Getting started with Angular CheckBox component

02 Aug 2021 / 3 minutes to read

This section explains how to create a simple CheckBox, and demonstrate the basic usage of the CheckBox module in an Angular environment.

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the CheckBox module in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons
   |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
   |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
   |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons

Setup Angular environment

You can use Angular CLI to setup your Angular applications. To install Angular CLI use the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular application

Start a new Angular application using below Angular CLI command.

ng new my-app
cd my-app

Installing Syncfusion CheckBox package

To install CheckBox package, use the following command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons --save

The above package installs CheckBox dependencies which are required to render the component in the Angular environment.

Adding CheckBox module

Import CheckBox module into Angular application(app.module.ts) from the package @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons.

import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';

// Imported Syncfusion checkbox module from buttons package.
import { CheckBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons';

import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

@NgModule({
 imports:      [ BrowserModule, CheckBoxModule ], // Registering EJ2 Checkbox Module.
 declarations: [ AppComponent ],
 bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

Adding Syncfusion CheckBox component

Modify the template in app.component.ts file to render the CheckBox component.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
 selector: 'app-root',
 template: `<!-- To Render CheckBox. -->
            <ejs-checkbox label="Default"></ejs-checkbox>`
})
export class AppComponent  { }

Adding CSS reference

Add CheckBox component’s styles as given below in style.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";

Running the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command:

ng serve

The below example shows a basic CheckBox component,

Source

Preview

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<!-- To Render CheckBox. -->
               <ejs-checkbox label="Default"></ejs-checkbox>`
})

export class AppComponent { }

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { CheckBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        CheckBoxModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Change the CheckBox state

The Essential JS 2 CheckBox contains 3 different states visually, they are:

Checked
Unchecked
Indeterminate

The CheckBox checked property is used to handle the checked and unchecked state. In checked state a tick mark will be added to the visualization of CheckBox.

Indeterminate

CheckBox indeterminate state can be set through indeterminate property. CheckBox indeterminate state masks the real value of CheckBox visually. Checkbox cannot be changed to indeterminate state through the user interface, this state can be achieved only through the property.