Whats the difference between DataTables widget and Tables Widget in Flutter?

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Im going to create an excel like application in Flutter where the user can input a quantity to one of the cells and the app automatically calculate its values based on quantity.

Shall i use DataTables or Tables widget?

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Both accept widgets as cell content like TextField, Slider or just Text. Anywhere there are some differences:

Feature Table DataTable
Checkbox column no showCheckBoxColumn
Set column width columnWidth no
Set row height no dataRowHeight
Sortable no integrated

If a cell with a no this does not mean, its not possible. The feature is just not directly supported by the widget. In all cases sizes will computed according to Flutters rendering engine: constraints go down, sizes go up.

Anybody please feel free to add more content to above comparison.

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