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`sap.ui.webc.main.Table` vs. `sap.m.Table` vs. `sap.ui.table.*Table`: Which One Should I Choose?

See original GitHub issue

In the documentation there is a great article «Tables: Which One Should I Choose?» with a comparison table and main use cases when each type of table is an option choice. However, this table doesn’t cover relatively recently added sap.ui.webc.main.Table.

The questions:

Is sap.ui.webc.main.Table intended to replace the previously added table classes?
What are the benefits of using sap.ui.webc.main.Table over the rest UI5 table classes?
Is there any preference to use one table class over another for the future development? In other words, are there any plans to replace sap.ui.table.Table with sap.ui.webc.main.Table or something similar?

Thanks.

P.S. This issue can be perceived as suggestion to elaborate the «Tables: Which One Should I Choose?» article and to address sap.ui.webc.main.Table as well.

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boghyoncommented, Oct 4, 2022

Hi @pubmikeb,

Isn’t the same configuration? Once made in declarative way via manifest.json and once in index.html?

This answer might help: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56136611/5846045

For new apps […] it’s better to use sap.ui.webc.main instead of sap.m?

See Peter’s comment at https://blogs.sap.com/2022/03/10/ui5-web-components-enablement-for-openui5-sapui5/#comment-620432 While sap.ui.webc controls are still experimental, you’re highly welcome to try them and to give feedback!

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petermuessigcommented, Oct 4, 2022

Hi @pubmikeb ,

the sap.ui.webc.main.Table control is part of the UI5 Web Components enablement of OpenUI5. This means the UI elements developed as UI5 Web Components will be wrapped as UI5 controls and can be used natively in OpenUI5. More details about this can be found here: https://blogs.sap.com/2022/03/10/ui5-web-components-enablement-for-openui5-sapui5/

The UI5 Web Components will be the future direction of writing UI elements in a framework agnostic way and currently the enablement is experimental. The APIs are not yet perfect for the usage in OpenUI5 and requires some more massage. As of today, most of the UI5 Web Components control wrappers are just 1:1 wrappers and there is work in progress to ensure a proper usage within OpenUI5 with databinding support. The UI5 Web Components APIs are more classic web development (HTML) centric.

But my blog post linked above will hopefully shed more light…

Independent from that, you are right that the documentation «Tables: Which One Should I Choose?» should be updated once the sap.ui.webc.main.Table is not experimental anymore.

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