Angular Material - Table

The <mat-table>, an Angular Directives, is used to create table with material design and styling.

In this chapter, we will showcase the configuration required to show a Table using Angular Material.

Create Angular Application

Follow the following steps to update the Angular application we created in Angular Material - First Application chapter −

app.ts

Following is the content of the modified app.ts.

import { Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
import { MatSortModule, Sort } from '@angular/material/sort';
import { MatTableModule } from '@angular/material/table';

export interface Food {
   calories: number;
   carbs: number;
   fat: number;
   name: string;
   protein: number;
}

@Component({
   selector: 'app-root',
   imports: [
      FormsModule,
      MatFormFieldModule,
      MatTableModule, 
      ReactiveFormsModule,
   ],
   templateUrl: './app.html',
   styleUrl: './app.css'
})
export class App {
   protected readonly title = signal('material-app');
   dataSource: Food[] = [
      {name: 'Yogurt', calories: 159, fat: 6, carbs: 24, protein: 4},
      {name: 'Sandwich', calories: 237, fat: 9, carbs: 37, protein: 4},
      {name: 'Eclairs', calories: 262, fat: 16, carbs: 24, protein: 6},
      {name: 'Cupcakes', calories: 305, fat: 4, carbs: 67, protein: 4},
      {name: 'Gingerbreads', calories: 356, fat: 16, carbs: 49, protein: 4},
   ];
   displayedColumns: string[] = ['name', 'calories', 'fat', 'carbs','protein'];
}

app.html

Following is the content of the modified HTML host file app.html.

<table mat-table [dataSource] = "dataSource" class = "mat-elevation-z8"> 
   <ng-container matColumnDef = "name">
      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> Dessert (100g)</th>
      <td mat-cell *matCellDef = "let element"> {{element.name}} </td>
   </ng-container>
   <ng-container matColumnDef = "calories">
      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>Calories</th>
      <td mat-cell *matCellDef = "let element"> {{element.calories}} </td>
   </ng-container>
   <ng-container matColumnDef = "fat">
      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>Fat (g)</th>
      <td mat-cell *matCellDef = "let element"> {{element.fat}} </td>
   </ng-container>
   <ng-container matColumnDef = "carbs">
      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>Carbs (g)</th>
      <td mat-cell *matCellDef = "let element"> {{element.carbs}} </td>
   </ng-container>
   <ng-container matColumnDef = "protein">
      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>Protein (g)</th>
     <td mat-cell *matCellDef = "let element"> {{element.protein}} </td>
   </ng-container> 
   <tr mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef = "displayedColumns"></tr>
   <tr mat-row *matRowDef = "let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></tr>
</table>

app.css

Following is the content of the modified CSS file app.css.

table {
   width: 100%;
}

Result

Verify the result.

Details

• Here, we've created a table. Added mat-Table and handles tr and th using mat-row and mat-header-row.