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# Configuring Pagination and Filtering

You can further customize how Tables are displayed by using special attributes —all of which are documented in the VDL Reference.
Pagination can be invoked by:

- selecting the table in the View Designer and editing the Pagination attribute.
- setting the attribute `page-mode="paged"` within a `<vdl-table>` or `<vdl-datagrid>` element.

By default, this shows 50 items per page but you can change this via an associated `page-size` attribute.
You can add a filter to a table by:

- selecting the table in the View Designer and editing the Search attribute.
- setting `show-filter="true"` within a `<vdl-table>` or `<vdl-datagrid>` element.

A filter provides an end user with an input field at the top of the table which allows them to filter all cells by that value.

A related attribute adds a filter input at the top of each column, allowing your users to filter rows based on matches in each column.

You can add a column filter to a table by:

- selecting the table in the View Designer and editing the Column filters attribute.
- setting `column-filter="true"` within a `<vdl-table>` or `<vdl-datagrid>` element.

The previous example illustrates how to use pagination and filtering.

When adding the `show-filter` and `column-filter` attributes to a table, bear in mind that by default, cells are sorted and filtered by their underling values rather than their displayed values. These differ if a set has a `labels` array associated with it or if a custom cell renderer has been applied to a column. You can change this filtering mechanism to apply to cells' formatted characteristics instead of their underlying values in the code editor by adding the attribute `filter-by-formatted="true"` to a table or column.

Parent Topic Using VDL tables

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