feat(Table): add composable sticky footer - #12645
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WalkthroughAdds opt-in sticky footer support to ChangesSticky footer support
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant TableStickyFooter
participant InnerScrollContainer
participant Table
participant Tfoot
TableStickyFooter->>InnerScrollContainer: Render fixed-height scroll container
TableStickyFooter->>Table: Enable isStickyFooter
Table->>Table: Apply stickyFooter modifier
TableStickyFooter->>Tfoot: Render total row
Tfoot->>Tfoot: Render styled tfoot element
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to At narrower container widths, the documented sticky-footer example can lose its visible table header. Restore its non-responsive layout before merge so the example remains accessible. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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Just a couple of very very small nitpicky things! Otherwise it looks good to me. :)
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In addition to the file comments below, just a couple more tests to add in:
- One checking that Tfoot renders without children (The
Accordion.test.tsxfile's first test can be used as reference) - Another test checking that children are rendered properly (can just do something like
<Tfoot>Footer content</Tfoot>rather than needing to use semantic table elements like tr or td.
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In `@packages/react-table/src/components/Table/examples/TableStickyFooter.tsx`:
- Line 9: Update the Table usage in the sticky-footer example to set
gridBreakPoint to an empty value, preserving the non-responsive layout and
keeping the table header visible while retaining isStickyFooter.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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PatternFly table-grid.scss role grid unexpected interactions CSS grid table gridBreakPoint
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In PatternFly, the table component utilizes a CSS grid-based responsive layout triggered by specific grid breakpoints (e.g., pf-m-grid-md, pf-m-grid-lg) [1][2][3]. When these breakpoints are reached, the table's internal display properties switch from a standard tabular layout to CSS grid [4][5]. The following key interactions and behaviors have been identified in technical documentation and issue reports: Unexpected Layout Interactions: When the table switches to its mobile/grid-based layout, table cells (Td) transition to display: grid [4]. This can cause immediate children of the cell to become new grid items, often leading to unintended stacking or elongation of cell content [4]. To mitigate this, PatternFly developers recommend wrapping the cell contents in a container element (such as a div) [4]. Grid Breakpoint Behavior: Responsive behavior for tables has evolved from viewport-based media queries to container queries (using pf-v6-contain-table) to allow for more flexible scoping [5][6]. Issues have historically occurred when table gridBreakPoint modifiers interact with nested components—such as expandable rows—where the internal grid structure of the nested component conflicts with the parent table's grid-column definitions [7][8]. Role Attribute: The role="grid" attribute on the table element has been noted to potentially impact accessibility interactions, specifically affecting cell focus behavior on mobile viewports, which is a known architectural choice within the component's implementation [9]. Visibility Breakpoints: Users may encounter conflicts between "stacked" table states and column visibility modifiers (e.g., hiddenOnMd), where a column is hidden based on visibility rules while the layout simultaneously triggers a stacked view [10]. These issues are typically addressed by adjusting breakpoint ranges to ensure CSS rules do not overlap in conflicting ways [10]. For the most stable implementation, ensure that table cell content is wrapped in a dedicated container and verify that any custom components within table cells (like charts or expandable content) are compatible with the table's container query-based responsive breakpoints [4][7][5].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.patternfly.org/components/table/html/
- 2: https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly/blob/main/src/patternfly/components/Table/examples/Table.md
- 3: https://pf5.patternfly.org/components/table/
- 4: GitHub issue 11279 in patternfly/patternfly-react (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 5: GitHub pull request 8054 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: GitHub issue 8054 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 7: GitHub issue 2557 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 8: GitHub pull request 2558 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 9: GitHub pull request 749 in patternfly/patternfly-next (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 10: GitHub issue 7139 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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In PatternFly’s Table “grid responsive” implementation, the modifier you asked about is pf-m-grid-md, and the table widget uses role="grid" on the table container. In the examples, the table element is rendered with table--IsGrid=true and table--modifier="pf-m-grid-md", and the documented required accessibility attributes include role="grid" and aria-label when needed.[1] However, the specific snippet you referenced (“table-grid.scss pf-m-grid-md thead display none role grid”)—i.e., an exact rule in src/patternfly/components/Table/table-grid.scss that sets thead { display: none } for pf-m-grid-md while also relating to role="grid”—is not present in the sources returned by this search. What I can confirm from the authoritative repo evidence is: - pf-m-grid-md is a responsive grid layout modifier for the table component.[1] - The table examples and accessibility documentation for the v6 table grid pattern require role="grid" on the table container.[1] - Separately, PatternFly changed the table’s markup/accessibility rules (e.g., thead cells should be , not ) as of v6.0.0-alpha.227—this is about semantic correctness, not hiding the thead.[2] - src/patternfly/components/Table/table-grid.scss was updated to use container queries for responsive behavior of grid variants (including md/lg/xl/2xl), which affects when layout changes occur, but the exact “thead display:none” behavior for pf-m-grid-md was not surfaced in the returned search results.[3][4] If you share the exact PatternFly version (v6.x.y) or the expected CSS selector block (e.g., the parent selector around thead), I can do a more targeted lookup for the precise “display:none” rule in table-grid.scss for pf-m-grid-md.
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly/blob/main/src/patternfly/components/Table/examples/Table.md
- 2: GitHub issue 6272 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 3: GitHub pull request 8054 in patternfly/patternfly (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: patternfly/patternfly@95324bf
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Preserve the non-responsive layout for this sticky-footer example.
When the table container reaches the grid-md breakpoint, the default responsive modifier switches to CSS-grid layout and hides <thead>. Table still renders role="grid", so the grid loses its exposed header row.
Restore gridBreakPoint="".
Proposed fix
- <Table aria-label="Sticky footer table" isStickyFooter>
+ <Table aria-label="Sticky footer table" gridBreakPoint="" isStickyFooter>📝 Committable suggestion
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| <Table aria-label="Sticky footer table" isStickyFooter> | |
| <Table aria-label="Sticky footer table" gridBreakPoint="" isStickyFooter> |
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In `@packages/react-table/src/components/Table/examples/TableStickyFooter.tsx` at
line 9, Update the Table usage in the sticky-footer example to set
gridBreakPoint to an empty value, preserving the non-responsive layout and
keeping the table header visible while retaining isStickyFooter.
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What: Adds support for composable sticky table footers.
Jira: PF-3996
Tfootcomponent for semantic table footer rows.isStickyFooterprop toTable.Tfootfrom@patternfly/react-table.Tfootand sticky footer behavior.Validation:
yarn jest packages/react-table/src/components/Table/__tests__/Table.test.tsx packages/react-table/src/components/Table/__tests__/Tfoot.test.tsx --runInBandyarn tsc --build packages/tsconfig.json --pretty falseBoth checks passed.
Additional issues: None.
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New Features
isStickyFooterproperty.Documentation
GitHub: #12354