Show the list items with icons in Angular DropDownList component

24 May 2022 / 1 minute to read

You can render icons to the list items by mapping the iconCss fields. This iconCss fields create a span in the list item with mapped class name to allow styling as per your need.

In the following sample, icon classes are mapped with iconCss field.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

index.html

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    // specifies the template string for the DropDownList component
    template: `<ejs-dropdownlist id='ddlelement' #samples [dataSource]='data' [fields]='fields' [placeholder]='text'></ejs-dropdownlist>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
    // defined the array of data
    public data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
        { Class: 'asc-sort', Type: 'Sort A to Z', Id: '1' },
        { Class: 'dsc-sort', Type: 'Sort Z to A ', Id: '2' },
        { Class: 'filter', Type: 'Filter', Id: '3' },
        { Class: 'clear', Type: 'Clear', Id: '4' }];
    // map the icon column to iconCSS field.
    public fields: Object = { text: 'Type', iconCss: 'Class', value: 'Id' };
    //set the placeholder to DropDownList input
    public text: string = 'Select a format';
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DropDownListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,FormsModule, DropDownListModule
    ],
    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);

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Angular DropDownList</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Toolbar Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <!-- Here we have used CDN links for our preview purpose  -->
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.6.5/client/shim.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/core.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/zone.js/0.6.25/zone.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/reflect-metadata@0.1.3"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="wrapper" style='margin-top: 20px'>
        <app-root>
            <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
        </app-root>
    </div>
</body>
</html>