React Data Grid Autofill values

Copy a cell's value into multiple other cells, using the "fill handle" UI element. Configure the direction of copying, and more, through Handsontable's API.

In this article

• Autofill in all directions
• Autofill in a vertical direction only and creating new rows
• Related API reference

Autofill in all directions

Using the tiny square known as the 'fill handle' in the corner of the selected cell, you can drag it (drag-down) to repeat the values from the cell. Double click the fill handle in cell B4 where the value is 30 to fill the selection down to the last value in neighboring column, just like it would in Excel or Google Sheets.

import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react'; import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry'; import 'handsontable/dist/handsontable.full.min.css'; // register Handsontable's modules registerAllModules(); export const ExampleComponent = () => { const data = [ ['', 'Tesla', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda'], ['2017', 10, 11, 12, 13], ['2018', 20, 11, 14, 13], ['2019', 30, 15, 12, 13], ['2020', '', '', '', ''], ['2021', '', '', '', ''] ]; return ( <HotTable data={data} rowHeaders={true} colHeaders={true} fillHandle={true} // possible values: true, false, "horizontal", "vertical", height="auto" licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation" /> ); }; ReactDOM.render(<ExampleComponent />, document.getElementById('example1')); <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@13.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.js"></script> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@13.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.css" /> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@handsontable/react@13.0/dist/react-handsontable.min.js"></script> <script src="https://handsontable.com/docs/13.0/scripts/fixer.js"></script> <div id="example1" class="hot "></div>

import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';
import 'handsontable/dist/handsontable.full.min.css';

// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();

export const ExampleComponent = () => {
  const data = [
    ['', 'Tesla', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda'],
    ['2017', 10, 11, 12, 13],
    ['2018', 20, 11, 14, 13],
    ['2019', 30, 15, 12, 13],
    ['2020', '', '', '', ''],
    ['2021', '', '', '', '']
  ];

  return (
    <HotTable
      data={data}
      rowHeaders={true}
      colHeaders={true}
      fillHandle={true} // possible values: true, false, "horizontal", "vertical",
      height="auto"
      licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation"
    />
  );
};

Autofill in a vertical direction only and creating new rows

In this configuration, the fill handle is restricted to move only vertically. New rows are automatically added to the bottom of the table by changing autoInsertRow to true.

import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react'; import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry'; import 'handsontable/dist/handsontable.full.min.css'; // register Handsontable's modules registerAllModules(); export const ExampleComponent = () => { const data = [ ['', 'Tesla', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda'], ['2017', 10, 11, 12, 13], ['2018', 20, 11, 14, 13], ['2019', 30, 15, 12, 13], ['2020', '', '', '', ''], ['2021', '', '', '', ''] ]; return ( <HotTable data={data} rowHeaders={true} colHeaders={true} fillHandle={{ direction: 'vertical', autoInsertRow: true }} height="auto" licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation" /> ); }; ReactDOM.render(<ExampleComponent />, document.getElementById('example2')); <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@13.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.js"></script> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@13.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.css" /> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@handsontable/react@13.0/dist/react-handsontable.min.js"></script> <script src="https://handsontable.com/docs/13.0/scripts/fixer.js"></script> <div id="example2" class="hot "></div>

import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';
import 'handsontable/dist/handsontable.full.min.css';

// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();

export const ExampleComponent = () => {
  const data = [
    ['', 'Tesla', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda'],
    ['2017', 10, 11, 12, 13],
    ['2018', 20, 11, 14, 13],
    ['2019', 30, 15, 12, 13],
    ['2020', '', '', '', ''],
    ['2021', '', '', '', '']
  ];

  return (
    <HotTable
      data={data}
      rowHeaders={true}
      colHeaders={true}
      fillHandle={{
        direction: 'vertical',
        autoInsertRow: true
      }}
      height="auto"
      licenseKey="non-commercial-and-evaluation"
    />
  );
};

Related API reference

• Configuration options:
  • fillHandle
• Hooks:
  • afterAutofill
  • beforeAutofill
  • modifyAutofillRange
• Plugins:
  • Autofill