How to Add Vertical Scrollbar to React-Bootstrap Table Body ?

React Bootstrap is a popular library that combines the power of React with the styling capabilities of Bootstrap, allowing developers to create elegant and responsive user interfaces effortlessly. When working with tabular data in a web application.

In this article, we will walk through the steps to add a vertical scrollbar to the body of a react-bootstrap table. This feature is especially useful when dealing with large datasets or tables with varying row heights. By incorporating a vertical scrollbar, users can efficiently navigate through the content, enhancing the overall user experience.

Prerequisites:

• ReactJS
• CSS
• JSX
• Bootstrap

Creating React App and Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command

npx create-react-app <<name of Application>>

Step 2: Navigate to the Bootstrap project folder using the following command

cd <<Name of application>>

Step 3: Now install React-bootstrap and bootstrap

npm install react-bootstrap bootstrap

Step 4: Add Bootstrap CSS to index.js

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';

Project Structure:

Project Structure

The updated dependencies in package.json will look like this:

{
  "name": "verticalscorlbar",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.17.0",
    "@testing-library/react": "^13.4.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
    "bootstrap": "^5.3.2",
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-bootstrap": "^2.9.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
    "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
  }
}

Example: Now write down the following code in App.js file. Here App is our default component where we have written our code.

Javascript

// App.js File

import React from "react";
import { Table } from "react-bootstrap";

const MyTable = () => {

  // Sample data
  const rows = [
    { id: 1, name: "John", age: 30 },
    { id: 2, name: "Alice", age: 25 },
    { id: 3, name: "Bob", age: 35 },
    { id: 4, name: "Eve", age: 28 },
    { id: 5, name: "Grace", age: 32 },
    { id: 6, name: "Michael", age: 40 },
    { id: 7, name: "Olivia", age: 22 },
    { id: 8, name: "Michael", age: 40 },
    { id: 9, name: "Olivia", age: 22 },
    { id: 10, name: "Michael", age: 40 },
    { id: 11, name: "Olivia", age: 22 }
  ];

  return (

    // Create a container div with a maximum
    // height and vertical scrollbar
    <div style={{ maxHeight: "300px",
        overflowY: "auto" }}>

      {/* Create a React Bootstrap Table with
          striped, bordered, and hover styles */}
      <Table striped bordered hover>

        {/* Define the table header */}
        <thead style={{ position: "sticky",
            top: "0" }}>
          <tr>
            <th>#</th>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Age</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>

        {/* Define the table body */}
        <tbody>

          {/* Map through the rows of data and
              create a table row for each item */}
          {rows.map((row) => (
            <tr key={row.id}>
              <td>{row.id}</td>
              <td>{row.name}</td>
              <td>{row.age}</td>
            </tr>
          ))}
        </tbody>
      </Table>
    </div>
  );
};

export default MyTable;

Steps to Run Application:

Step 1: Run the Application using following command from root directory of Application:

npm start

Step 2: Now open browser and type the following URL

http://localhost:3000/

Output:

React bootstrap table with vertical scrollbar