Feature Roadmap for Data Widgets and Parity with DataGrid 1

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Hi all, I’m still seeing plenty of apps out there that rely heavily on DataGrid 1. While exploring the newer Data Widgets like DataGrid 2 and Gallery — and with an eye toward migrating to the React client — I wanted to check if there’s an updated feature roadmap for these widgets, particularly regarding planned feature parity with DataGrid 1. Features like 'Select First' or having different filters in the header are still missing, and I’ve seen even more feature requests in the Idea Forum. Are these features on the roadmap, and is there a rough timeline for when they might become available? If anyone has insights to share, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
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Hi Fabian and Stefan, we currently don't have a public roadmap, but I can answer some of your questions and shed some light on planned improvements.

* Having different filters in the header - planned 10.24

* Automatically select first row - planned for Q4 2025

 

On the way forward - Datagrid 1 will be deprecated with Mendix 11, but still usable for Dojo client applications. It is already not possible to use Datagrid 1 in a React client app, and with Mendix 12 we are planning to drop Dojo client completely.

 

We know the data widgets, in particular the DG2, is one of the most important widgets and we are constantly working on making it better. Some recent improvements include

* setting filters using NF

* searchable drop-down filtering (Combo box style)

* accessibility improvements (e.g. keyboard navigation)

* several DG2 specific improvements: Excel exports, improved personalization, reference set support, loading indicators, conversion from DG1

 

For the coming months, we are planning:

* grid-wide filtering improvements (having different filter types in the header)

* option to persist row selection through paging

* dynamic filters (compose filters at runtime)

* custom footer

* customizable pagination

* auto-select first row

* dynamic page sizing

* apply recent DG2 features to Gallery

* tree node improvements

 

I hope this answers your questions. Please note that although this is the current plan that we have, our roadmap is always subject to change.

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