail panel for master / detail grid.

Overriding Grid Components

It is also possible to override components. Where the grid uses a default value, this means the override component will be used instead. The default components, where overriding makes sense, are as follows:

agDateInput: To change the default date selection across all filters.
agColumnHeader: To change the default column header across all columns.
agColumnGroupHeader: To change the default column group header across all columns.
agLoadingCellRenderer: To change the default loading cell renderer for Enterprise Row Model.
agLoadingOverlay: To change the default 'loading' overlay.
agNoRowsOverlay: To change the default loading 'no rows' overlay.
agCellEditor: To change the default cell editor.
agDetailCellRenderer: To change the default detail panel for master / detail grids.

To override the default component, register the custom component in the GridOptions components property under the above name.

const MyApp = {
   // Here is where we specify the components to be used instead of the default
   components: {
       'ag-grid-vue': AgGridVue
       agDateInput: CustomDateComponent,
       agColumnHeader: CustomHeaderComponent
   },

Overridable grid components are the only components you need to additionally specify with components in order to tie their usage to the actual component. All other registration types specify their usage in column definitions or on the AgGridVue component itself.

For an example of this please refer to the Date Component documentation.

Declaring Custom Components

"Inline" Components

Locally Declared Components

Externalised JavaScript Components (.js files)

Externalised Single File Components (SFC / .vue files)

Registering Custom Components

Registering Inline Custom Components

Registering Non-Inline Custom Components

1. By Name

2. By Direct Reference

Advantages of By Name

Providing Additional Parameters

Mixing JavaScript and Vue

Component Usage

Grid Provided Components

Date Inputs

Column Headers

Column Filters

Floating Filters

Cell Renderers

Overlays

Cell Editors

Master Detail

Overriding Grid Components