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React Example: Filters Fuzzy

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import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'

import './index.css'

import {
  Column,
  ColumnDef,
  ColumnFiltersState,
  FilterFn,
  SortingFn,
  flexRender,
  getCoreRowModel,
  getFilteredRowModel,
  getPaginationRowModel,
  getSortedRowModel,
  sortingFns,
  useReactTable,
} from '@tanstack/react-table'

// A TanStack fork of Kent C. Dodds' match-sorter library that provides ranking information
import {
  RankingInfo,
  rankItem,
  compareItems,
} from '@tanstack/match-sorter-utils'

import { makeData, Person } from './makeData'

declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
  //add fuzzy filter to the filterFns
  interface FilterFns {
    fuzzy: FilterFn<unknown>
  }
  interface FilterMeta {
    itemRank: RankingInfo
  }
}

// Define a custom fuzzy filter function that will apply ranking info to rows (using match-sorter utils)
const fuzzyFilter: FilterFn<any> = (row, columnId, value, addMeta) => {
  // Rank the item
  const itemRank = rankItem(row.getValue(columnId), value)

  // Store the itemRank info
  addMeta({
    itemRank,
  })

  // Return if the item should be filtered in/out
  return itemRank.passed
}

// Define a custom fuzzy sort function that will sort by rank if the row has ranking information
const fuzzySort: SortingFn<any> = (rowA, rowB, columnId) => {
  let dir = 0

  // Only sort by rank if the column has ranking information
  if (rowA.columnFiltersMeta[columnId]) {
    dir = compareItems(
      rowA.columnFiltersMeta[columnId]?.itemRank!,
      rowB.columnFiltersMeta[columnId]?.itemRank!
    )
  }

  // Provide an alphanumeric fallback for when the item ranks are equal
  return dir === 0 ? sortingFns.alphanumeric(rowA, rowB, columnId) : dir
}

function App() {
  const rerender = React.useReducer(() => ({}), {})[1]

  const [columnFilters, setColumnFilters] = React.useState<ColumnFiltersState>(
    []
  )
  const [globalFilter, setGlobalFilter] = React.useState('')

  const columns = React.useMemo<ColumnDef<Person, any>[]>(
    () => [
      {
        accessorKey: 'id',
        filterFn: 'equalsString', //note: normal non-fuzzy filter column - exact match required
      },
      {
        accessorKey: 'firstName',
        cell: info => info.getValue(),
        filterFn: 'includesStringSensitive', //note: normal non-fuzzy filter column - case sensitive
      },
      {
        accessorFn: row => row.lastName,
        id: 'lastName',
        cell: info => info.getValue(),
        header: () => <span>Last Name</span>,
        filterFn: 'includesString', //note: normal non-fuzzy filter column - case insensitive
      },
      {
        accessorFn: row => `${row.firstName} ${row.lastName}`,
        id: 'fullName',
        header: 'Full Name',
        cell: info => info.getValue(),
        filterFn: 'fuzzy', //using our custom fuzzy filter function
        // filterFn: fuzzyFilter, //or just define with the function
        sortingFn: fuzzySort, //sort by fuzzy rank (falls back to alphanumeric)
      },
    ],
    []
  )

  const [data, setData] = React.useState<Person[]>(() => makeData(5_000))
  const refreshData = () => setData(_old => makeData(50_000)) //stress test

  const table = useReactTable({
    data,
    columns,
    filterFns: {
      fuzzy: fuzzyFilter, //define as a filter function that can be used in column definitions
    },
    state: {
      columnFilters,
      globalFilter,
    },
    onColumnFiltersChange: setColumnFilters,
    onGlobalFilterChange: setGlobalFilter,
    globalFilterFn: 'fuzzy', //apply fuzzy filter to the global filter (most common use case for fuzzy filter)
    getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
    getFilteredRowModel: getFilteredRowModel(), //client side filtering
    getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
    getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
    debugTable: true,
    debugHeaders: true,
    debugColumns: false,
  })

  //apply the fuzzy sort if the fullName column is being filtered
  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (table.getState().columnFilters[0]?.id === 'fullName') {
      if (table.getState().sorting[0]?.id !== 'fullName') {
        table.setSorting([{ id: 'fullName', desc: false }])
      }
    }
  }, [table.getState().columnFilters[0]?.id])

  return (
    <div className="p-2">
      <div>
        <DebouncedInput
          value={globalFilter ?? ''}
          onChange={value => setGlobalFilter(String(value))}
          className="p-2 font-lg shadow border border-block"
          placeholder="Search all columns..."
        />
      </div>
      <div className="h-2" />
      <table>
        <thead>
          {table.getHeaderGroups().map(headerGroup => (
            <tr key={headerGroup.id}>
              {headerGroup.headers.map(header => {
                return (
                  <th key={header.id} colSpan={header.colSpan}>
                    {header.isPlaceholder ? null : (
                      <>
                        <div
                          {...{
                            className: header.column.getCanSort()
                              ? 'cursor-pointer select-none'
                              : '',
                            onClick: header.column.getToggleSortingHandler(),
                          }}
                        >
                          {flexRender(
                            header.column.columnDef.header,
                            header.getContext()
                          )}
                          {{
                            asc: ' 🔼',
                            desc: ' 🔽',
                          }[header.column.getIsSorted() as string] ?? null}
                        </div>
                        {header.column.getCanFilter() ? (
                          <div>
                            <Filter column={header.column} />
                          </div>
                        ) : null}
                      </>
                    )}
                  </th>
                )
              })}
            </tr>
          ))}
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          {table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => {
            return (
              <tr key={row.id}>
                {row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => {
                  return (
                    <td key={cell.id}>
                      {flexRender(
                        cell.column.columnDef.cell,
                        cell.getContext()
                      )}
                    </td>
                  )
                })}
              </tr>
            )
          })}
        </tbody>
      </table>
      <div className="h-2" />
      <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.setPageIndex(0)}
          disabled={!table.getCanPreviousPage()}
        >
          {'<<'}
        </button>
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.previousPage()}
          disabled={!table.getCanPreviousPage()}
        >
          {'<'}
        </button>
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.nextPage()}
          disabled={!table.getCanNextPage()}
        >
          {'>'}
        </button>
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.setPageIndex(table.getPageCount() - 1)}
          disabled={!table.getCanNextPage()}
        >
          {'>>'}
        </button>
        <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
          <div>Page</div>
          <strong>
            {table.getState().pagination.pageIndex + 1} of{' '}
            {table.getPageCount()}
          </strong>
        </span>
        <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
          | Go to page:
          <input
            type="number"
            defaultValue={table.getState().pagination.pageIndex + 1}
            onChange={e => {
              const page = e.target.value ? Number(e.target.value) - 1 : 0
              table.setPageIndex(page)
            }}
            className="border p-1 rounded w-16"
          />
        </span>
        <select
          value={table.getState().pagination.pageSize}
          onChange={e => {
            table.setPageSize(Number(e.target.value))
          }}
        >
          {[10, 20, 30, 40, 50].map(pageSize => (
            <option key={pageSize} value={pageSize}>
              Show {pageSize}
            </option>
          ))}
        </select>
      </div>
      <div>{table.getPrePaginationRowModel().rows.length} Rows</div>
      <div>
        <button onClick={() => rerender()}>Force Rerender</button>
      </div>
      <div>
        <button onClick={() => refreshData()}>Refresh Data</button>
      </div>
      <pre>
        {JSON.stringify(
          {
            columnFilters: table.getState().columnFilters,
            globalFilter: table.getState().globalFilter,
          },
          null,
          2
        )}
      </pre>
    </div>
  )
}

function Filter({ column }: { column: Column<any, unknown> }) {
  const columnFilterValue = column.getFilterValue()

  return (
    <DebouncedInput
      type="text"
      value={(columnFilterValue ?? '') as string}
      onChange={value => column.setFilterValue(value)}
      placeholder={`Search...`}
      className="w-36 border shadow rounded"
    />
  )
}

// A typical debounced input react component
function DebouncedInput({
  value: initialValue,
  onChange,
  debounce = 500,
  ...props
}: {
  value: string | number
  onChange: (value: string | number) => void
  debounce?: number
} & Omit<React.InputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement>, 'onChange'>) {
  const [value, setValue] = React.useState(initialValue)

  React.useEffect(() => {
    setValue(initialValue)
  }, [initialValue])

  React.useEffect(() => {
    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
      onChange(value)
    }, debounce)

    return () => clearTimeout(timeout)
  }, [value])

  return (
    <input {...props} value={value} onChange={e => setValue(e.target.value)} />
  )
}

const rootElement = document.getElementById('root')
if (!rootElement) throw new Error('Failed to find the root element')

ReactDOM.createRoot(rootElement).render(
  <React.StrictMode>
    <App />
  </React.StrictMode>
)
import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'

import './index.css'

import {
  Column,
  ColumnDef,
  ColumnFiltersState,
  FilterFn,
  SortingFn,
  flexRender,
  getCoreRowModel,
  getFilteredRowModel,
  getPaginationRowModel,
  getSortedRowModel,
  sortingFns,
  useReactTable,
} from '@tanstack/react-table'

// A TanStack fork of Kent C. Dodds' match-sorter library that provides ranking information
import {
  RankingInfo,
  rankItem,
  compareItems,
} from '@tanstack/match-sorter-utils'

import { makeData, Person } from './makeData'

declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
  //add fuzzy filter to the filterFns
  interface FilterFns {
    fuzzy: FilterFn<unknown>
  }
  interface FilterMeta {
    itemRank: RankingInfo
  }
}

// Define a custom fuzzy filter function that will apply ranking info to rows (using match-sorter utils)
const fuzzyFilter: FilterFn<any> = (row, columnId, value, addMeta) => {
  // Rank the item
  const itemRank = rankItem(row.getValue(columnId), value)

  // Store the itemRank info
  addMeta({
    itemRank,
  })

  // Return if the item should be filtered in/out
  return itemRank.passed
}

// Define a custom fuzzy sort function that will sort by rank if the row has ranking information
const fuzzySort: SortingFn<any> = (rowA, rowB, columnId) => {
  let dir = 0

  // Only sort by rank if the column has ranking information
  if (rowA.columnFiltersMeta[columnId]) {
    dir = compareItems(
      rowA.columnFiltersMeta[columnId]?.itemRank!,
      rowB.columnFiltersMeta[columnId]?.itemRank!
    )
  }

  // Provide an alphanumeric fallback for when the item ranks are equal
  return dir === 0 ? sortingFns.alphanumeric(rowA, rowB, columnId) : dir
}

function App() {
  const rerender = React.useReducer(() => ({}), {})[1]

  const [columnFilters, setColumnFilters] = React.useState<ColumnFiltersState>(
    []
  )
  const [globalFilter, setGlobalFilter] = React.useState('')

  const columns = React.useMemo<ColumnDef<Person, any>[]>(
    () => [
      {
        accessorKey: 'id',
        filterFn: 'equalsString', //note: normal non-fuzzy filter column - exact match required
      },
      {
        accessorKey: 'firstName',
        cell: info => info.getValue(),
        filterFn: 'includesStringSensitive', //note: normal non-fuzzy filter column - case sensitive
      },
      {
        accessorFn: row => row.lastName,
        id: 'lastName',
        cell: info => info.getValue(),
        header: () => <span>Last Name</span>,
        filterFn: 'includesString', //note: normal non-fuzzy filter column - case insensitive
      },
      {
        accessorFn: row => `${row.firstName} ${row.lastName}`,
        id: 'fullName',
        header: 'Full Name',
        cell: info => info.getValue(),
        filterFn: 'fuzzy', //using our custom fuzzy filter function
        // filterFn: fuzzyFilter, //or just define with the function
        sortingFn: fuzzySort, //sort by fuzzy rank (falls back to alphanumeric)
      },
    ],
    []
  )

  const [data, setData] = React.useState<Person[]>(() => makeData(5_000))
  const refreshData = () => setData(_old => makeData(50_000)) //stress test

  const table = useReactTable({
    data,
    columns,
    filterFns: {
      fuzzy: fuzzyFilter, //define as a filter function that can be used in column definitions
    },
    state: {
      columnFilters,
      globalFilter,
    },
    onColumnFiltersChange: setColumnFilters,
    onGlobalFilterChange: setGlobalFilter,
    globalFilterFn: 'fuzzy', //apply fuzzy filter to the global filter (most common use case for fuzzy filter)
    getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
    getFilteredRowModel: getFilteredRowModel(), //client side filtering
    getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
    getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
    debugTable: true,
    debugHeaders: true,
    debugColumns: false,
  })

  //apply the fuzzy sort if the fullName column is being filtered
  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (table.getState().columnFilters[0]?.id === 'fullName') {
      if (table.getState().sorting[0]?.id !== 'fullName') {
        table.setSorting([{ id: 'fullName', desc: false }])
      }
    }
  }, [table.getState().columnFilters[0]?.id])

  return (
    <div className="p-2">
      <div>
        <DebouncedInput
          value={globalFilter ?? ''}
          onChange={value => setGlobalFilter(String(value))}
          className="p-2 font-lg shadow border border-block"
          placeholder="Search all columns..."
        />
      </div>
      <div className="h-2" />
      <table>
        <thead>
          {table.getHeaderGroups().map(headerGroup => (
            <tr key={headerGroup.id}>
              {headerGroup.headers.map(header => {
                return (
                  <th key={header.id} colSpan={header.colSpan}>
                    {header.isPlaceholder ? null : (
                      <>
                        <div
                          {...{
                            className: header.column.getCanSort()
                              ? 'cursor-pointer select-none'
                              : '',
                            onClick: header.column.getToggleSortingHandler(),
                          }}
                        >
                          {flexRender(
                            header.column.columnDef.header,
                            header.getContext()
                          )}
                          {{
                            asc: ' 🔼',
                            desc: ' 🔽',
                          }[header.column.getIsSorted() as string] ?? null}
                        </div>
                        {header.column.getCanFilter() ? (
                          <div>
                            <Filter column={header.column} />
                          </div>
                        ) : null}
                      </>
                    )}
                  </th>
                )
              })}
            </tr>
          ))}
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          {table.getRowModel().rows.map(row => {
            return (
              <tr key={row.id}>
                {row.getVisibleCells().map(cell => {
                  return (
                    <td key={cell.id}>
                      {flexRender(
                        cell.column.columnDef.cell,
                        cell.getContext()
                      )}
                    </td>
                  )
                })}
              </tr>
            )
          })}
        </tbody>
      </table>
      <div className="h-2" />
      <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.setPageIndex(0)}
          disabled={!table.getCanPreviousPage()}
        >
          {'<<'}
        </button>
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.previousPage()}
          disabled={!table.getCanPreviousPage()}
        >
          {'<'}
        </button>
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.nextPage()}
          disabled={!table.getCanNextPage()}
        >
          {'>'}
        </button>
        <button
          className="border rounded p-1"
          onClick={() => table.setPageIndex(table.getPageCount() - 1)}
          disabled={!table.getCanNextPage()}
        >
          {'>>'}
        </button>
        <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
          <div>Page</div>
          <strong>
            {table.getState().pagination.pageIndex + 1} of{' '}
            {table.getPageCount()}
          </strong>
        </span>
        <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
          | Go to page:
          <input
            type="number"
            defaultValue={table.getState().pagination.pageIndex + 1}
            onChange={e => {
              const page = e.target.value ? Number(e.target.value) - 1 : 0
              table.setPageIndex(page)
            }}
            className="border p-1 rounded w-16"
          />
        </span>
        <select
          value={table.getState().pagination.pageSize}
          onChange={e => {
            table.setPageSize(Number(e.target.value))
          }}
        >
          {[10, 20, 30, 40, 50].map(pageSize => (
            <option key={pageSize} value={pageSize}>
              Show {pageSize}
            </option>
          ))}
        </select>
      </div>
      <div>{table.getPrePaginationRowModel().rows.length} Rows</div>
      <div>
        <button onClick={() => rerender()}>Force Rerender</button>
      </div>
      <div>
        <button onClick={() => refreshData()}>Refresh Data</button>
      </div>
      <pre>
        {JSON.stringify(
          {
            columnFilters: table.getState().columnFilters,
            globalFilter: table.getState().globalFilter,
          },
          null,
          2
        )}
      </pre>
    </div>
  )
}

function Filter({ column }: { column: Column<any, unknown> }) {
  const columnFilterValue = column.getFilterValue()

  return (
    <DebouncedInput
      type="text"
      value={(columnFilterValue ?? '') as string}
      onChange={value => column.setFilterValue(value)}
      placeholder={`Search...`}
      className="w-36 border shadow rounded"
    />
  )
}

// A typical debounced input react component
function DebouncedInput({
  value: initialValue,
  onChange,
  debounce = 500,
  ...props
}: {
  value: string | number
  onChange: (value: string | number) => void
  debounce?: number
} & Omit<React.InputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement>, 'onChange'>) {
  const [value, setValue] = React.useState(initialValue)

  React.useEffect(() => {
    setValue(initialValue)
  }, [initialValue])

  React.useEffect(() => {
    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
      onChange(value)
    }, debounce)

    return () => clearTimeout(timeout)
  }, [value])

  return (
    <input {...props} value={value} onChange={e => setValue(e.target.value)} />
  )
}

const rootElement = document.getElementById('root')
if (!rootElement) throw new Error('Failed to find the root element')

ReactDOM.createRoot(rootElement).render(
  <React.StrictMode>
    <App />
  </React.StrictMode>
)
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