Whats the difference between DataTables widget and Tables Widget in Flutter?

Question

Im going to create an excel like application in Flutter where the user can input a quantity to one of the cells and the app automatically calculate its values based on quantity.

Shall i use DataTables or Tables widget?

Answer 1

Both accept widgets as cell content like TextField, Slider or just Text. Anywhere there are some differences:

Feature	Table	DataTable
Checkbox column	no	showCheckBoxColumn
Set column width	columnWidth	no
Set row height	no	dataRowHeight
Sortable	no	integrated

If a cell with a no this does not mean, its not possible. The feature is just not directly supported by the widget. In all cases sizes will computed according to Flutters rendering engine: constraints go down, sizes go up.

Anybody please feel free to add more content to above comparison.

Please also check the newer widgets like TableView (can scroll both horizontally and vertically) and PaginatedDataTable (supports paging).