Change caret icon in Angular Drop down button component

27 Apr 20242 minutes to read

Dropdown arrow can be customized on popup open and close. It can be handled in
beforeOpen andbeforeClose event.

In the following example, the up arrow is updated on popup close and down arrow is updated on popup open using beforeOpen and beforeClose event by adding and removing
e-caret-up class.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { DropDownButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons'
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base'



import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { ItemModel, BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs, DropDownButtonComponent  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        DropDownButtonModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<div class="e-section-control">
                <!-- To render DropDownButton. -->
               <button ejs-dropdownbutton #dropdownbutton [items]='items' content='Clipboard' (beforeOpen)='beforeOpen($event)' (beforeClose)='beforeClose($event)'></button></div>`
})

export class AppComponent {
   @ViewChild('dropdownbutton')
   public dropdownbutton: DropDownButtonComponent | any;
   // Initialize action items.
   public items: ItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Cut'
    },
    {
        text: 'Copy'
    },
    {
        text: 'Paste'
    }];
    // To update up arrow with `e-caret-up` class.
    public beforeOpen (args: BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs) {
        this.dropdownbutton.cssClass = 'e-caret-up';
    }
    // To remove `e-caret-up` class.
    public beforeClose (args: BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs) {
        this.dropdownbutton.cssClass = '';
    }

}

main.ts

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