Getting started with Angular Chips component
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This section explains you the steps required to create a simple Chip
and demonstrate the basic usage of the Chip component in an Angular environment.
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 Chips package
Syncfusion packages are distributed in npm as @syncfusion
scoped packages. You can get all the Angular Syncfusion package from npm link.
Currently, Syncfusion provides two types of package structures for Angular components,
- Ivy library distribution package format
- Angular compatibility compiler(Angular’s legacy compilation and rendering pipeline) package.
Ivy library distribution package
Syncfusion Angular packages(>=20.2.36
) has been moved to the Ivy distribution to support the Angular Ivy rendering engine and the package are compatible with Angular version 12 and above. To download the package use the below command.
Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons
package to the application.
npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons --save
Angular compatibility compiled package(ngcc)
For Angular version below 12, you can use the legacy (ngcc) package of the Syncfusion Angular components. To download the ngcc
package use the below.
Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons@ngcc
package to the application.
npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons@ngcc --save
To mention the ngcc package in the package.json
file, add the suffix -ngcc
with the package version as below.
@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons:"20.2.38-ngcc"
Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified while installing the package, the Ivy Library Package will be installed and this package will throw a warning.
Adding CSS reference
Add Chip
component CSS using the following code in [src/styles.css
].
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons/styles/material.css";
Add Chip component
Modify the template in [src/app/app.component.ts] file to render the Chip
component. Add the Angular Chip
by using <e-chip>
child selector with text attribute inside of ChipList
component selector <ejs-chiplist>
in template
section of the app.component.ts
file.
import { ChipListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
imports: [
ChipListModule
],
standalone: true,
selector: 'app-root',
// specifies the template string for the Chip component
template: `<ejs-chiplist text="Janet Leverling"></ejs-chiplist>`
})
export class AppComponent {
}
Now, the basic chip
is included in Angular CLI application.
Run the application
Use the following command to run the application in browser.
ng serve --open
The output will appear as follows.
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChipListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
imports: [
ChipListModule
],
standalone: true,
selector: 'my-app',
template: `<ejs-chiplist text="Janet Leverling"></ejs-chiplist>`
})
export class AppComponent {
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));