diff --git a/docs/Breadcrumb.md b/docs/Breadcrumb.md
index 39170a77707..2827642c8f0 100644
--- a/docs/Breadcrumb.md
+++ b/docs/Breadcrumb.md
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ export const SongList = () => {
     useDefineAppLocation('music.songs');
     return (
         <List>
-            <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+            <Datagrid>
                 <TextField source="title" />
             </Datagrid>
         </List>
diff --git a/docs/CustomRoutes.md b/docs/CustomRoutes.md
index 9197f82a2b6..645093dfed5 100644
--- a/docs/CustomRoutes.md
+++ b/docs/CustomRoutes.md
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ const BookList = () => {
     const { authorId } = useParams();
     return (
         <List resource="books" filter={{ authorId }}>
-            <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+            <Datagrid>
                 <TextField source="id" />
                 <TextField source="title" />
                 <TextField source="year" />
diff --git a/docs/Datagrid.md b/docs/Datagrid.md
index 247f98b5683..4d49985ef94 100644
--- a/docs/Datagrid.md
+++ b/docs/Datagrid.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Both are [Enterprise Edition](https://marmelab.com/ra-enterprise) components.
 | `isRowExpandable` | Optional | Function | `() => true` | A function that returns whether a row is expandable. |
 | `isRowSelectable` | Optional | Function | `() => true` | A function that returns whether a row is selectable. |
 | `optimized` | Optional | Boolean | `false` | Whether to optimize the rendering of the table. |
-| `rowClick` | Optional | mixed | | The action to trigger when the user clicks on a row.  |
+| `rowClick` | Optional | mixed | `'show'` or `'edit'` | The action to trigger when the user clicks on a row. |
 | `rowStyle` | Optional | Function | | A function that returns the style to apply to a row. |
 | `rowSx` | Optional | Function | | A function that returns the sx prop to apply to a row. |
 | `size` | Optional | `'small'` or `'medium'` | `'small'` | The size of the table. |
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ const FullNameField = () => {
 
 export const UserList = () => (
     <List>
-        <Datagrid rowclick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <FullNameField source="last_name" label="Name" />
             <DateField source="dob" />
             <TextField source="city" />
@@ -676,7 +676,9 @@ const PostList = () => (
 
 ## `rowClick`
 
-You can catch clicks on rows to redirect to the show or edit view by setting the `rowClick` prop:
+By default, `<Datagrid>` will look at the current [resource definition](https://marmelab.com/react-admin/Resource.html) to determine what to do when the user clicks on a row. If the resource has a `show` page, it will redirect to the Show view. If the resource has an `edit` page, it will redirect to the Edit view. Otherwise, the row will not be clickable.
+
+You can choose what happens when the user clicks on a row by setting the `rowClick` prop. For instance, set the `rowClick` prop to `"edit"` to redirect to the Edit view:
 
 ```tsx
 import { List, Datagrid } from 'react-admin';
@@ -692,10 +694,10 @@ export const PostList = () => (
 
 `rowClick` accepts the following values:
 
-* "edit" to redirect to the edition view
-* "show" to redirect to the show view
-* "expand" to open the `expand` panel
-* "toggleSelection" to trigger the `onToggleItem` function
+* `"edit"` to redirect to the edition view
+* `"show"` to redirect to the show view
+* `"expand"` to open the `expand` panel
+* `"toggleSelection"` to trigger the `onToggleItem` function
 * `false` to do nothing
 * a function `(id, resource, record) => path` that may return any of the above values or a custom path
 
diff --git a/docs/Features.md b/docs/Features.md
index d4e22da4e8c..238ae3a5f07 100644
--- a/docs/Features.md
+++ b/docs/Features.md
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ const BookList = () => (
     <List filters={[
         <ReferenceInput source="authorId" reference="authors" alwaysOn />,
     ]}>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <TextField source="id" />
             <TextField source="title" />
             <ReferenceField source="authorId" reference="authors" />
diff --git a/docs/List.md b/docs/List.md
index 855abcbd21f..933175fc792 100644
--- a/docs/List.md
+++ b/docs/List.md
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ export const PostList = () => {
                     tertiaryText={record => new Date(record.published_at).toLocaleDateString()}
                 />
             ) : (
-                <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+                <Datagrid>
                     <TextField source="id" />
                     <ReferenceField label="User" source="userId" reference="users">
                         <TextField source="name" />
diff --git a/docs/ListTutorial.md b/docs/ListTutorial.md
index a59b81c369e..77b8c77f740 100644
--- a/docs/ListTutorial.md
+++ b/docs/ListTutorial.md
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ export const PostList = () => {
                     tertiaryText={record => new Date(record.published_at).toLocaleDateString()}
                 />
             ) : (
-                <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+                <Datagrid>
                     <TextField source="id" />
                     <ReferenceField label="User" source="userId" reference="users">
                         <TextField source="name" />
diff --git a/docs/RealtimeDataProvider.md b/docs/RealtimeDataProvider.md
index 70f514d72b4..00b73d8281e 100644
--- a/docs/RealtimeDataProvider.md
+++ b/docs/RealtimeDataProvider.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const App = () => (
 
 const SaleList = () => (
     <ListLive>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <TextField source="id" />
             <TextField source="first_name" />
             <TextField source="last_name" />
diff --git a/docs/Resource.md b/docs/Resource.md
index 2fc1e42ef0e..fbfa3768983 100644
--- a/docs/Resource.md
+++ b/docs/Resource.md
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export const BookList = () => {
     const { authorId } = useParams();
     return (
         <List resource="books" filter={{ authorId }}>
-            <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+            <Datagrid>
                 <TextField source="id" />
                 <TextField source="title" />
                 <TextField source="year" />
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export const SongList = () => {
     const { id } = useParams();
     return (
         <List resource="songs" filter={{ artistId: id }}>
-            <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+            <Datagrid>
                 <TextField source="title" />
                 <DateField source="released" />
                 <TextField source="writer" />
diff --git a/docs/Tutorial.md b/docs/Tutorial.md
index 203050484ab..e0f9e14c75c 100644
--- a/docs/Tutorial.md
+++ b/docs/Tutorial.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ import { List, Datagrid, TextField, EmailField } from "react-admin";
 
 export const UserList = () => (
     <List>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <TextField source="id" />
             <TextField source="name" />
             <TextField source="username" />
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Let's take a moment to analyze the code of the `<UserList>` component:
 ```tsx
 export const UserList = () => (
     <List>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <TextField source="id" />
             <TextField source="name" />
             <TextField source="username" />
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export const UserList = () => {
                     tertiaryText={(record) => record.email}
                 />
             ) : (
-                <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+                <Datagrid>
                     <TextField source="id" />
                     <TextField source="name" />
                     <TextField source="username" />
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Let's get back to `<Datagrid>`. It reads the data fetched by `<List>`, then rend
 
 ```diff
 // in src/users.tsx
-  <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+  <Datagrid>
     <TextField source="id" />
     <TextField source="name" />
 -   <TextField source="username" />
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ For instance, the `website` field looks like a URL. Instead of displaying it as
 -import { List, SimpleList, Datagrid, TextField, EmailField } from "react-admin";
 +import { List, SimpleList, Datagrid, TextField, EmailField, UrlField } from "react-admin";
 // ...
-  <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+  <Datagrid>
     <TextField source="id" />
     <TextField source="name" />
     <EmailField source="email" />
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ You can use the `<MyUrlField>` component in `<UserList>`, instead of react-admin
 +import { List, SimpleList, Datagrid, TextField, EmailField } from "react-admin";
 +import MyUrlField from './MyUrlField';
 // ...
-  <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+  <Datagrid>
     <TextField source="id" />
     <TextField source="name" />
     <EmailField source="email" />
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ import { List, Datagrid, TextField, ReferenceField } from "react-admin";
 
 export const PostList = () => (
     <List>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <ReferenceField source="userId" reference="users" />
             <TextField source="id" />
             <TextField source="title" />
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ The `<ReferenceField>` component fetches the reference data, creates a `RecordCo
 
 **Tip**: Look at the network tab of your browser again: react-admin deduplicates requests for users, and aggregates them in order to make only *one* HTTP request to the `/users` endpoint for the whole Datagrid. That's one of many optimizations that keep the UI fast and responsive.
 
-To finish the post list, place the post `id` field as first column, and remove the `body` field. From a UX point of view, fields containing large chunks of text should not appear in a Datagrid, only in detail views. Also, to make the Edit action stand out, let's replace the `rowClick` action by an explicit action button:
+To finish the post list, place the post `id` field as first column, and remove the `body` field. From a UX point of view, fields containing large chunks of text should not appear in a Datagrid, only in detail views. Also, to make the Edit action stand out, let's replace the default `rowClick` action by an explicit action button:
 
 ```diff
 // in src/posts.tsx
@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@ To finish the post list, place the post `id` field as first column, and remove t
 
 export const PostList = () => (
   <List>
--   <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
-+   <Datagrid>
+-   <Datagrid>
++   <Datagrid rowClick={false}>
 +     <TextField source="id" />
       <ReferenceField source="userId" reference="users" />
 -     <TextField source="id" />
@@ -577,18 +577,6 @@ export const App = () => (
 );
 ```
 
-You will need to modify the user list view so that a click on a datagrid row links to the show view:
-
-```diff
-// in src/users.tsx
-export const UserList = () => {
-    // ...
--        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
-+        <Datagrid rowClick="show">
-    // ...
-};
-```
-
 Now you can click on a user in the list to see its details:
 
 <video controls autoplay playsinline muted loop>
@@ -604,7 +592,7 @@ But now that the `users` resource has a `show` view, you can also link to it fro
 // in src/posts.tsx
 export const PostList = () => (
     <List>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
 -           <ReferenceField source="userId" reference="users" />
 +           <ReferenceField source="userId" reference="users" link="show" />
             <TextField source="id" />
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/button/PrevNextButtons.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/button/PrevNextButtons.spec.tsx
index e3ba19ca134..64ce6799d6b 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/button/PrevNextButtons.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/button/PrevNextButtons.spec.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ describe('<PrevNextButtons />', () => {
         render(<Basic />);
         const row = await screen.findByText('Deja');
         fireEvent.click(row);
+        fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText('Edit'));
         const next = await screen.findByLabelText('Go to next page');
         fireEvent.click(next);
         expect(screen.getByLabelText('First name').getAttribute('type')).toBe(
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ describe('<PrevNextButtons />', () => {
             render(<Basic />);
             const row = await screen.findByText('Deja');
             fireEvent.click(row);
-            fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText('Show'));
             const next = await screen.findByLabelText('Go to next page');
             fireEvent.click(next);
             expect(screen.queryByLabelText('First name')).toBeNull();
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.spec.tsx
index 252a7cf230e..b90f27b749b 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.spec.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { Datagrid, DateField, List, NumberField, ReferenceField, TextField } fro
 
 export const CommentList = () => (
     <List>
-        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+        <Datagrid>
             <TextField source="id" />
             <TextField source="author" />
             <ReferenceField source="post_id" reference="posts" />
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.tsx
index 7e008cf4edf..ff0e68cd280 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/ListGuesser.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
     useListContext,
     useResourceContext,
     RaRecord,
-    useResourceDefinition,
 } from 'ra-core';
 
 import { ListProps } from './List';
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ const ListViewGuesser = (
 ) => {
     const { data } = useListContext(props);
     const resource = useResourceContext();
-    const { hasEdit, hasShow } = useResourceDefinition(props);
     const [child, setChild] = useState(null);
     const {
         enableLog = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ const ListViewGuesser = (
             );
             const inferredChild = new InferredElement(
                 listFieldTypes.table,
-                { hasEdit, hasShow },
+                null,
                 inferredElements
             );
             setChild(inferredChild.getElement());
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ ${inferredChild.getRepresentation()}
 );`
             );
         }
-    }, [data, child, resource, hasEdit, hasShow, enableLog]);
+    }, [data, child, resource, enableLog]);
 
     return <ListView {...rest}>{child}</ListView>;
 };
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.spec.tsx
index 684c7bc1067..660b49e10d4 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.spec.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import {
     screen,
 } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { useRecordContext } from 'ra-core';
+import { ResourceDefinitionContextProvider, useRecordContext } from 'ra-core';
 
 import { AdminContext } from '../../AdminContext';
 import DatagridRow from './DatagridRow';
 import DatagridContextProvider from './DatagridContextProvider';
+import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history';
 
 const TitleField = (): JSX.Element => {
     const record = useRecordContext();
@@ -21,13 +22,16 @@ const ExpandPanel = () => <span>expanded</span>;
 // remove validateDomNesting warnings by react-testing-library
 const render = element =>
     baseRender(element, {
-        wrapper: ({ children }) => (
-            <AdminContext>
-                <table>
-                    <tbody>{children}</tbody>
-                </table>
-            </AdminContext>
-        ),
+        wrapper: ({ children }) => {
+            const history = createMemoryHistory();
+            return (
+                <AdminContext history={history}>
+                    <table>
+                        <tbody>{children}</tbody>
+                    </table>
+                </AdminContext>
+            );
+        },
     });
 
 describe('<DatagridRow />', () => {
@@ -194,6 +198,21 @@ describe('<DatagridRow />', () => {
             );
         });
 
+        it('should not call push if onRowClick is false', () => {
+            let spy = jest.fn();
+            render(
+                <LocationSpy spy={spy}>
+                    <DatagridRow {...defaultProps} rowClick={false}>
+                        <TitleField />
+                    </DatagridRow>
+                </LocationSpy>
+            );
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('hello'));
+            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({ pathname: '/' })
+            );
+        });
+
         it('should not call push if onRowClick is falsy', () => {
             let spy = jest.fn();
             render(
@@ -208,5 +227,96 @@ describe('<DatagridRow />', () => {
                 expect.objectContaining({ pathname: '/' })
             );
         });
+
+        it("should default to 'edit' if the resource has an edit page", () => {
+            let spy = jest.fn();
+            render(
+                <LocationSpy spy={spy}>
+                    <ResourceDefinitionContextProvider
+                        definitions={{
+                            posts: { name: 'posts', hasEdit: true },
+                        }}
+                    >
+                        <DatagridRow {...defaultProps}>
+                            <TitleField />
+                        </DatagridRow>
+                    </ResourceDefinitionContextProvider>
+                </LocationSpy>
+            );
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('hello'));
+            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({ pathname: '/posts/15' })
+            );
+        });
+
+        it("should default to 'show' if the resource has a show page", () => {
+            let spy = jest.fn();
+            render(
+                <LocationSpy spy={spy}>
+                    <ResourceDefinitionContextProvider
+                        definitions={{
+                            posts: { name: 'posts', hasShow: true },
+                        }}
+                    >
+                        <DatagridRow {...defaultProps}>
+                            <TitleField />
+                        </DatagridRow>
+                    </ResourceDefinitionContextProvider>
+                </LocationSpy>
+            );
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('hello'));
+            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({ pathname: '/posts/15/show' })
+            );
+        });
+
+        it("should default to 'show' if the resource has both a show and an edit page", () => {
+            let spy = jest.fn();
+            render(
+                <LocationSpy spy={spy}>
+                    <ResourceDefinitionContextProvider
+                        definitions={{
+                            posts: {
+                                name: 'posts',
+                                hasShow: true,
+                                hasEdit: true,
+                            },
+                        }}
+                    >
+                        <DatagridRow {...defaultProps}>
+                            <TitleField />
+                        </DatagridRow>
+                    </ResourceDefinitionContextProvider>
+                </LocationSpy>
+            );
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('hello'));
+            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({ pathname: '/posts/15/show' })
+            );
+        });
+
+        it('should default to false if the resource has no show nor edit page', () => {
+            let spy = jest.fn();
+            render(
+                <LocationSpy spy={spy}>
+                    <ResourceDefinitionContextProvider
+                        definitions={{
+                            posts: {
+                                name: 'posts',
+                                hasList: true,
+                            },
+                        }}
+                    >
+                        <DatagridRow {...defaultProps}>
+                            <TitleField />
+                        </DatagridRow>
+                    </ResourceDefinitionContextProvider>
+                </LocationSpy>
+            );
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('hello'));
+            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({ pathname: '/' })
+            );
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.tsx
index 90e859c30bb..81b9b750370 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridRow.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
     useTranslate,
     useCreatePath,
     useRecordContext,
+    useResourceDefinition,
 } from 'ra-core';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ const computeNbColumns = (expand, children, hasBulkActions) =>
         : 0; // we don't need to compute columns if there is no expand panel;
 
 const DatagridRow: FC<DatagridRowProps> = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
+    const definition = useResourceDefinition(props);
+    const defaultRowClick = definition?.hasShow
+        ? 'show'
+        : definition?.hasEdit
+        ? 'edit'
+        : false;
+
     const {
         children,
         className,
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ const DatagridRow: FC<DatagridRowProps> = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
         id,
         onToggleItem,
         record: recordOverride,
-        rowClick,
+        rowClick = defaultRowClick,
         selected = false,
         style,
         selectable = true,
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/listFieldTypes.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/listFieldTypes.tsx
index aefcac90b56..0cd5498a687 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/listFieldTypes.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/listFieldTypes.tsx
@@ -17,17 +17,9 @@ import {
 export const listFieldTypes = {
     table: {
         component: props => {
-            const { hasEdit, hasShow, ...rest } = props;
-            return (
-                <Datagrid
-                    rowClick={!hasEdit && hasShow ? 'show' : 'edit'}
-                    {...rest}
-                />
-            );
+            return <Datagrid {...props} />;
         }, // eslint-disable-line react/display-name
-        representation: (props, children) => `        <Datagrid rowClick="${
-            !props.hasEdit && props.hasShow ? 'show' : 'edit'
-        }">
+        representation: (_props, children) => `        <Datagrid>
 ${children.map(child => `            ${child.getRepresentation()}`).join('\n')}
         </Datagrid>`,
     },