Guides

44 guides articles about building data grids in Svelte 5 with SvGrid.

• Optimistic UI Explained - What optimistic UI means, why it makes apps feel instant, and how to implement it safely with rollback - using a data grid as the real-world example.
• Immutable Data Updates in Svelte 5 - Svelte 5 runes track both mutation and reassignment, but for grids and lists, the way you update data determines whether re-renders are surgical or wasteful. Here are the patterns that actually hold up.
• Svelte 5 Tips and Tricks: Runes, Snippets, and More - A practical, growing list of Svelte 5 tips - $state, $derived, snippets, $bindable and the runes patterns that replace stores and slots, each with a code snippet.
• Svelte Data Grid Comparisons and Alternatives (2026) - The complete hub for choosing a Svelte data grid: honest comparisons, alternatives to popular grids, build-vs-buy, and migration guides from every major library.
• Svelte Data Grid Guides and Tutorials - Learn to build with a Svelte data grid: editing, filtering, sorting, grouping, selection, columns, cells, performance, theming, and real-world use cases.
• Connecting a Svelte Data Grid to Any Backend or Framework - Every integration guide for a Svelte data grid in one place: Supabase, Prisma, Drizzle, GraphQL, tRPC, Firebase, REST, SvelteKit SSR, Astro, Tauri, and more.
• SvGrid Studio Tips and Tricks: Build Svelte Data Apps, Fast - Practical SvGrid Studio tips - AI app generation, a designer that emits real SvelteKit, schema-driven edit forms, code-behind with ctx.grid, production auth/data/deploy toggles, and real data-source binding - each with a snippet.
• SvGrid Tips and Tricks: Get More from Your Svelte Data Grid - Practical SvGrid tips - fitColumns, cellFlash, Kanban board mode, server-side data, theming tokens and headless rendering - each with a code snippet and docs link.
• SvGrid UI Components Tips and Tricks: Svelte 5 Buttons, Inputs, Tree, Forms - Practical tips for the SvGrid UI component kit - SvButton states, a Cmd+K command palette, a virtualized searchable tree, schema-driven forms, a parsing date/time field, and the shared field contract - each with a code snippet.
• Debounce vs Throttle (for Grids and Beyond) - Debounce and throttle are not interchangeable. Here is when each one belongs in your data grid, with real code for filter inputs, live feeds, and scroll.
• CSV vs XLSX vs TSV - Which Export Format? - A practical breakdown of CSV, XLSX, and TSV for data grid exports - when each format earns its keep, what each one silently loses, and how to wire all three in SvGrid.
• Controlled vs Uncontrolled Grid State - Who owns sort, filter, and page state - you or the grid? The answer shapes your whole integration. Here is how to think about it and when each mode pays off.
• Column Virtualization Explained - Row virtualization is well understood, but wide grids expose a second bottleneck. Here is how column virtualization works, when you actually need it, and what trade-offs to expect.
• Aggregation Functions Explained (Sum, Avg, Min, Max, Count) - A practical look at SvGrid's five built-in aggregations - what they compute, where the math quietly breaks, and how to handle the server-paged case where client totals are meaningless.
• Using SvGrid with TanStack Query in Svelte - Wire TanStack Query's caching and background refetch into SvGrid for a server-driven grid that pages instantly and never shows a blank screen.
• A Svelte Data Grid with SvelteKit and Supabase - Wire SvGrid to a Supabase Postgres backend with server-side pagination, sorting, and filtering - keeping credentials on the server and queries fast with proper indexing.
• SvGrid Cheat Sheet - The One-Page Quick Reference - Dense copy-paste reference for @svgrid/grid - install, column shapes, features, the imperative API, server-side data, custom cells, and theming tokens on one page.
• What Makes a Data Table Accessible? (WCAG) - Semantic markup, WAI-ARIA grid roles, keyboard navigation, and the WCAG criteria that matter most for interactive data tables and grids.
• Client-Side vs Server-Side Data for Tables - The architectural fork that determines your grid's performance ceiling - how to pick the right data mode and wire it correctly in SvGrid.
• Data Grid vs Data Table - What's the Difference? - The terms overlap, but they point at different capability levels. Here is how to tell them apart and pick the right abstraction before you start building.
• Virtual Scrolling Explained - A practical look at how windowed rendering keeps large grids fast, what makes it break, and how to verify it's actually working.
• What Is a Headless Data Grid? - Headless grids separate behavior from rendering - sorting, filtering, grouping, and pagination logic with no markup attached. Here is what that means in practice, why it matters, and when the tradeoff is worth it.
• Documenting SvGrid in Storybook - Set up a living component catalog for your SvGrid configurations - bounded containers, reactive story args, and play functions that drive the API.
• Using SvGrid in Astro with Svelte Islands - Wire SvGrid into an Astro page as a Svelte island - hydration directives, server-fetched props, bounded height for the virtualizer, and when to switch to a server data source instead.
• SvGrid drops into your shadcn-svelte app - A side-by-side look at how little it takes to swap a hand-written shadcn Table for a full SvGrid - same tokens, same dark mode, plus sorting, filtering, and virtualization for free.
• Theming SvGrid with Tailwind CSS v4 - SvGrid's --sg-* tokens and Tailwind v4's CSS custom properties live in the same cascade. Wire them together in one CSS file and dark mode, rebranding, and multi-theme pages all become trivial.
• Using SvGrid with shadcn-svelte - Wire SvGrid's --sg-* CSS tokens to shadcn-svelte's design variables so the grid inherits your app's palette and dark mode automatically - no JavaScript required.
• Theming a Svelte Data Grid with CSS Variables and Dark Mode - How SvGrid's --sg-* CSS custom properties let you remap colors, density, and accent in plain CSS - with a full light/dark/accent switcher wired in Svelte 5.
• A Svelte Data Grid with Drizzle ORM - Wire SvGrid's server-side mode to a Drizzle ORM backend in SvelteKit for type-safe sorting, filtering, and pagination across hundreds of thousands of rows.
• Keyboard Navigation and Accessibility in SvGrid - WAI-ARIA grid semantics, roving tabindex, and live-region announcements are built into SvGrid from the start. Here is what that means in practice and where custom cells require your attention.
• A Svelte Data Grid in a Tauri Desktop App - Wire SvGrid into a Tauri app backed by SQLite - fast first paint from Rust, virtualized rendering for large local datasets, and a keyboard-native grid your desktop users expect.
• Using SvGrid with Flowbite Svelte - Wire SvGrid into a Flowbite Svelte app - map CSS tokens for dark mode, build toolbar controls from Flowbite components, and put Flowbite Buttons inside cell renderers.
• A Live Svelte Data Grid with Firebase Firestore - Wire Firestore onSnapshot to SvGrid in Svelte 5 - reactive listeners, query-driven sort and filter, cursor pagination, and the subtle cleanup detail most implementations get wrong.
• A Reactive Svelte Data Grid with Convex - Convex's server-level reactive queries mean your SvGrid stays current across all clients with no subscription management - here is how to wire it together correctly.
• End-to-End Testing SvGrid with Playwright - How to write durable Playwright tests for sorting, filtering, editing, and keyboard navigation in SvGrid - using ARIA roles so your tests double as accessibility coverage.
• A Svelte Data Grid with Prisma - Wire SvGrid to a Prisma backend in SvelteKit - server-side pagination, sorting, and filtering that scales to millions of rows without a custom query builder.
• A Svelte Data Grid with a Plain REST API - Wire SvGrid to any paginated REST endpoint - serializing sort, filter, and page state into query params, handling debounce, and cancelling stale requests before they land.
• A Svelte Data Grid with PocketBase - Wire SvGrid to PocketBase for server-side paging, sorting, and filtering via getList, plus live row updates through PocketBase realtime subscriptions.
• Using SvGrid with SvelteKit and Server-Side Rendering - SvGrid renders real HTML on the server and hydrates cleanly - no browser guards, no blank first paint, and no special adapter required.
• Unit-Testing SvGrid with Vitest - Three-layer testing strategy for SvGrid - pure accessor logic, headless row model, and rendered component - all with Vitest and no browser required.
• A Svelte Data Grid with GraphQL - Wire SvGrid to a GraphQL API with server-side sort, filter, and pagination - covering offset and cursor paging, variable translation, and the three callbacks that keep everything in sync.
• Using SvGrid with Skeleton UI - Map SvGrid's CSS token system to Skeleton UI's theme variables once, and the grid inherits dark mode, palette swaps, and every future Skeleton theme automatically.
• An End-to-End Typed Svelte Data Grid with tRPC - Wire SvGrid to a tRPC router and get full TypeScript enforcement from the Zod schema on the server down to the column field strings in the browser - no type assertions required.
• A Svelte Data Grid with Laravel and Inertia - Wire SvGrid to a Laravel backend through Inertia - partial reloads handle sorting and pagination without a separate API layer.