diff --git a/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue b/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue
index 64eeb780a..871e8c8ed 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <template>
-    <td :style="column.props.bodyStyle" :class="containerClass" @click="onClick" @keydown="onKeyDown">
+    <td :style="column.props?.bodyStyle" :class="containerClass" @click="onClick" @keydown="onKeyDown">
         <component :is="column.children.body" :data="rowData" :column="column" :index="index" v-if="column.children && column.children.body && !d_editing" />
         <component :is="column.children.editor" :data="rowData" :column="column" :index="index" v-else-if="column.children && column.children.editor && d_editing" />
-        <template v-else-if="column.props.selectionMode">
-            <DTRadioButton :value="rowData" :checked="selected" @change="toggleRowWithRadio" v-if="column.props.selectionMode === 'single'" />
-            <DTCheckbox :value="rowData" :checked="selected" @change="toggleRowWithCheckbox" v-else-if="column.props.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
+        <template v-else-if="column.props?.selectionMode">
+            <DTRadioButton :value="rowData" :checked="selected" @change="toggleRowWithRadio" v-if="column.props?.selectionMode === 'single'" />
+            <DTCheckbox :value="rowData" :checked="selected" @change="toggleRowWithCheckbox" v-else-if="column.props?.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
         </template>
-        <template v-else-if="column.props.rowReorder">
-            <i :class="['p-datatable-reorderablerow-handle', (column.props.rowReorderIcon || 'pi pi-bars')]"></i>
+        <template v-else-if="column.props?.rowReorder">
+            <i :class="['p-datatable-reorderablerow-handle', (column.props?.rowReorderIcon || 'pi pi-bars')]"></i>
         </template>
-        <template v-else-if="column.props.expander">
+        <template v-else-if="column.props?.expander">
             <button class="p-row-toggler p-link" @click="toggleRow" type="button" v-ripple>
                 <span :class="rowTogglerIcon"></span>
             </button>
         </template>
-        <template v-else-if="editMode === 'row' && column.props.rowEditor">
+        <template v-else-if="editMode === 'row' && column.props?.rowEditor">
             <button class="p-row-editor-init p-link" v-if="!d_editing" @click="onRowEditInit" type="button" v-ripple>
                 <span class="p-row-editor-init-icon pi pi-fw pi-pencil"></span>
             </button>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default {
     },
     methods: {
         resolveFieldData() {
-            return ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(this.rowData, this.column.props.field);
+            return ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(this.rowData, this.column.props?.field);
         },
         toggleRow(event) {
             this.$emit('row-toggle', {
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ export default {
             if (this.editMode === 'cell' && this.isEditable() && !this.d_editing) {
                 this.d_editing = true;
                 this.bindDocumentEditListener();
-                this.$emit('cell-edit-init', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props.field, index: this.index});
+                this.$emit('cell-edit-init', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props?.field, index: this.index});
             }
         },
         completeEdit(event, type) {
             let completeEvent = {
                 originalEvent: event,
                 data: this.rowData,
-                field: this.column.props.field,
+                field: this.column.props?.field,
                 index: this.index,
                 type: type,
                 defaultPrevented: false,
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export default {
 
                     case 27:
                         this.switchCellToViewMode();
-                        this.$emit('cell-edit-cancel', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props.field, index: this.index});
+                        this.$emit('cell-edit-cancel', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props?.field, index: this.index});
                     break;
 
                     case 9:
@@ -255,19 +255,19 @@ export default {
             return (DomHandler.find(this.$el, '.p-invalid').length === 0);
         },
         onRowEditInit(event) {
-            this.$emit('row-edit-init', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props.field, index: this.index});
+            this.$emit('row-edit-init', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props?.field, index: this.index});
         },
         onRowEditSave(event) {
-            this.$emit('row-edit-save', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props.field, index: this.index});
+            this.$emit('row-edit-save', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props?.field, index: this.index});
         },
         onRowEditCancel(event) {
-            this.$emit('row-edit-cancel', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props.field, index: this.index});
+            this.$emit('row-edit-cancel', {originalEvent: event, data: this.rowData, field: this.column.props?.field, index: this.index});
         }
     },
     computed: {
         containerClass() {
-            return [this.column.props.bodyClass, {
-                'p-selection-column': this.column.props.selectionMode != null,
+            return [this.column.props?.bodyClass, {
+                'p-selection-column': this.column.props?.selectionMode != null,
                 'p-editable-column': this.isEditable(),
                 'p-cell-editing': this.d_editing
             }];
diff --git a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
index 5df8a0158..bf6221c8b 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export default {
     mounted() {
         if (this.reorderableColumns) {
             let columnOrder = [];
-            this.columns.forEach(col => columnOrder.push(col.props.columnKey||col.props.field));
+            this.columns.forEach(col => columnOrder.push(col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field));
             this.d_columnOrder = columnOrder;
             console.log()
         }
@@ -468,9 +468,9 @@ export default {
             const event = e.originalEvent;
             const column = e.column;
 
-            if (column.props.sortable) {
+            if (column.props?.sortable) {
                 const targetNode = event.target;
-                const columnField = column.props.sortField || column.props.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')) {
@@ -587,13 +587,13 @@ export default {
 
                 for(let j = 0; j < this.columns.length; j++) {
                     let col = this.columns[j];
-                    let columnField = col.props.filterField || col.props.field;
+                    let columnField = col.props?.filterField || col.props?.field;
 
                     //local
                     if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.filters, columnField)) {
                         let filterValue = this.filters[columnField];
                         let dataFieldValue = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(data[i], columnField);
-                        let filterConstraint = col.props.filterMatchMode === 'custom' ? col.props.filterFunction : FilterUtils[col.props.filterMatchMode||'startsWith'];
+                        let filterConstraint = col.props?.filterMatchMode === 'custom' ? col.props?.filterFunction : FilterUtils[col.props?.filterMatchMode||'startsWith'];
                         if (!filterConstraint(dataFieldValue, filterValue, this.filterLocale)) {
                             localMatch = false;
                         }
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ export default {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if (!col.props.excludeGlobalFilter && this.hasGlobalFilter && !globalMatch) {
+                    if (!col.props?.excludeGlobalFilter && this.hasGlobalFilter && !globalMatch) {
                         globalMatch = FilterUtils.contains(ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(data[i], columnField), this.filters['global'], this.filterLocale);
                     }
                 }
@@ -937,8 +937,8 @@ export default {
             //headers
             for (let i = 0; i < this.columns.length; i++) {
                 let column = this.columns[i];
-                if (column.props.exportable !== false && column.props.field) {
-                    csv += '"' + (column.props.header || column.props.field) + '"';
+                if (column.props?.exportable !== false && column.props?.field) {
+                    csv += '"' + (column.props?.header || column.props?.field) + '"';
 
                     if (i < (this.columns.length - 1)) {
                         csv += this.csvSeparator;
@@ -952,14 +952,14 @@ export default {
                     csv += '\n';
                     for (let i = 0; i < this.columns.length; i++) {
                         let column = this.columns[i];
-                        if (column.props.exportable !== false && column.props.field) {
-                            let cellData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(record, column.props.field);
+                        if (column.props?.exportable !== false && column.props?.field) {
+                            let cellData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(record, column.props?.field);
 
                             if (cellData != null) {
                                 if (this.exportFunction) {
                                     cellData = this.exportFunction({
                                         data: cellData,
-                                        field: column.props.field
+                                        field: column.props?.field
                                     });
                                 }
                                 else
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ export default {
             const event = e.originalEvent;
             const column = e.column;
 
-            if (this.reorderableColumns && column.props.reorderableColumn !== false) {
+            if (this.reorderableColumns && column.props?.reorderableColumn !== false) {
                 if (event.target.nodeName === 'INPUT' || event.target.nodeName === 'TEXTAREA' || DomHandler.hasClass(event.target, 'p-column-resizer'))
                     event.currentTarget.draggable = false;
                 else
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ export default {
             if (columns && columns.length) {
                 for (let i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
                     let column = columns[i];
-                    if (column.props.columnKey === key || column.props.field === key) {
+                    if (column.props?.columnKey === key || column.props?.field === key) {
                         return column;
                     }
                 }
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ export default {
             let frozenColumns = [];
 
             for(let col of this.columns) {
-                if(col.props.frozen) {
+                if(col.props?.frozen) {
                     frozenColumns = frozenColumns||[];
                     frozenColumns.push(col);
                 }
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ export default {
             let scrollableColumns = [];
 
             for(let col of this.columns) {
-                if(!col.props.frozen) {
+                if(!col.props?.frozen) {
                     scrollableColumns = scrollableColumns||[];
                     scrollableColumns.push(col);
                 }
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ export default {
         headerColumnGroup() {
             const children = this.$slots.default();
             for (let child of children) {
-                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props.type === 'header') {
+                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props?.type === 'header') {
                     return child;
                 }
             }
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ export default {
         frozenHeaderColumnGroup() {
             const children = this.$slots.default();
             for (let child of children) {
-                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props.type === 'frozenheader') {
+                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props?.type === 'frozenheader') {
                     return child;
                 }
             }
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ export default {
         footerColumnGroup() {
             const children = this.$slots.default();
             for (let child of children) {
-                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props.type === 'footer') {
+                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props?.type === 'footer') {
                     return child;
                 }
             }
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ export default {
         frozenFooterColumnGroup() {
            const children = this.$slots.default();
             for (let child of children) {
-                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props.type === 'frozenfooter') {
+                if (child.type.name === 'columngroup' && child.props?.type === 'frozenfooter') {
                     return child;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/components/datatable/ScrollableView.vue b/src/components/datatable/ScrollableView.vue
index 0fe62e017..a9022c465 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/ScrollableView.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/ScrollableView.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                 <table class="p-datatable-scrollable-header-table">
                     <colgroup>
                         <template v-for="(col,i) of columns">
-                            <col v-if="shouldRenderCol(col)" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.headerStyle" />
+                            <col v-if="shouldRenderCol(col)" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.headerStyle" />
                         </template>
                     </colgroup>
                     <slot name="header" :columns="columns" :columnGroup="headerColumnGroup"></slot>
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
             <table ref="scrollTable" :class="bodyTableClass" :style="bodyTableStyle">
                 <colgroup>
                     <template v-for="(col,i) of columns">
-                        <col v-if="shouldRenderCol(col)" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.bodyStyle || col.props.headerStyle" />
+                        <col v-if="shouldRenderCol(col)" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.bodyStyle || col.props?.headerStyle" />
                     </template>
                 </colgroup>
                 <slot name="body" :columns="columns"></slot>
             </table>
             <table ref="loadingTable" :style="{top:'0', display: 'none'}" class="p-datatable-scrollable-body-table p-datatable-loading-virtual-table p-datatable-virtual-table" v-if="virtualScroll">
                 <colgroup>
-                    <col v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.bodyStyle || col.props.headerStyle" />
+                    <col v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.bodyStyle || col.props?.headerStyle" />
                 </colgroup>
                 <DTTableLoadingBody :columns="columns" :rows="rows" />
             </table>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 <table class="p-datatable-scrollable-footer-table">
                     <colgroup>
                         <template v-for="(col,i) of columns">
-                            <col v-if="shouldRenderCol(col)" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.footerStyle || col.props.headerStyle" />
+                            <col v-if="shouldRenderCol(col)" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.footerStyle || col.props?.headerStyle" />
                         </template>
                     </colgroup>
                     <slot name="footer" :columns="columns" :columnGroup="footerColumnGroup"></slot>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export default {
         },
         shouldRenderCol(column) {
             if (this.rowGroupMode && this.rowGroupMode === 'subheader') {
-                return this.groupRowsBy !== column.props.field;
+                return this.groupRowsBy !== column.props?.field;
             }
 
             return true;
diff --git a/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue b/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue
index cee92d508..ae2357cc7 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
                     @click="onRowClick($event, rowData, index)" @contextmenu="onRowRightClick($event, rowData, index)" @touchend="onRowTouchEnd($event)" @keydown="onRowKeyDown($event, rowData, index)" :tabindex="selectionMode || contextMenu ? '0' : null"
                     @mousedown="onRowMouseDown($event)" @dragstart="onRowDragStart($event, index)" @dragover="onRowDragOver($event,index)" @dragleave="onRowDragLeave($event)" @dragend="onRowDragEnd($event)" @drop="onRowDrop($event)">
                     <template v-for="(col,i) of columns">
-                        <DTBodyCell v-if="shouldRenderBodyCell(value, col, index)" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :rowData="rowData" :column="col" :index="index" :selected="isSelected(rowData)"
-                            :rowTogglerIcon="col.props.expander ? rowTogglerIcon(rowData): null"
+                        <DTBodyCell v-if="shouldRenderBodyCell(value, col, index)" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :rowData="rowData" :column="col" :index="index" :selected="isSelected(rowData)"
+                            :rowTogglerIcon="col.props?.expander ? rowTogglerIcon(rowData): null"
                             :rowspan="rowGroupMode === 'rowspan' ? calculateRowGroupSize(value, col, index) : null"
                             :editMode="editMode" :editing="editMode === 'row' && isRowEditing(rowData)"
                             @radio-change="onRadioChange($event)" @checkbox-change="onCheckboxChange($event)" @row-toggle="onRowToggle($event)"
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ export default {
         shouldRenderBodyCell(value, column, i) {
             if (this.rowGroupMode) {
                 if (this.rowGroupMode === 'subheader') {
-                    return this.groupRowsBy !== column.props.field;
+                    return this.groupRowsBy !== column.props?.field;
                 }
                 else if (this.rowGroupMode === 'rowspan') {
                     if (this.isGrouped(column)) {
                         let prevRowData = value[i - 1];
                         if (prevRowData) {
-                            let currentRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(value[i], column.props.field);
-                            let previousRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(prevRowData, column.props.field);
+                            let currentRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(value[i], column.props?.field);
+                            let previousRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(prevRowData, column.props?.field);
                             return currentRowFieldData !== previousRowFieldData;
                         }
                         else {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export default {
         },
         calculateRowGroupSize(value, column, index) {
             if (this.isGrouped(column)) {
-                let currentRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(value[index], column.props.field);
+                let currentRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(value[index], column.props?.field);
                 let nextRowFieldData = currentRowFieldData;
                 let groupRowSpan = 0;
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export default {
                     groupRowSpan++;
                     let nextRowData = value[++index];
                     if (nextRowData) {
-                        nextRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(nextRowData, column.props.field);
+                        nextRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(nextRowData, column.props?.field);
                     }
                     else {
                         break;
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ export default {
         isGrouped(column) {
             if (this.groupRowsBy) {
                 if (Array.isArray(this.groupRowsBy))
-                    return this.groupRowsBy.indexOf(column.props.field) > -1;
+                    return this.groupRowsBy.indexOf(column.props?.field) > -1;
                 else
-                    return this.groupRowsBy === column.props.field;
+                    return this.groupRowsBy === column.props?.field;
             }
             else {
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/components/datatable/TableFooter.vue b/src/components/datatable/TableFooter.vue
index d9cf69e75..79c264e14 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/TableFooter.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/TableFooter.vue
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <template>
     <tfoot class="p-datatable-tfoot" v-if="hasFooter">
         <tr v-if="!columnGroup">
-            <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.footerStyle" :class="col.props.footerClass"
-                :colspan="col.props.colspan" :rowspan="col.props.rowspan">
+            <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.footerStyle" :class="col.props?.footerClass"
+                :colspan="col.props?.colspan" :rowspan="col.props?.rowspan">
                 <component :is="col.children.footer" :column="col" v-if="col.children && col.children.footer"/>
-                {{col.props.footer}}
+                {{col.props?.footer}}
             </td>
         </tr>
         <template v-else>
             <tr v-for="(row,i) of columnGroup.children.default()" :key="i">
-                <td v-for="(col,i) of row.children.default()" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.footerStyle" :class="col.props.footerClass"
-                    :colspan="col.props.colspan" :rowspan="col.props.rowspan">
+                <td v-for="(col,i) of row.children.default()" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.footerStyle" :class="col.props?.footerClass"
+                    :colspan="col.props?.colspan" :rowspan="col.props?.rowspan">
                     <component :is="col.children.footer" :column="col" v-if="col.children && col.children.footer"/>
-                    {{col.props.footer}}
+                    {{col.props?.footer}}
                 </td>
             </tr>
         </template>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default {
             }
             else {
                 for (let col of this.columns) {
-                    if (col.props.footer || (col.children && col.children.footer)) {
+                    if (col.props?.footer || (col.children && col.children.footer)) {
                         hasFooter = true;
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue b/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue
index 449057df5..2e800da03 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue
@@ -3,41 +3,41 @@
         <template v-if="!columnGroup">
             <tr>
                 <template v-for="(col,i) of columns">
-                    <th v-if="rowGroupMode !== 'subheader' || (groupRowsBy !== col.props.field)" :tabindex="col.props.sortable ? '0' : null" @keydown="onColumnKeyDown($event, col)"
-                        :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)"
+                    <th v-if="rowGroupMode !== 'subheader' || (groupRowsBy !== col.props?.field)" :tabindex="col.props?.sortable ? '0' : null" @keydown="onColumnKeyDown($event, col)"
+                        :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)"
                         @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)" @mousedown="onColumnHeaderMouseDown($event, col)"
                         @dragstart="onColumnHeaderDragStart($event)" @dragover="onColumnHeaderDragOver($event)" @dragleave="onColumnHeaderDragLeave($event)" @drop="onColumnHeaderDrop($event)"
-                        :colspan="col.props.colspan" :rowspan="col.props.rowspan" :aria-sort="getAriaSort(col)">
+                        :colspan="col.props?.colspan" :rowspan="col.props?.rowspan" :aria-sort="getAriaSort(col)">
                         <span class="p-column-resizer" @mousedown="onColumnResizeStart($event)" v-if="resizableColumns"></span>
                         <component :is="col.children.header" :column="col" v-if="col.children && col.children.header"/>
-                        <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.props.header">{{col.props.header}}</span>
-                        <span v-if="col.props.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
+                        <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.props?.header">{{col.props?.header}}</span>
+                        <span v-if="col.props?.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
                         <span v-if="isMultiSorted(col)" class="p-sortable-column-badge">{{getMultiSortMetaIndex(col) + 1}}</span>
-                        <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="onHeaderCheckboxChange($event)" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.props.selectionMode ==='multiple' && !hasColumnFilter()" />
+                        <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="onHeaderCheckboxChange($event)" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.props?.selectionMode ==='multiple' && !hasColumnFilter()" />
                     </th>
                 </template>
             </tr>
             <tr v-if="hasColumnFilter()">
                 <template v-for="(col,i) of columns">
-                    <th v-if="rowGroupMode !== 'subheader' || (groupRowsBy !== col.props.field)" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i"
-                        :class="getFilterColumnHeaderClass(col)" :style="col.props.filterHeaderStyle">
+                    <th v-if="rowGroupMode !== 'subheader' || (groupRowsBy !== col.props?.field)" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i"
+                        :class="getFilterColumnHeaderClass(col)" :style="col.props?.filterHeaderStyle">
                         <component :is="col.children.filter" :column="col" v-if="col.children && col.children.filter"/>
-                        <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="onHeaderCheckboxChange($event)" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.props.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
+                        <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="onHeaderCheckboxChange($event)" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.props?.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
                     </th>
                 </template>
             </tr>
         </template>
         <template v-else>
             <tr v-for="(row,i) of columnGroup.children.default()" :key="i">
-                <th v-for="(col,i) of row.children.default()" :key="col.props.columnKey||col.props.field||i" :style="col.props.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" :tabindex="col.props.sortable ? '0' : null"
+                <th v-for="(col,i) of row.children.default()" :key="col.props?.columnKey||col.props?.field||i" :style="col.props?.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" :tabindex="col.props?.sortable ? '0' : null"
                     @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)" @keydown="onColumnKeyDown($event, col)" @dragstart="onColumnHeaderDragStart($event)" @dragover="onColumnHeaderDragOver($event)" @dragleave="onColumnHeaderDragLeave($event)" @drop="onColumnHeaderDrop($event)"
-                    :colspan="col.props.colspan" :rowspan="col.props.rowspan" :aria-sort="getAriaSort(col)">
+                    :colspan="col.props?.colspan" :rowspan="col.props?.rowspan" :aria-sort="getAriaSort(col)">
                    <component :is="col.children.header" :column="col" v-if="col.children && col.children.header"/>
-                    <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.props.header">{{col.props.header}}</span>
-                    <span v-if="col.props.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
+                    <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.props?.header">{{col.props?.header}}</span>
+                    <span v-if="col.props?.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
                     <span v-if="isMultiSorted(col)" class="p-sortable-column-badge">{{getMultiSortMetaIndex(col) + 1}}</span>
                     <component :is="col.children.filter" :column="col" v-if="col.children && col.children.filter"/>
-                    <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="onHeaderCheckboxChange($event)" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.props.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
+                    <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="onHeaderCheckboxChange($event)" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.props?.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
                 </th>
             </tr>
         </template>
@@ -97,27 +97,27 @@ export default {
     },
     methods: {
         isMultiSorted(column) {
-            return column.props.sortable && this.getMultiSortMetaIndex(column) > -1
+            return column.props?.sortable && this.getMultiSortMetaIndex(column) > -1
         },
         isColumnSorted(column) {
-            return this.sortMode === 'single' ? (this.sortField && (this.sortField === column.props.field || this.sortField === column.props.sortField)) : this.isMultiSorted(column);
+            return this.sortMode === 'single' ? (this.sortField && (this.sortField === column.props?.field || this.sortField === column.props?.sortField)) : this.isMultiSorted(column);
         },
         getColumnHeaderClass(column) {
-            return [column.props.headerClass,
-                    {'p-sortable-column': column.props.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.props.filterHeaderClass];
+            return ['p-filter-column', column.props?.filterHeaderClass];
         },
         getSortableColumnIcon(column) {
             let sorted = false;
             let sortOrder = null;
 
             if (this.sortMode === 'single') {
-                sorted = this.sortField && (this.sortField === column.props.field || this.sortField === column.props.sortField);
+                sorted = this.sortField && (this.sortField === column.props?.field || this.sortField === column.props?.sortField);
                 sortOrder = sorted ? this.sortOrder: 0;
             }
             else if (this.sortMode === 'multiple') {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export default {
 
             for (let i = 0; i < this.multiSortMeta.length; i++) {
                 let meta = this.multiSortMeta[i];
-                if (meta.field === column.props.field || meta.field === column.props.sortField) {
+                if (meta.field === column.props?.field || meta.field === column.props?.sortField) {
                     index = i;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export default {
             }
         },
         getAriaSort(column) {
-            if (column.props.sortable) {
+            if (column.props?.sortable) {
                 const sortIcon = this.getSortableColumnIcon(column);
                 if (sortIcon[1]['pi-sort-amount-down'])
                     return 'descending';
diff --git a/src/views/datatable/DataTableCrudDemo.vue b/src/views/datatable/DataTableCrudDemo.vue
index 5c5e82454..94a83e829 100755
--- a/src/views/datatable/DataTableCrudDemo.vue
+++ b/src/views/datatable/DataTableCrudDemo.vue
@@ -36,25 +36,25 @@
                     </template>
 
                     <Column selectionMode="multiple" headerStyle="width: 3rem"></Column>
-                    <Column field="code" header="Code" sortable></Column>
-                    <Column field="name" header="Name" sortable></Column>
+                    <Column field="code" header="Code" :sortable="true"></Column>
+                    <Column field="name" header="Name" :sortable="true"></Column>
                     <Column header="Image">
                          <template #body="slotProps">
                             <img :src="'demo/images/product/' + slotProps.data.image" :alt="slotProps.data.image" class="product-image" />
                         </template>
                     </Column>
-                    <Column field="price" header="Price" sortable>
+                    <Column field="price" header="Price" :sortable="true">
                         <template #body="slotProps">
                             {{formatCurrency(slotProps.data.price)}}
                         </template>
                     </Column>
-                    <Column field="category" header="Category" sortable></Column>
-                    <Column field="rating" header="Reviews" sortable>
+                    <Column field="category" header="Category" :sortable="true"></Column>
+                    <Column field="rating" header="Reviews" :sortable="true">
                         <template #body="slotProps">
                            <Rating :value="slotProps.data.rating" :readonly="true" :cancel="false" />
                         </template>
                     </Column>
-                    <Column field="inventoryStatus" header="Status" sortable>
+                    <Column field="inventoryStatus" header="Status" :sortable="true">
                         <template #body="slotProps">
                             <span :class="'product-badge status-' + slotProps.data.inventoryStatus.toLowerCase()">{{slotProps.data.inventoryStatus}}</span>
                         </template>
@@ -173,25 +173,25 @@
     &lt;/template&gt;
 
     &lt;Column selectionMode="multiple" headerStyle="width: 3rem"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column field="code" header="Code" sortable&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column field="name" header="Name" sortable&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="code" header="Code" :sortable="true"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="name" header="Name" :sortable="true"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
     &lt;Column header="Image"&gt;
             &lt;template #body="slotProps"&gt;
             &lt;img :src="'demo/images/product/' + slotProps.data.image" :alt="slotProps.data.image" class="product-image" /&gt;
         &lt;/template&gt;
     &lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column field="price" header="Price" sortable&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="price" header="Price" :sortable="true"&gt;
         &lt;template #body="slotProps"&gt;
             {{formatCurrency(slotProps.data.price)}}
         &lt;/template&gt;
     &lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column field="category" header="Category" sortable&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column field="rating" header="Reviews" sortable&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="category" header="Category" :sortable="true"&gt;&lt;/Column&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="rating" header="Reviews" :sortable="true"&gt;
         &lt;template #body="slotProps"&gt;
             &lt;Rating :value="slotProps.data.rating" :readonly="true" :cancel="false" /&gt;
         &lt;/template&gt;
     &lt;/Column&gt;
-    &lt;Column field="inventoryStatus" header="Status" sortable&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="inventoryStatus" header="Status" :sortable="true"&gt;
         &lt;template #body="slotProps"&gt;
             &lt;span :class="'product-badge status-' + slotProps.data.inventoryStatus.toLowerCase()"&gt;{{slotProps.data.inventoryStatus}}&lt;/span&gt;
         &lt;/template&gt;