Config

The configuration holds various properties to control the behavior of the spreadsheet and the worksheets. There are two objects, one config for the spreadsheet and one config for each of the worksheets.

Documentation

Methods

The following methods perform operations for the config programmatically.

Method	Description
getConfig	Get the configuration of one worksheet. `getConfig() => Object`
setConfig	Set the configuration for the worksheet `setConfig(options: Object) => void`

Spreadsheet config

One object is available for the spreadsheet level and holds all shared or global properties.

Property	Description
application?: string;	Your application name
cloud?: string;	Render a remote spreadsheet from Jspreadsheet Cloud, which is a serveless hosting service. That can be generate at https://jspreadsheet.com/cloud
root?: HTMLElement;	DOM element for binding the javascript events. This property is normally used when JSS is running as a web component.
definedNames?: Record<string, string>,	Global defined names. It defines global range variables.
sorting?: (direction: boolean, column: number) => number;	Global sorting handler.
server?: string;	Remote URL for the persistence server
toolbar?: boolean \| 'extended' \| Toolbar \| Function;	Enable the toolbars
editable?: boolean;	Allow table edition
allowExport?: boolean;	Allow data export
includeHeadersOnDownload?: boolean;	Include the table headers in the first row of the data
forceUpdateOnPaste?: boolean;	Force update on paste for read-only cells
loadingSpin?: boolean;	Enable loading spin when loading data. Default: false.
fullscreen?: boolean;	Render jspreadsheet spreadsheet on full screen mode. Default: false
secureFormulas?: boolean;	Make sure the formulas are capital letter. Default: true
debugFormulas?: boolean,	Enable formula debug. Default: false
parseFormulas?: boolean;	Execute formulas. Default: true
editorFormulas?: boolean;	Disable the formula editor. Default: true
autoIncrement?: boolean;	Auto increment cell data when using the corner copy, including formulas, numbers and dates. Default: true
autoCasting?: boolean;	Try to cast numbers from cell values when executing formulas. Default: true
stripHTML?: boolean;	Remove any HTML from the data and headers. Default: true
tabs?: boolean \| Tabs;	Allow tabs. Default: false
allowDeleteWorksheet?: boolean;	Allow the user to delete worksheets. Default: true
allowRenameWorksheet?: boolean;	Allow the user to rename worksheets. Default: true
allowMoveWorksheet?: boolean;	Allow the user to drag and drop the worksheets. Default: true
moveDownOnEnter?: boolean;	Move the cursor down when pressing enter during edition. Default: true
contextMenu?: Contextmenu;	Return false to cancel the contextMenu event, or return custom elements for the contextmenu.
parseTableFirstRowAsHeader?: boolean;	The first row is the header titles when parsing a HTML table
parseTableAutoCellType?: boolean;	Try to identify a column type when parsing a HTML table
wordWrap?: boolean;	Global cell wrapping. Default: false
about?: string \| Function,	About information
license?: string,	License string
worksheets?: Array<Worksheet>;	Worksheets
validations?: any;	Validations

Worksheet options

There is one configuration for each worksheet.

Property	Description
logo?: string	Logo URL
url?: string;	Load the data from an external server URL
persistence?: string \| boolean;	Persistence URL or true when the URL is the same of the URL of the data source
sequence?: boolean;	Allow internal sequence for new rows
data?: Array<Array> \| Array<Record<string, any>>;	Load the data into a new spreadsheet from an array of rows or objects
json?: Array<Record<string, any>>;	Deprecated. Please use the data property.
rows?: Row[];	Array with the rows properties definitions such as title, height.
columns?: Array<Column>;	The column properties define the behavior of a column and the associated editor
cells?: Record<string, Column>;	Define the properties of a cell. This property overwrite the column definitions
role?: string,	Role of this worksheet
nestedHeaders?: Array<Array<Nested>> \| Array<Nested>;	Nested headers definition
defaultColWidth?: number \| string;	Default column width. Default: 50px
defaultRowHeight?: number \| string;	Default row height. Default: null
defaultColAlign?: 'center' \| 'left' \| 'right' \| 'justify';	Deprecated. The default alignment of a cell is defined by a CSS class from 8.2.0+
minSpareRows?: number;	Minimum number of spare rows. Default: 0
minSpareCols?: number;	Minimum number of spare cols. Default: 0
minDimensions?: [number, number];	Minimum table dimensions: [numberOfColumns, numberOfRows]
csv?: string;	CSV data source URL
csvFileName?: string;	CSV default filename for the jspreadsheet exports. Default: 'jspreadsheet'
csvHeaders?: boolean;	Consider first line as header. Default: true
csvDelimiter?: string;	Delimiter to consider when dealing with the CSV data. Default: ','
columnSorting?: boolean;	Allow column sorting
columnDrag?: boolean;	Allow column dragging
columnResize?: boolean;	Allow column resizing
rowResize?: boolean;	Allow row resizing
rowDrag?: boolean;	Allow row dragging
editable?: boolean;	Allow table edition
allowInsertRow?: boolean;	Allow new rows
allowManualInsertRow?: boolean;	Allow new rows to be added using tab key. Default: true
allowInsertColumn?: boolean;	Allow new columns to be added using enter key. Default: true
allowManualInsertColumn?: boolean;	Allow new rows to be added via script. Default: true
allowDeleteRow?: boolean;	Allow rows to be deleted. Default: true
allowDeletingAllRows?: boolean;	Allow all rows to be deleted. Warning: no rows left can lead to undesirabled behavior. Default: false
allowDeleteColumn?: boolean;	Allow columns to be deleted. Default: true
allowRenameColumn?: boolean;	Allow rename column. Default: true
allowComments?: boolean;	Allow users to add comments to the cells. Default: false
selectionCopy?: boolean;	Corner selection and corner data cloning. Default: true
mergeCells?: Record<string, any[]>;	Merged cells. Default: null
search?: boolean;	Allow search on the spreadsheet
pagination?: number;	Activate pagination and defines the number of records per page. Default: false
paginationOptions?: boolean \| Array;	Dropdown for the user to change the number of records per page. Example: [10,25,50,100]. Default: false
textOverflow?: boolean;	Text Overflow. Default: false
tableOverflow?: boolean;	Table overflow. Default: false
tableHeight?: number \| string;	Define the table overflow height. Example: '300px'
tableWidth?: number \| string;	Define the table overflow width. Example: '800px'
comments?: Record<string, string>;	Initial comments. Default: null
meta?: Record<string, any>;	Initial meta information. Default: null
style?: Record<string, string>;	Style
freezeColumns?: number;	Freeze columns. Default: 0
orderBy?: [number, boolean];	Initial sorting [colNumber, direction]. Default: null
worksheetId?: string;	Worksheet Unique Id.
worksheetName?: string;	Worksheet Name.
worksheetState?: 'hidden' \| undefined;	Worksheet state: hidden \| null. Hide a worksheet
filters?: boolean;	Enable the column filters
footers?: Array;	Footers
applyMaskOnFooters?: boolean;	Apply mask on footers
pluginOptions?: Record<string, any>;	Define options for the plugins. Each key should be the pluginName.
locked?: boolean;	This is a internal controller for the spreadsheet locked properties. Please use editable to make it readonly.
selectUnLockedCells?: boolean;	Allow the selection of unlocked cells. Default: true.
selectLockedCells?: boolean;	Allow the selection of locked cells. Default: true.
resize?: 'horizontal' \| 'vertical' \| 'both' \| 'none' \| undefined;	Enable resizable worksheet in on or both direction (horizontal \| vertical \| both). Default: none

Examples

Data grid manual persistence

The example below shows how to get the configuration of the data grid and create that later

See this example on JSFiddle

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v10/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v10/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<script src="https://jsuites.net/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jsuites.net/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />

<div id="spreadsheet"></div>
<div id="spreadsheet-clone"></div><br>

<textarea id="console" style="width: 600px; height: 100px;"></textarea><br>

<input type="button" value="Clone the data grid above" class="button main" id="clonebtn" />

<script>
// Set your JSS license key (The following key only works for one day)
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

const clone = function() {
    // Get the data grid configuration
    let config = grid[0].parent.getConfig();
    // Show on the textarea
    document.getElementById('console').value = JSON.stringify(config);
    // Destroy any existing spreadsheet
    jspreadsheet.destroy(document.getElementById('spreadsheet-clone'));
    // Create a new spreadsheet
    jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet-clone'), config);
}

// Create the JavaScript sample data grid
let grid = jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet'), {
    tabs: true,
    toolbar: true,
    worksheets: [{
        data: [[1,2,3]],
        minDimensions: [8, 8],
    }],
});

document.getElementById('clonebtn').onclick = clone
</script>
</html>

import React, { useRef } from "react";
import { Spreadsheet, Worksheet, jspreadsheet } from "@jspreadsheet/react";

// Set your JSS license key (The following key only works for one day)
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

export default function App() {
    // Spreadsheet array of worksheets
    const spreadsheet = useRef();
    const console = useRef();
    const copy = useRef();

    // Method to clone the data grid
    const clone = function() {
        // Get the data grid configuration
        let config = spreadsheet.current[0].parent.getConfig();
        // Show on the textarea
        console.current.value = JSON.stringify(config);
        // Destroy any existing spreadsheet
        jspreadsheet.destroy(copy.current);
        // Create a new spreadsheet
        jspreadsheet(copy.current, config);
    }

    return (
        <>
            <Spreadsheet ref={spreadsheet} license={license} tabs toolbar>
                <Worksheet data={[[1,2,3]]} minDimensions={[8,8]} />
            </Spreadsheet>
            <div ref={copy}></div><br>
            <textarea ref={console}></textarea><br>
            <input type="button" value="Clone the data grid above" onClick={() => clone()} />
        </>
    );
}

<template>
    <Spreadsheet ref="spreadsheet" :license="license" tabs toolbar>
        <Worksheet :data="[[1,2,3]]" :minDimensions="[8,8]" />
    </Spreadsheet>
    <div ref="copy"></div><br />
    <textarea ref="console"></textarea><br />
    <button @click="clone">Clone the data grid above</button>
</template>

<script>
import { Spreadsheet, Worksheet } from "@jspreadsheet/vue";

const license = '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';

export default {
    components: {
        Spreadsheet,
        Worksheet,
    },
    setup() {
        const console = ref(null);
        const copy = ref(null);

        // Method to clone the data grid
        const clone = function () {
            // Get the data grid configuration
            let config = spreadsheet.value.current[0].parent.getConfig();
            // Show on the textarea
            console.value.value = JSON.stringify(config);
            // Destroy any existing spreadsheet
            jspreadsheet.destroy(clone.value);
            // Create a new spreadsheet
            jspreadsheet(clone.value, config);
        };

        return {
            console,
            copy,
            license,
            clone,
        };
    }
}
</script>

import { Component, ViewChild, ElementRef } from "@angular/core";
import jspreadsheet from "jspreadsheet";

import "jspreadsheet/dist/jspreadsheet.css"
import "jsuites/dist/jsuites.css"

// Set your JSS license key (The following key only works for one day)
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

// Create component
@Component({
    selector: "app-root",
    template: `
        <div #spreadsheet></div>
        <div #copy></div><br>
        <textarea #console></textarea><br>
        <input type="button" value="Clone the data grid above" (click)="this.clone()" />
    `,
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild("spreadsheet") spreadsheet: ElementRef;
    @ViewChild("console") console: ElementRef;
    @ViewChild("copy") copy: ElementRef;
    // Worksheets
    worksheets: jspreadsheet.worksheetInstance[];
    // Create a new data grid
    ngAfterViewInit() {
        // Create spreadsheet
        this.worksheets = jspreadsheet(this.spreadsheet.nativeElement, {
            worksheets: [{
                minDimensions: [4,4],
            }],
            contextmenu: function() {
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

    // Clone the data grid
    clone() {
        // Get the data grid configuration
        let config = this.worksheets[0].parent.getConfig();
        // Show on the textarea
        this.console.nativeElement.value = JSON.stringify(config);
        // Destroy any existing spreadsheet
        jspreadsheet.destroy(this.copy.nativeElement);
        // Create a new spreadsheet
        jspreadsheet(this.copy.nativeElement, config);
    }
}

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