Rich table plugin for Sanity

The last rich table plugin for Sanity you will need!

Features

Please be aware, that this plugin is still growing - so while this first version is doing the job, there will be more features coming soon!

• 100% Typescript
• Initialise a table with intuitive table selection by click or drag
• Rich table schema type richTable with Portable Text based cells
• Portable Text block type richTableBlock
• Portable Text editor goodies like Slash commands, Markdown shortcuts, LinkPlugin and emoji picker - thanks to the amazing work of Christian Groengaard!
• Optional row and column titles
• Expandable table dialog
• Advanced row and column menus (move, delete, add new inline)
• Option to show table headers
• Unset table data with a button & confirmation dialog
• Dark and light mode support 😎

Slash command picker on top of the toolbar

Column context menu	Row context menu

Compatibility

Plugin version	Sanity	React	Node
≥ 1.1.0	5.x (≥ 5.11.0)	19	≥ 18
1.0.5	3.x / 4.x / 5.x (< 5.13)	18–19	≥ 18

Why the change? Starting with Sanity 5.13.0, the internal @portabletext/sanity-bridge package was upgraded to v3, which requires @portabletext/editor v6 and @portabletext/toolbar v7. These packages in turn require React 19. Plugin versions ≥ 1.1.0 ship the updated @portabletext/* stack so that studio builds (sanity build, sanity deploy, etc.) work correctly.

If you are on Sanity 3 or 4 (React 18), pin the plugin to the last compatible release:

npm install sanity-plugin-rich-table@1.0.5

Installation

npm install sanity-plugin-rich-table
# or
pnpm add sanity-plugin-rich-table
# or
yarn add sanity-plugin-rich-table

Usage

Add it as a plugin in sanity.config.ts (or .js):

import {defineConfig} from 'sanity'
import {richTablePlugin} from 'sanity-plugin-rich-table'

export default defineConfig({
  //...
  plugins: [richTablePlugin({})],
})

After installing the plugin, you can use the richTable object type in your schemas as a field (object) or the richTableBlock type in your Portable Text fields.

Usage as field

defineField({
  name: 'myRichTable',
  title: 'My Rich Table',
  type: 'richTable', // Use the rich table object type
})

Usage as custom block in Portable Text

// in the portable text schema
defineArrayMember({
  name: 'richTableBlock',
  title: 'Rich Table Block',
  type: 'richTableBlock', // Use the rich table block type
})

Render tables

Read more about rendering rich tables in your frontend application in the Render tables guide. In the docs you will find even more details about the data structure used by this plugin. And get a suggestion on how to merge cells when rendering.

Features coming

• More customization options for table styles and behaviors
• Additional cell types and content options
• Improved performance for large tables
• Enhanced accessibility features
• Default option to merge cells in the table input

TypeScript Support

This plugin is written in TypeScript and exports types for consumers:

import type {RichTableType, RichTableRowType, RichTableCellType} from 'sanity-plugin-rich-table'

See the data structure documentation for detailed type information.

License

MIT © Saskia Bobinska

Develop & test

This plugin uses @sanity/plugin-kit with default configuration for build & watch scripts.

See Testing a plugin in Sanity Studio on how to run this plugin with hotreload in the studio.

Running tests

pnpm test          # Run tests once
pnpm test:watch    # Run tests in watch mode
pnpm test:coverage # Run tests with coverage report

Release new version

Run the "CI & Release" workflow from GitHub Actions. Make sure to select the main branch and check "Release new version".

Semantic release will only release on configured branches, so it is safe to run release on any branch.