[EuiDataGrid] Need to handle better "no data" scenarios and loading states

[miukimiu]

As we can see from the screenshot (https://codesandbox.io/s/datagrid-header-forked-svk7y?file=/index.js:2560-2571) when no data is available the EuiDataGrid only show the header cells, toolbar and pagination.

This behavior can look like a bug. Users don't know why is the header cells showing, why is the pagination clickable but they can't see any data.

So, we should fix the design to better handle "no data" scenarios.

Design improvement

• We should provide a default empty state (just a text?) and probably a way to customize the text. If there's pagination and no data, the pagination should get disabled.
• Also we should provide some loading states and handle better how cells are loaded on scroll.
• We need guidelines for loading, empty states, and results.

Bug to fix

• As we can see from the CodeSandbox example 4, when we pass a custom className to EuiDataGrid the Full screen button gets the class. It shouldn't. Fixed with [EuiDataGrid] Fix custom className being passed to the full screen button #5050

[miukimiu]

Example of the current EuiDataGrid loading new data:

Screen.Recording.2021-08-17.at.04.54.PM.mov

[flash1293]

Especially for tables on a dashboard, adding a central app-controlled UI element would be helpful, also wrt aligning tables with other chart types:

Please add an option to render a react element centered over the grid as part of this issue

[github-actions]

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[github-actions]

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