Getting started with Angular Dashboard Layout component

9 Dec 202420 minutes to read

The following section explains the steps required to create the Syncfusion’s Angular Dashboard Layout component.
The Dashboard Layout is a grid-structured Layout component that helps create static and dynamic Dashboard Layouts with panels. It is also referred as Angular Dashboard Layout Template.

To get start quickly with Angular Dashboard Layout using CLI and Schematics, you can check on this video:

Getting Started with Angular CLI

The following section explains the steps required to create and configure basic angular-cli application.

Prerequisites

To get started with DashboardLayout component, ensure the compatible versions of Angular and Typescript.

  • Angular : 6+
  • Typescript : 2.6+

Setting up angular project

Angular provides the easiest way to set angular CLI projects using Angular CLI tool.

Install the CLI application globally to your machine by using following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create a new angular application

ng new syncfusion-angular-app

Navigate to the created project folder by using following command.

cd syncfusion-angular-app

Refer Syncfusion Angular Getting Started section to know more about setting up angular-cli project.

Adding Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the DashboardLayout component in your application.

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

Installing Syncfusion DashboardLayout 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-layouts package to the application.

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

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts@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-layouts:"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 style sheet to the application

To render the DashboardLayout component, import the DashboardLayout and its dependent component’s styles as given below in [src/styles.css].

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

Note: To refer the combined component styles, use Syncfusion CRG (Custom Resource Generator) in your application.

Add DashboardLayout to the application

You can render the DashboardLayout component in the following two ways.

  • Defined the panels property as the attribute in the HTML element directly.
  • Using the panels property through tag helper.

Setting the panels property using HTML attributes

You can render the DashboardLayout component by adding the panels property as the attribute to the HTML element directly. Add the HTML div element with panel definition for DashboardLayout by using <ejs-dashboardlayout> selector in template section of the app.component.ts file.

Now, modify the template in app.component.ts file to render DashboardLayout component.

[src/app/app.component.ts]

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

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
  template: `
  <div class="control-section">
        <ejs-dashboardlayout id='defaultLayout' [columns]="5" #defaultLayout [cellSpacing]='cellSpacing'>
            <div id="one" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="0" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">0</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="two" class="e-panel" data-row="1" data-col="0" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="2">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">1</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="three" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="1" data-sizeX="2" data-sizeY="2">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">2</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="four" class="e-panel" data-row="2" data-col="1" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">3</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="five" class="e-panel" data-row="2" data-col="2" data-sizeX="2" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">4</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="six" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="3" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">5</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="seven" class="e-panel" data-row="1" data-col="3" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">6</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="eight" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="4" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="3">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">7</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </ejs-dashboardlayout>
    </div>`
})

export class AppComponent {
}
  • Import DashboardLayout module into Angular application(app.module.ts) from the package @syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts.
import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
// import the DashboardLayoutModule for the Dashboard Layout component
import { DashboardLayoutModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts';
import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

@NgModule({
  //declaration of ej2-angular-layouts module into NgModule
  imports:      [ BrowserModule, DashboardLayoutModule ],
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

Run the application

Now, use the npm start command to run the application in the browser.

npm start

The following example shows a basic DashboardLayout by adding the panels property directly into the HTML element.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { DashboardLayoutModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts'



import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [ DashboardLayoutModule],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
    template: `
    <div class="control-section">
        <ejs-dashboardlayout id='defaultLayout' #defaultLayout [columns]="5" [cellSpacing]='cellSpacing'>
            <div id="one" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="0" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">0</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="two" class="e-panel" data-row="1" data-col="0" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="2">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">1</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="three" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="1" data-sizeX="2" data-sizeY="2">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">2</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="four" class="e-panel" data-row="2" data-col="1" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">3</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="five" class="e-panel" data-row="2" data-col="2" data-sizeX="2" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">4</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="six" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="3" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">5</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="seven" class="e-panel" data-row="1" data-col="3" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="1">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">6</div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div id="eight" class="e-panel" data-row="0" data-col="4" data-sizeX="1" data-sizeY="3">
                <span id="close" class="e-template-icon e-clear-icon"></span>
                <div class="e-panel-container">
                    <div class="text-align">7</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </ejs-dashboardlayout>
    </div>`,
    encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
})

export class AppComponent {
    public cellSpacing: number[] = [10, 10];
}
.control-section {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 500px;
}

#defaultLayout {
    padding: 10px;
}

#defaultLayout .e-panel .e-panel-container {
    vertical-align: middle;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 20px;
    text-align: center;
}

.text-align {
    line-height: 90px;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Setting the panels property through binding

You can render the DashboardLayout component by using the panels property through binding.

Now, modify the template in app.component.ts file to render DashboardLayout component.

[src/app/app.component.ts]

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

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
  template: `
  <div class="control-section">
    <ejs-dashboardlayout id='defaultLayout' #defaultLayout [cellSpacing]='cellSpacing' [panels]='panels' [columns]="5">
    </ejs-dashboardlayout>
  </div>`,
  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
})
export class AppComponent {
  public cellSpacing: number[] = [10, 10];
  public panels: any = [{ "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 0, "col": 0, content: '<div class="content">0</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 3, "sizeY": 2, "row": 0, "col": 1, content: '<div class="content">1</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 3, "row": 0, "col": 4, content: '<div class="content">2</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 1, "col": 0, content: '<div class="content">3</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 2, "sizeY": 1, "row": 2, "col": 0, content: '<div class="content">4</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 2, "col": 2, content: '<div class="content">5</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 2, "col": 3, content: '<div class="content">6</div>' }
  ]
}

The following example shows a basic DashboardLayout by using the panels property.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { DashboardLayoutModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts'



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

@Component({
imports: [ DashboardLayoutModule],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
    template: `
    <div class="control-section">
        <ejs-dashboardlayout id='defaultLayout' #defaultLayout [columns]='5' [cellSpacing]='cellSpacing' [panels]='panels'>
        </ejs-dashboardlayout>
    </div>`,
    encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
})
export class AppComponent {
    public cellSpacing: number[] = [10, 10];
    public panels: any = [{ "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 0, "col": 0, content: '<div class="content">0</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 3, "sizeY": 2, "row": 0, "col": 1, content: '<div class="content">1</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 3, "row": 0, "col": 4, content: '<div class="content">2</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 1, "col": 0, content: '<div class="content">3</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 2, "sizeY": 1, "row": 2, "col": 0, content: '<div class="content">4</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 2, "col": 2, content: '<div class="content">5</div>' },
    { "sizeX": 1, "sizeY": 1, "row": 2, "col": 3, content: '<div class="content">6</div>' }
    ]
}
.control-section {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 500px;
}

#defaultLayout {
    padding: 10px;
}

#defaultLayout .e-panel .e-panel-container {
    vertical-align: middle;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 20px;
    text-align: center;
}

.content {
    line-height: 90px;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

You can refer to our Angular Dashboard Layout feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular Dashboard Layout example to knows how to present and manipulate data.