Add Dropdown Component to Material-Table Actions

Question

I can't seem to figure out how to place a custom dropdown component within the Action section in the top right portion of the material-table. Overriding the action component doesn't render anything.

Below is what I had using a different table library, but what I'm going for with Material-Table.

Current Code

<CustomMaterialTable
  title='Data Comparison'
  columns={tableCols}
  data={tableData}
  options={{
    exportButton: true,
    exportCsv: (columns, data) => { csvDownload(data, buildFileName(stateName)) },
    pageSize: tableData.length
  }}
  components={{
    Container: props => props.children,
    Action: props => (
      <YearDropDown
        year={year}
        type='secondary'
        minWidth='full'
        handleChange={handleYearChange}
        variant='outlined'
        required
      />
    )
  }}
/>

CustomMaterialTable

import MaterialTable from 'material-table'
import React from 'react'

export default function CustomMaterialTable (props) {
  return (
    <MaterialTable {...props} />
  )
}

Answer 1

I think that what you are asking could be done by overriding the Action component as explained here, docs.

Following that I ended up with this:

Of course you need to do some work on styling, but this could point you to the right direction.

Table definition, look at components and action props:

<MaterialTable
        tableRef={tableRef}
        columns={tableColumns}
        data={tableData}
        title="Custom Free Action example"
        options={{
          tableLayout: "fixed",
          actionsColumnIndex: -1,
          search: false,
          filtering: true
        }}
        components={{
          Action: props => (
            <div
              style={{
                marginBottom: "5rem",
                marginTop: "1rem",
                width: "150px"
              }}
            >
              <Select
                options={selectData}
              />
            </div>
          )
        }}
        actions={[
          {
            onClick: (event, rowData) => alert("something"),
            isFreeAction: true
          }
        ]}
      />

Sandbox here.

I don't know exactly what you are looking for but I added the filtering option to the table. Maybe that could be a different way to filter out data without having to overwrite the component and having to fight against the buil-in styles.

Hope this helps! good luck