allow URLs in Datatable without page refresh (with dcc.Link)
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Description
Hi,
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I often use the very helpful dash datatable to display tabular data within my dash apps. However, when it comes to urls in such tables, to only way I am aware of is to use markdown/html for these columns (see #1714).
It works well, but there is a limit: it forces a page refresh. URLs on my app are pointing to other places within the same app, so I would like all the navigation to be without any refresh.
Describe the solution you'd like
To my knowledge, only dcc.Link allows navigation between pages without refresh, but it's not (yet) possible to nest this component within a datatable.
Would it technically be feasable to use dcc.Link in a datatable ?
Thanks for your help & guidance!
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Research direction
Start by locating the DataTable and dcc.Link component entry points in the Dash repository and reviewing the existing markdown/HTML URL behavior described in issue #1714. Establish whether client-side navigation can be supported inside table cells, then define the required API behavior and validation needed for a complete implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, react
- Domain
- data-visualization, frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100