Release Notes for v8.1.0

Additive feature release. No breaking changes.
See what's new for narrative coverage.

New features

• Inline editing now supports number, date, checkbox, and custom editor types.
  New column-level validate hook gates the edit before onCellEdit fires.
  → Inline editing
• Shift-click range selection on row checkboxes.
  Enabled by default — opt out with selectableRowsRange={false}.
  New selectedRows prop drives controlled selection.
  → Row selection
• New headless export hook useTableExport: build CSV/JSON, trigger a download, or copy to clipboard.
  → Export

Bug fixes & polish

• Expandable row open/close animation now works correctly.
  Switched from a max-height tween (which appeared instant at realistic content heights) to the CSS grid grid-template-rows: 0fr → 1fr trick, giving a true height transition.
  Close animation added — the row stays mounted while animating out, then unmounts. Both directions respect animateRows and prefers-reduced-motion.
• Fixed useLayoutEffect SSR warning in Next.js App Router and Astro SSR modes.
  The effect now falls back to useEffect on the server.
  → SSR
• Inline editing: added CSS for checkbox and custom editor types, and validation error tooltip styles (.rdt_cellEditError, .rdt_editErrorTip).