---
title: Grid
description: Grid provides a semantic table-like structure for tabular data with keyboard navigation and selection built in.
category: Layout
---

import { meta as GridMeta, Default } from '@/content/stories/grid';
import Canvas from '@/components/component-docs/canvas';
import Demo from '@/components/component-docs/demo';

export const config = {
	dependencies: {
		components: [Canvas, Demo],
		scripts: [
			'../../components/component-docs/demo.script.tsx',
			'../../components/component-docs/canvas.script.tsx',
			'../../components/component-docs/controls.script.tsx',
		],
	},
};


# Grid

<p class="docs-lede">Grid provides a semantic table-like structure for tabular data with arrow-key navigation between cells.</p>

## Try it

<Demo of={Default} meta={GridMeta} />

## Usage

Pass a `rows` 2-D array or compose row and cell markup as children. Set `label` to name the grid for assistive technologies.

```tsx
import { RuiGrid } from '@ecopages/radiant-ui/grid';

<RuiGrid
  label="Team members"
  rows={[
    ['Name', 'Role'],
    ['Ada', 'Engineer'],
  ]}
/>
```

## Custom markup

`<rui-grid>` coordinates any light-DOM tree that matches its query contract. The `RuiGrid` helper stamps these targets; it is not required.

```tsx
import '@ecopages/radiant-ui/grid';

<rui-grid label="Team members">
  <div role="grid" aria-label="Team members">
    <div role="row">
      <div role="gridcell" tabindex={-1}>Name</div>
      <div role="gridcell" tabindex={-1}>Role</div>
    </div>
    <div role="row">
      <div role="gridcell" tabindex={-1}>Ada</div>
      <div role="gridcell" tabindex={-1}>Engineer</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</rui-grid>;
```

## Use for tabular data

<p>Prefer Grid when data has rows and columns with comparable values. Use Treegrid when rows can expand into hierarchies.</p>

## Theming

Grid maps to **semantic surface and border roles**, never Tailwind palette steps:

| Part | CSS roles |
| --- | --- |
| Surface (`rui-grid`) | `border`, `background`, `on-background`, `radius-container`, `shadow-sm` |
| Header row | `surface`, `on-background` |
| Cell hover | `surface` |
| Cell focus | `focus-ring`, `z-dropdown` |
| Cell links | `link` |
| Geometry | `--space-control-x` (cell padding) |

Override at the theme layer, not in component CSS.

## API

`RuiGrid` is a custom element (`<rui-grid>`) with roving-tabindex keyboard navigation; the `RuiGrid` JSX view authors rows and cells.

### Attributes

| Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `label` | `string` | `''` | Accessible name announced when focus enters the grid. |

### Light-DOM contract

| Target | Required | Host writes | Author owns |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `[role="grid"]` | yes | — | root surface; view sets `aria-label` |
| `[role="row"]` | yes | — | row container (direct parent of cells) |
| `[role="gridcell"]` | yes | roving `tabIndex` | cell content |

Selection is not modeled. Nested hosts: none.

### Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rows` | `JsxRenderable[][]` | | 2-D array of row/cell content for the `RuiGrid` view. |

### View helpers

| Component | Target stamped | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `RuiGrid` | `[role="grid"]` with `data-ref="root"` | Accepts `rows` or `children`. |

### CSS classes

Public BEM classes (documented via `@cssclass`):

| Class | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `.rui-grid` | Root surface inside the host (`role="grid"`). |
| `.rui-grid__row` | Table row (`role="row"`). |
| `.rui-grid__cell` | Table cell (`role="gridcell"`). |

### Theme roles

| Part | CSS variables consumed |
| --- | --- |
| Surface | `--border`, `--background`, `--on-background`, `--radius-container`, `--shadow-control` |
| Header row | `--surface`, `--on-background` |
| Cell hover | `--surface` |
| Cell focus | `--focus-ring`, `--z-dropdown` |
| Cell links | `--link` |
| Cell padding | `--space-control-x` |

## Accessibility

- Provide a descriptive `label` so screen readers announce it when focus enters the grid.
- Column headers should be marked so users understand cell context.
- Support arrow-key navigation between focusable cells.