Table feat: maintain sorting when input data changes

[declann]

Lately I did some accounts in a Framework notebook.

I was in a loop of categorising my data and then reviewing it in a few Inputs.tables and my big takeaway was that I can't really use Inputs.table (In Framework or Observable Notebooks) in such a loop (hot loop: many many repeats) for one reason: It resets the view (especially sort config) every time inputs change. Otherwise I liked this experience!

You can see the issue if you edit the cell for penguins here, after setting a sort in the table - even if you only add a comment to the penguins cell: https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/input-table

Maybe I need to make a different custom table since the solution here would change the implementation of Inputs.table a lot - I guess - but putting here in case it is simpler or desirable!

[declann]

For reference, the Mosaic table component maintains sorting state whenever selected rows change. The Olympic Athletes dashboard is an example where you can test this.

[declann]

Also, the OHQ data table cell supports this

It's also probably better for my usecase if it gets ported to Framework