Getting started with Angular Color picker component

11 Jul 20246 minutes to read

This section explains how to create a default ColorPicker and demonstrate the basic usage of the ColorPicker module.

Dependencies

The list of dependencies required to use the ColorPicker module in your application is given below:

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons

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 ColorPicker 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,

1. Ivy library distribution package format
2. 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-inputs package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs --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-inputs@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs@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-inputs:"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 Syncfusion ColorPicker component

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

import { ColorPickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
      ColorPickerModule
    ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<!-- To render ColorPicker. -->
             <input ejs-colorpicker type="color" id="colorpicker" />`
})
export class AppComponent  { }

Adding CSS reference

Add ColorPicker 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';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';

Running the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command:

ng serve

The following example shows a default ColorPicker component.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
import { ColorPickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base'



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

@Component({
imports: [
        FormsModule, ColorPickerModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<div class="e-section-control">
                <h4>Choose Color</h4>
               <!-- To render ColorPicker. -->
               <ejs-input ejs-colorpicker type="color" id="colorpicker" /></div>`
})

export class AppComponent { }

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Inline type

By default, the ColorPicker will be rendered using SplitButton and open the pop-up to access the ColorPicker. To render the ColorPicker container alone and to access it directly, render it as inline. It can be achieved by setting the inline property to true.

The following sample shows the inline type rendering of ColorPicker.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
import { ColorPickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base'



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

@Component({
imports: [
        FormsModule,ColorPickerModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<div class="e-section-control">
                <h4>Choose Color</h4>
               <!-- To render inline ColorPicker. -->
               <ejs-input ejs-colorpicker type="color" id="colorpicker" [inline]="true" [showButtons]="false" /></div>``
})

export class AppComponent { }

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

The showButtons property is disabled in this sample because the control buttons are not needed for inline type. To know about the control buttons functionality, refer to the showButtons sample.

NOTE

You can refer to our Angular color picker feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular ColorPicker example that shows how to render the ColorPicker in Angular.