diff --git a/src/components/treetable/TreeTable.vue b/src/components/treetable/TreeTable.vue
index dded90cfc..5df33b6ae 100755
--- a/src/components/treetable/TreeTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/treetable/TreeTable.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <template>
     <div :class="containerClass">
-        <slot></slot>
         <div class="p-treetable-loading" v-if="loading">
             <div class="p-treetable-loading-overlay p-component-overlay">
                 <i :class="loadingIconClass"></i>
@@ -22,28 +21,26 @@
             <table ref="table">
                 <thead class="p-treetable-thead">
                     <tr>
-                        <th v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)"
-                            :tabindex="col.sortable ? '0' : null"  :aria-sort="getAriaSort(col)" @keydown="onColumnKeyDown($event, col)">
+                        <th v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)"
+                            :tabindex="col.props?.sortable ? '0' : null"  :aria-sort="getAriaSort(col)" @keydown="onColumnKeyDown($event, col)">
                             <span class="p-column-resizer" @mousedown="onColumnResizeStart" v-if="resizableColumns"></span>
-                            <TTColumnSlot :column="col" type="header" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.header" />
-                            <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.header">{{col.header}}</span>
-                            <span v-if="col.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
+                            <component :is="col.children?.header" :column="col" />
+                            <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.props?.header">{{col.props?.header}}</span>
+                            <span v-if="col.props?.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
                             <span v-if="isMultiSorted(col)" class="p-sortable-column-badge">{{getMultiSortMetaIndex(col) + 1}}</span>
                         </th>
                     </tr>
                     <tr v-if="hasColumnFilter()">
-                        <template v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i">
-                            <th :class="getFilterColumnHeaderClass(col)" :style="col.filterHeaderStyle">
-                                <TTColumnSlot :column="col" type="filter" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.filter" />
-                            </th>
-                        </template>
+                        <th  v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :class="getFilterColumnHeaderClass(col)" :style="col.props?.filterHeaderStyle">
+                            <component :is="col.children?.filter" :column="col" v-if="col.children?.filter"/>
+                        </th>
                     </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tfoot class="p-treetable-tfoot" v-if="hasFooter">
                     <tr>
-                        <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.footerStyle" :class="col.footerClass">
-                            <TTColumnSlot :column="col" type="footer" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.footer" />
-                            {{col.footer}}
+                        <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.footerStyle" :class="col.props?.footerClass">
+                            <component :is="col.children?.footer" :column="col" />
+                            {{col.props?.footer}}
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                 </tfoot>
@@ -81,8 +78,7 @@
 import ObjectUtils from '../utils/ObjectUtils';
 import FilterUtils from '../utils/FilterUtils';
 import DomHandler from '../utils/DomHandler';
-import TreeTableColumnSlot from './TreeTableColumnSlot';
-import TreeTableRowLoader from './TreeTableRowLoader';
+import TreeTableRow from './TreeTableRow';
 import Paginator from '../paginator/Paginator';
 
 export default {
@@ -218,7 +214,6 @@ export default {
     resizeColumnElement: null,
     data() {
         return {
-            allChildren: null,
             d_expandedKeys: this.expandedKeys || {},
             d_first: this.first,
             d_rows: this.rows,
@@ -247,9 +242,6 @@ export default {
             this.d_multiSortMeta = newValue;
         }
     },
-    mounted() {
-        this.allChildren = this.$children;
-    },
     methods: {
         onNodeToggle(node) {
             const key = node.key;
@@ -370,31 +362,31 @@ export default {
             this.$emit('update:first', this.d_first);
         },
         isMultiSorted(column) {
-            return column.sortable && this.getMultiSortMetaIndex(column) > -1
+            return column.props?.sortable && this.getMultiSortMetaIndex(column) > -1
         },
         isColumnSorted(column) {
-            if (column.sortable) {
-                return this.sortMode === 'single' ? (this.d_sortField === (column.field || column.sortField)) : this.getMultiSortMetaIndex(column) > -1;
+            if (column.props?.sortable) {
+                return this.sortMode === 'single' ? (this.d_sortField === (column.props?.field || column.props?.sortField)) : this.getMultiSortMetaIndex(column) > -1;
             }
 
             return false;
         },
         getColumnHeaderClass(column) {
-            return [column.headerClass,
-                    {'p-sortable-column': column.sortable},
+            return [column.props?.headerClass,
+                    {'p-sortable-column': column.props?.sortable},
                     {'p-resizable-column': this.resizableColumns},
                     {'p-highlight': this.isColumnSorted(column)}
             ];
         },
         getFilterColumnHeaderClass(column) {
-            return ['p-filter-column', column.filterHeaderClass];
+            return ['p-filter-column', column.props?.filterHeaderClass];
         },
         getSortableColumnIcon(column) {
             let sorted = false;
             let sortOrder = null;
 
             if (this.sortMode === 'single') {
-                sorted =  this.d_sortField === (column.field || column.sortField);
+                sorted =  this.d_sortField === (column.props?.field || column.props?.sortField);
                 sortOrder = sorted ? this.d_sortOrder: 0;
             }
             else if (this.sortMode === 'multiple') {
@@ -418,7 +410,7 @@ export default {
 
             for (let i = 0; i < this.d_multiSortMeta.length; i++) {
                 let meta = this.d_multiSortMeta[i];
-                if (meta.field === (column.field || column.sortField)) {
+                if (meta.field === (column.props?.field || column.props?.sortField)) {
                     index = i;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -427,9 +419,9 @@ export default {
             return index;
         },
         onColumnHeaderClick(event, column) {
-            if (column.sortable) {
+            if (column.props?.sortable) {
                 const targetNode = event.target;
-                const columnField = column.sortField || column.field;
+                const columnField = column.props?.sortField || column.props?.field;
 
                 if (DomHandler.hasClass(targetNode, 'p-sortable-column') || DomHandler.hasClass(targetNode, 'p-column-title')
                     || DomHandler.hasClass(targetNode, 'p-sortable-column-icon') || DomHandler.hasClass(targetNode.parentElement, 'p-sortable-column-icon')) {
@@ -557,12 +549,12 @@ export default {
 
                 for (let j = 0; j < this.columns.length; j++) {
                     let col = this.columns[j];
-                    let filterField = col.field;
+                    let filterField = col.props?.field;
 
                     //local
-                    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.filters, col.field)) {
-                        let filterMatchMode = col.filterMatchMode;
-                        let filterValue = this.filters[col.field];
+                    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.filters, col.props?.field)) {
+                        let filterMatchMode = col.props?.filterMatchMode || 'startsWith';
+                        let filterValue = this.filters[col.props?.field];
                         let filterConstraint = FilterUtils[filterMatchMode];
                         let paramsWithoutNode = {filterField, filterValue, filterConstraint, strict};
 
@@ -651,8 +643,8 @@ export default {
             if (this.hasFilters) {
                 filterMatchModes = {};
                 this.columns.forEach(col => {
-                    if (col.field) {
-                        filterMatchModes[col.field] = col.filterMatchMode;
+                    if (col.props?.field) {
+                        filterMatchModes[col.props?.field] = col.props?.filterMatchMode;
                     }
                 });
             }
@@ -756,7 +748,7 @@ export default {
             }
         },
         getAriaSort(column) {
-            if (column.sortable) {
+            if (column.props?.sortable) {
                 const sortIcon = this.getSortableColumnIcon(column);
                 if (sortIcon[1]['pi-sort-amount-down'])
                     return 'descending';
@@ -772,7 +764,7 @@ export default {
         hasColumnFilter() {
             if (this.columns) {
                 for (let col of this.columns) {
-                    if (col.$scopedSlots.filter) {
+                    if (col.children?.filter) {
                         return true;
                     }
                 }
@@ -791,10 +783,17 @@ export default {
             }];
         },
         columns() {
-            if (this.allChildren) {
-                return this.allChildren.filter(child =>  child.$options._propKeys.indexOf('columnKey') !== -1);
-            }
-            return [];
+            let cols = [];
+            let children = this.$slots.default();
+            
+            children.forEach(child => {
+                if (child.dynamicChildren)
+                    cols = [...cols, ...child.children];
+                else if (child.type.name === 'column')
+                    cols.push(child);
+            });
+
+            return cols;
         },
         processedData() {
             if (this.lazy) {
@@ -844,7 +843,7 @@ export default {
             let hasFooter = false;
 
             for (let col of this.columns) {
-                if (col.footer || col.$scopedSlots.footer) {
+                if (col.props?.footer || col.children?.footer) {
                     hasFooter = true;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -887,8 +886,7 @@ export default {
         }
     },
     components: {
-        'TTColumnSlot': TreeTableColumnSlot,
-        'TTRow': TreeTableRowLoader,
+        'TTRow': TreeTableRow,
         'TTPaginator': Paginator,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/treetable/TreeTableColumnSlot.vue b/src/components/treetable/TreeTableColumnSlot.vue
deleted file mode 100755
index 57f6df13e..000000000
--- a/src/components/treetable/TreeTableColumnSlot.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-export default {
-    functional: true,
-    props: {
-        column: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        node: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        type: {
-            type: String,
-            default: null
-        }
-    },
-    render(createElement, context) {
-        const content = context.props.column.$scopedSlots[context.props.type]({
-            'node': context.props.node,
-            'column': context.props.column
-        });
-        return [content];
-    }
-};
-</script>
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diff --git a/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRow.vue b/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRow.vue
index 5d441572f..a7c30999e 100755
--- a/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRow.vue
+++ b/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRow.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <template>
     <tr :class="containerClass" @click="onClick" @keydown="onKeyDown" @touchend="onTouchEnd" :style="node.style" tabindex="0">
-        <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.bodyStyle" :class="col.bodyClass">
-            <button type="button" class="p-treetable-toggler p-link" @click="toggle" v-if="col.expander" :style="togglerStyle" tabindex="-1" v-ripple>
+        <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.bodyStyle" :class="col.props?.bodyClass">
+            <button type="button" class="p-treetable-toggler p-link" @click="toggle" v-if="col.props?.expander" :style="togglerStyle" tabindex="-1" v-ripple>
                 <i :class="togglerIcon"></i>
             </button>
-            <div class="p-checkbox p-treetable-checkbox p-component" @click="toggleCheckbox" v-if="checkboxSelectionMode && col.expander" role="checkbox" :aria-checked="checked">
+            <div class="p-checkbox p-treetable-checkbox p-component" @click="toggleCheckbox" v-if="checkboxSelectionMode && col.props?.expander" role="checkbox" :aria-checked="checked">
                 <div class="p-hidden-accessible">
                     <input type="checkbox" @focus="onCheckboxFocus" @blur="onCheckboxBlur" />
                 </div>
@@ -12,20 +12,25 @@
                     <span :class="checkboxIcon"></span>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <TTColumnSlot :node="node" :column="col" type="body" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.body" />
-            <template v-else><span>{{resolveFieldData(node.data, col.field)}}</span></template>
+            <component :is="col.children?.body" :node="node" :column="col" v-if="col.children?.body" />
+            <template v-else><span>{{resolveFieldData(node.data, col.props?.field)}}</span></template>
         </td>
     </tr>
+    <template v-if="expanded && node.children && node.children.length">
+        <sub-ttnode v-for="childNode of node.children" :key="childNode.key" :columns="columns" :node="childNode" :parentNode="node"  :level="level + 1"
+                        :expandedKeys="expandedKeys" :selectionMode="selectionMode" :selectionKeys="selectionKeys" 
+                        @node-toggle="$emit('node-toggle', $event)" @node-click="$emit('node-click', $event)" @checkbox-change="onCheckboxChange"></sub-ttnode>
+    </template>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import ObjectUtils from '../utils/ObjectUtils';
 import DomHandler from '../utils/DomHandler';
-import TreeTableColumnSlot from './TreeTableColumnSlot';
 import Ripple from '../ripple/Ripple';
 
 export default {
     name: 'sub-ttnode',
+    emits: ['node-click', 'node-toggle', 'checkbox-change'],
     props: {
         node: {
             type: null,
@@ -198,6 +203,39 @@ export default {
         },
         onCheckboxBlur() {
             this.checkboxFocused = false;
+        },
+        onCheckboxChange(event) {
+            let check = event.check;
+            let _selectionKeys = {...event.selectionKeys};
+            let checkedChildCount = 0;
+            let childPartialSelected = false;
+
+            for(let child of this.node.children) {
+                if(_selectionKeys[child.key] && _selectionKeys[child.key].checked)
+                    checkedChildCount++;
+                else if(_selectionKeys[child.key] && _selectionKeys[child.key].partialChecked)
+                    childPartialSelected = true;
+            }
+
+            if(check && checkedChildCount === this.node.children.length) {
+                _selectionKeys[this.node.key] = {checked: true, partialChecked: false};
+            }
+            else {
+                if (!check) {
+                    delete _selectionKeys[this.node.key];
+                }
+
+                if(childPartialSelected || (checkedChildCount > 0 && checkedChildCount !== this.node.children.length))
+                    _selectionKeys[this.node.key] = {checked: false, partialChecked: true};
+                else
+                    _selectionKeys[this.node.key] = {checked: false, partialChecked: false};
+            }
+
+            this.$emit('checkbox-change', {
+                node: event.node,
+                check: event.check,
+                selectionKeys: _selectionKeys
+            });
         }
     },
     computed: {
@@ -246,9 +284,6 @@ export default {
             return this.selectionKeys ? this.selectionKeys[this.node.key] && this.selectionKeys[this.node.key].partialChecked: false;
         }
     },
-    components: {
-        'TTColumnSlot': TreeTableColumnSlot
-    },
     directives: {
         'ripple': Ripple
     }
diff --git a/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRowLoader.vue b/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRowLoader.vue
deleted file mode 100755
index 3db8be9db..000000000
--- a/src/components/treetable/TreeTableRowLoader.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-import TreeTableRow from './TreeTableRow';
-
-const TreeTableRowLoader = {
-    functional: true,
-    props: {
-        node: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        columns: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        expandedKeys: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        selectionKeys: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        selectionMode: {
-            type: String,
-            default: null
-        },
-        level: {
-            type: Number,
-            default: 0
-        }
-    },
-    render(createElement, context) {
-        const root = createElement(TreeTableRow, {
-            key: context.props.node.key,
-            props: context.props,
-            on: {
-                'node-toggle': context.listeners['node-toggle'],
-                'node-click': context.listeners['node-click'],
-                'checkbox-change': context.listeners['checkbox-change']
-            }
-        });
-
-        let element = [root];
-        const node = context.props.node;
-        const expanded = context.props.expandedKeys && context.props.expandedKeys[node.key] === true;
-
-        if (expanded && node.children && node.children.length) {
-            for (let childNode of node.children) {
-                let childNodeProps = {...context.props};
-                childNodeProps.node = childNode;
-                childNodeProps.parentNode = node;
-                childNodeProps.level = context.props.level + 1;
-
-                let childNodeElement = createElement(TreeTableRowLoader, {
-                    key: childNode.key,
-                    props: childNodeProps,
-                    on: {
-                        'node-toggle': context.listeners['node-toggle'],
-                        'node-click': context.listeners['node-click'],
-                        'checkbox-change': (event) => {
-                            let check = event.check;
-                            let _selectionKeys = {...event.selectionKeys};
-                            let checkedChildCount = 0;
-                            let childPartialSelected = false;
-
-                            for(let child of node.children) {
-                                if(_selectionKeys[child.key] && _selectionKeys[child.key].checked)
-                                    checkedChildCount++;
-                                else if(_selectionKeys[child.key] && _selectionKeys[child.key].partialChecked)
-                                    childPartialSelected = true;
-                            }
-
-                            if(check && checkedChildCount === node.children.length) {
-                                _selectionKeys[node.key] = {checked: true, partialChecked: false};
-                            }
-                            else {
-                                if (!check) {
-                                    delete _selectionKeys[node.key];
-                                }
-
-                                if(childPartialSelected || (checkedChildCount > 0 && checkedChildCount !== node.children.length))
-                                    _selectionKeys[node.key] = {checked: false, partialChecked: true};
-                                else
-                                    _selectionKeys[node.key] = {checked: false, partialChecked: false};
-                            }
-
-                            context.listeners['checkbox-change']({
-                                node: event.node,
-                                check: event.check,
-                                selectionKeys: _selectionKeys
-                            });
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-
-                element.push(childNodeElement);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return element;
-    }
-};
-
-export default TreeTableRowLoader;
-</script>
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diff --git a/src/views/treetable/TreeTableResponsiveDemo.vue b/src/views/treetable/TreeTableResponsiveDemo.vue
index 3930400da..026635c7c 100755
--- a/src/views/treetable/TreeTableResponsiveDemo.vue
+++ b/src/views/treetable/TreeTableResponsiveDemo.vue
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ export default {
 }
 
 @media screen and (max-width: 40em) {
+    ::v-deep(.sm-invisible) {
+        display: none;
+    }
+
     ::v-deep(.sm-visible) {
         display: inline;
         margin-right: .5rem;
diff --git a/src/views/treetable/TreeTableTemplatingDemo.vue b/src/views/treetable/TreeTableTemplatingDemo.vue
index 2a1886fc3..d722a7c58 100755
--- a/src/views/treetable/TreeTableTemplatingDemo.vue
+++ b/src/views/treetable/TreeTableTemplatingDemo.vue
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
                     <Column field="name" header="Name" :expander="true"></Column>
                     <Column field="size" header="Size"></Column>
                     <Column field="type" header="Type"></Column>
-                    <Column headerStyle="width: 8em" bodyStyle="text-align: center">
+                    <Column headerStyle="width: 8em" headerClass="p-text-center" bodyClass="p-text-center">
                         <template #header>
                             <Button type="button" icon="pi pi-cog"></Button>
                         </template>
-                        <template>
+                        <template #body>
                             <Button type="button" icon="pi pi-search" class="p-button-success" style="margin-right: .5em"></Button>
                             <Button type="button" icon="pi pi-pencil" class="p-button-warning"></Button>
                         </template>
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
     &lt;Column field="name" header="Name" :expander="true"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
     &lt;Column field="size" header="Size"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
     &lt;Column field="type" header="Type"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column headerStyle="width: 8em" bodyStyle="text-align: center"&gt;
+    &lt;Column headerStyle="width: 8em" headerClass="p-text-center" bodyClass="p-text-center"&gt;
         &lt;template #header&gt;
             &lt;Button type="button" icon="pi pi-cog"&gt;&lt;/Button&gt;
         &lt;/template&gt;
-        &lt;template&gt;
+        &lt;template #body&gt;
             &lt;Button type="button" icon="pi pi-search" class="p-button-success" style="margin-right: .5em"&gt;&lt;/Button&gt;
             &lt;Button type="button" icon="pi pi-pencil" class="p-button-warning"&gt;&lt;/Button&gt;
         &lt;/template&gt;