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import './index.css'
import * as React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
import { findIndex, groupBy } from 'lodash'
import { defaultRangeExtractor, useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'
import type { Range } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'
const groupedNames = groupBy(
Array.from({ length: 1000 })
.map(() => faker.person.firstName())
.sort(),
(name) => name[0],
)
const groups = Object.keys(groupedNames)
const rows = groups.reduce<Array<string>>(
(acc, k) => [...acc, k, ...groupedNames[k]],
[],
)
const App = () => {
const parentRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
const activeStickyIndexRef = React.useRef(0)
const stickyIndexes = React.useMemo(
() => groups.map((gn) => findIndex(rows, (n) => n === gn)),
[],
)
const isSticky = (index: number) => stickyIndexes.includes(index)
const isActiveSticky = (index: number) =>
activeStickyIndexRef.current === index
const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
count: rows.length,
estimateSize: () => 50,
getScrollElement: () => parentRef.current,
rangeExtractor: React.useCallback(
(range: Range) => {
activeStickyIndexRef.current =
[...stickyIndexes]
.reverse()
.find((index) => range.startIndex >= index) ?? 0
const next = new Set([\
activeStickyIndexRef.current,\
...defaultRangeExtractor(range),\
])
return [...next].sort((a, b) => a - b)
},
[stickyIndexes],
),
})
return (
<div>
<div
ref={parentRef}
className="List"
style={{
height: `300px`,
width: `400px`,
overflow: 'auto',
}}
>
<div
style={{
height: `${rowVirtualizer.getTotalSize()}px`,
width: '100%',
position: 'relative',
}}
>
{rowVirtualizer.getVirtualItems().map((virtualRow) => (
<div
key={virtualRow.index}
className={'ListItem'}
style={{
...(isSticky(virtualRow.index)
? {
background: '#fff',
borderBottom: '1px solid #ddd',
zIndex: 1,
}
: {}),
...(isActiveSticky(virtualRow.index)
? {
position: 'sticky',
}
: {
position: 'absolute',
transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)`,
}),
top: 0,
left: 0,
width: '100%',
height: `${virtualRow.size}px`,
}}
>
{rows[virtualRow.index]}
</div>
))}
</div>
</div>
{process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? (
<p>
<strong>Notice:</strong> You are currently running React in
development mode. Rendering performance will be slightly degraded
until this application is built for production.
</p>
) : null}
</div>
)
}
ReactDOM.render(
<React.StrictMode>
<App />
</React.StrictMode>,
document.getElementById('root'),
)
import './index.css'
import * as React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
import { findIndex, groupBy } from 'lodash'
import { defaultRangeExtractor, useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'
import type { Range } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'
const groupedNames = groupBy(
Array.from({ length: 1000 })
.map(() => faker.person.firstName())
.sort(),
(name) => name[0],
)
const groups = Object.keys(groupedNames)
const rows = groups.reduce<Array<string>>(
(acc, k) => [...acc, k, ...groupedNames[k]],
[],
)
const App = () => {
const parentRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
const activeStickyIndexRef = React.useRef(0)
const stickyIndexes = React.useMemo(
() => groups.map((gn) => findIndex(rows, (n) => n === gn)),
[],
)
const isSticky = (index: number) => stickyIndexes.includes(index)
const isActiveSticky = (index: number) =>
activeStickyIndexRef.current === index
const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
count: rows.length,
estimateSize: () => 50,
getScrollElement: () => parentRef.current,
rangeExtractor: React.useCallback(
(range: Range) => {
activeStickyIndexRef.current =
[...stickyIndexes]
.reverse()
.find((index) => range.startIndex >= index) ?? 0
const next = new Set([\
activeStickyIndexRef.current,\
...defaultRangeExtractor(range),\
])
return [...next].sort((a, b) => a - b)
},
[stickyIndexes],
),
})
return (
<div>
<div
ref={parentRef}
className="List"
style={{
height: `300px`,
width: `400px`,
overflow: 'auto',
}}
>
<div
style={{
height: `${rowVirtualizer.getTotalSize()}px`,
width: '100%',
position: 'relative',
}}
>
{rowVirtualizer.getVirtualItems().map((virtualRow) => (
<div
key={virtualRow.index}
className={'ListItem'}
style={{
...(isSticky(virtualRow.index)
? {
background: '#fff',
borderBottom: '1px solid #ddd',
zIndex: 1,
}
: {}),
...(isActiveSticky(virtualRow.index)
? {
position: 'sticky',
}
: {
position: 'absolute',
transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)`,
}),
top: 0,
left: 0,
width: '100%',
height: `${virtualRow.size}px`,
}}
>
{rows[virtualRow.index]}
</div>
))}
</div>
</div>
{process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? (
<p>
<strong>Notice:</strong> You are currently running React in
development mode. Rendering performance will be slightly degraded
until this application is built for production.
</p>
) : null}
</div>
)
}
ReactDOM.render(
<React.StrictMode>
<App />
</React.StrictMode>,
document.getElementById('root'),
)
