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We [1] used to think the same thing a few years back, but then figured out empirically that virtualization (above the React layer) will let you view/scroll thro
by denster 6y ago
We [1] used to think the same thing a few years back, but then figured out empirically that virtualization (above the React layer) will let you view/scroll through virtually unlimited-size datasets (until you hit the browser's memory limit per tab).
So, at this point, I would say canvas is not required to render large grids in modern browsers (even though Google Sheets does this for likely legacy reasons)
[1] You can see how we render large grids at
https://mintdata.com/docs https://mintdata.com/docs in the example sections.