From 27e1a8d317c5449b2e7350e394789ef4f249eb6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Preston Ford <preston.y.ford@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 20:24:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(VDataTable): preserve defaults by setting root: true

fixes #21814
---
 packages/vuetify/src/components/VDataTable/VDataTable.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDataTable/VDataTable.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDataTable/VDataTable.tsx
index 4b7a75c14c3..d019fc67855 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDataTable/VDataTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDataTable/VDataTable.tsx
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export const VDataTable = genericComponent<new <T extends readonly any[], V>(
         loading: toRef(() => props.loading),
         loadingText: toRef(() => props.loadingText),
       },
-    })
+    }, { root: true })
 
     const slotProps = computed<VDataTableSlotProps<any>>(() => ({
       page: page.value,