How to display a checkbox field using lightning-datatable?

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I have data of having a Boolean field. i want to show that in lightning-datatable as a Check box instead of Utility:check. like show in Image

Answer 1

This is not possible with the standard data table component. If you use a boolean type, it will show just the icon. The actual checkbox is only available at the left side, row-level, for selecting a row in the table.

Here's a screenshot of the corner of a data table component with the first column having the boolean type assigned to it:

Particularly I don't see the absolute need for changing this. If you do, however, need to use an actual checkbox, then you might need to find or build yourself a custom data table component.

Some good reasons not to pursue what you are trying to do include the difficulty of building a custom data table component, the need to maintain third-party code on your org if you do find an open source solution for that, spending money on a paid solution (if it exists) and finally: this goes against the design guidelines that Salesforce itself promotes in its design system.