Compare lightning-datatable and lightning-tree-grid for Data Display

These components are similar, but lightning-tree-grid has a chevron button that expands and collapses rows that have child records.

lightning-datatable uses the Data Tables blueprint from Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) and provides an easy way to display your record data on desktop.

lightning-tree-grid uses the Tree Grid blueprint from SLDS and enables you to display hierarchical data, grouping records into parent-child relationships.

Here’s a list of features supported by lightning-datatable and lightning-tree-grid.

Feature	lightning-datatable	lightning-tree-grid
Format columns by data type
Header Actions
Row Actions
Resize Columns
Select Rows
Wrap or Clip Column Content
Row Numbers
Column Sorting		-
Inline Editing		-
Infinite Scrolling		-
Expandable Rows	-

See Also

• Salesforce Lightning Design System: Displaying Data
• Component Reference: lightning-datatable
• Component Reference: lightning-tree-grid