Lists
Lists are continuous, vertical indexes of text or images.
Lists are a continuous group of text or images. They are composed of items containing primary and supplemental actions, which are represented by icons and text.
Introduction
Lists present information in a concise, easy-to-follow format through a continuous, vertical index of text or images.
Material UI Lists are implemented using a collection of related components:
- List: a wrapper for list items. Renders as a
<ul>by default. - List Item: a common list item. Renders as an
<li>by default. - List Item Button: an action element to be used inside a list item.
- List Item Icon: an icon to be used inside of a list item.
- List Item Avatar: an avatar to be used inside of a list item.
- List Item Text: a container inside a list item, used to display text content.
- List Divider: a separator between list items.
- List Subheader: a label for a nested list.
The last item of the previous demo shows how you can render a link:
<ListItemButton component="a" href="#simple-list">
<ListItemText primary="Spam" />
</ListItemButton>
You can find a demo with React Router following this section of the documentation.
Basics
import List from '@mui/material/List';
import ListItem from '@mui/material/ListItem';
Nested List
- Photos
Jan 9, 2014
- Work
Jan 7, 2014
- Vacation
July 20, 2014
Interactive
Below is an interactive demo that lets you explore the visual results of the different settings:
- Single-line item
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Align list items
When displaying three lines or more, the avatar is not aligned at the top.
You should set the alignItems="flex-start" prop to align the avatar at the top, following the Material Design guidelines:
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List Controls
Checkbox
A checkbox can either be a primary action or a secondary action.
The checkbox is the primary action and the state indicator for the list item. The comment button is a secondary action and a separate target.
- Line item 1
- Line item 2
- Line item 3
- Line item 4
The checkbox is the secondary action for the list item and a separate target.
- Line item 1
- Line item 2
- Line item 3
Line item 4
- Settings
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
Sticky subheader
Upon scrolling, subheaders remain pinned to the top of the screen until pushed off screen by the next subheader. This feature relies on CSS sticky positioning.
- I'm sticky 0
- Item 0
- Item 1
- Item 2
- I'm sticky 1
- Item 0
- Item 1
- Item 2
- I'm sticky 2
- Item 0
- Item 1
- Item 2
- I'm sticky 3
- Item 0
- Item 1
- Item 2
- I'm sticky 4
- Item 0
- Item 1
- Item 2
Inset List Item
The inset prop enables a list item that does not have a leading icon or avatar to align correctly with items that do.
- Chelsea Otakan
- Eric Hoffman
Gutterless list
When rendering a list within a component that defines its own gutters, ListItem gutters can be disabled with disableGutters.
- Line item 1
- Line item 2
- Line item 3
Virtualized List
In the following example, we demonstrate how to use react-window with the List component.
It renders 200 rows and can easily handle more.
Virtualization helps with performance issues.
The use of react-window when possible is encouraged. If this library doesn't cover your use case, you should consider using alternatives like react-virtuoso.
Customization
Here are some examples of customizing the component. You can learn more about this in the overrides documentation page.