Adaptive in Angular Grid component

17 May 202524 minutes to read

The Grid user interface (UI) was redesigned to provide an optimal viewing experience and improve usability on small screens. This interface will render the filter, sort, column chooser, column menu(supports only when the rowRenderingMode as Horizontal) and edit dialogs adaptively and have an option to render the grid row elements in the vertical direction.

Render adaptive dialogs

The Syncfusion Angular Grid offers a valuable feature for rendering adaptive dialogs, specifically designed to enhance the user experience on smaller screens. This feature proves especially useful for optimizing the interface on devices with limited screen real estate. The functionality is achieved by enabling the enableAdaptiveUI property, allowing the grid to render filter, sort, and edit dialogs in full-screen mode.

Additionally, apply the e-bigger class to the grid’s parent element to enable the adaptive view.

The following sample demonstrates how to enable and utilize adaptive dialogs in the Syncfusion Angular Grid:

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService, EditService, ToolbarService, AggregateService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids'



import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { GridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { data } from './datasource';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        GridModule
    ],

providers: [PageService,
                SortService,
                FilterService,
                EditService,
                ToolbarService,
                AggregateService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<div class="e-adaptive-demo e-bigger">
                    <div class="e-mobile-layout">
                        <div class="e-mobile-content">
                           <ejs-grid #adaptive id="adaptivebrowser" [dataSource]='data' enableAdaptiveUI='true'
                    height='100%' allowPaging='true' allowFiltering='true'
                    allowSorting='true' [editSettings]='editSettings'
                    [filterSettings]='filterSettings' [toolbar]='toolbar' (load)='onLoad()'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='SNO' headerText='S NO' width='150' isPrimaryKey='true' [validationRules]='orderidrules'>
                        </e-column>
                        <e-column field='Model' headerText='Model' width='200' editType='dropdownedit'
                            [validationRules]='customeridrules'>
                        </e-column>
                        <e-column field='Developer' headerText='Developer' width='200' [validationRules]='customeridrules' [filter]='menuFilter'></e-column>
                        <e-column field='ReleaseDate' headerText='Released Date' width='200' type='date' format='yMMM' editType='datepickeredit'>
                        <e-column field='AndroidVersion' headerText='Android Version' width='200' [validationRules]='customeridrules' [filter]='checkboxFilter'></e-column>
                        </e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <br />
                    <div class="datalink">Source:
                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_smartphones"
                    target="_blank">Wikipedia: List of Android smartphones</a>
                    </div>
                </div>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    @ViewChild('adaptive')
    public grid?: GridComponent;
    public data?: object[];
    public editSettings?: Object;
    public toolbar?: string[];
    public orderidrules?: Object;
    public customeridrules?: Object;
    public filterSettings?: Object;
    public menuFilter?: Object;
    public checkboxFilter?: Object;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true, mode: 'Dialog' };
        this.toolbar = ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel', 'Search'];
        this.orderidrules = { required: true, number: true };
        this.customeridrules = { required: true };
        this.filterSettings = { type: 'Excel' };
        this.menuFilter = {
            type: 'Menu'
        };
        this.checkboxFilter = {
            type: 'CheckBox'
        };
    }

    public onLoad(): void {
        (this.grid as GridComponent).adaptiveDlgTarget = document.getElementsByClassName('e-mobile-content')[0] as HTMLElement;
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Vertical row rendering

The Syncfusion Angular Grid introduces the feature of vertical row rendering, allowing you to display row elements in a vertical order. This is particularly useful for scenarios where a vertical presentation enhances data visibility. This is achieved by setting the rowRenderingMode property to the value Vertical.

The default row rendering mode is Horizontal.

The following sample demonstrates how to dynamically change the row rendering mode between Vertical and Horizontal based on a DropDownList selection:

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService, EditService, ToolbarService, AggregateService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids'
import { DropDownListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { GridComponent, RowRenderingDirection } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { ChangeEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        GridModule,
        DropDownListModule
    ],

providers: [PageService,
                SortService,
                FilterService,
                EditService,
                ToolbarService,
                AggregateService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `

        <div style="display: flex; padding: 0px 0px 20px 200px">
            <label style="padding: 30px 17px 0 0;"> Select row rendering mode :</label>
            <ejs-dropdownlist #dropdown style="padding: 26px 0 0 0" index="0" width="150" 
            [dataSource]="dropDownData"  (change)="changeAlignment($event)">
            </ejs-dropdownlist>
        </div>
        <div class="e-adaptive-demo e-bigger">
                    <div class="e-mobile-layout">
                        <div class="e-mobile-content">
                           <ejs-grid #adaptive id="adaptivebrowser" [dataSource]='data' enableAdaptiveUI='true' [rowRenderingMode]="rowMode"
                    height='100%' allowPaging='true' allowFiltering='true'
                    allowSorting='true' [editSettings]='editSettings'
                    [filterSettings]='filterSettings' [toolbar]='toolbar' (load)='onLoad()'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='SNO' headerText='S NO' width='150' isPrimaryKey='true' [validationRules]='orderidrules'>
                        </e-column>
                        <e-column field='Model' headerText='Model' width='200' editType='dropdownedit'
                            [validationRules]='customeridrules'>
                        </e-column>
                        <e-column field='Developer' headerText='Developer' width='200' [validationRules]='customeridrules' [filter]='menuFilter'></e-column>
                        <e-column field='ReleaseDate' headerText='Released Date' width='200' type='date' format='yMMM' editType='datepickeredit'>
                        <e-column field='AndroidVersion' headerText='Android Version' width='200' [validationRules]='customeridrules' [filter]='checkboxFilter'></e-column>
                        </e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                    <e-aggregates>
                        <e-aggregate>
                            <e-columns>
                                <e-column type="Count" field="Model" >
                                    <ng-template #footerTemplate let-data>Total Models: {{data.Count}}</ng-template>
                                </e-column>
                            </e-columns>
                        </e-aggregate>
                    </e-aggregates>
                </ejs-grid>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <br />
                    <div class="datalink">Source:
                  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_smartphones"
                    target="_blank">Wikipedia: List of Android smartphones</a>
                    </div>
                </div>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    @ViewChild('adaptive')
    public grid?: GridComponent;
    public data?: object[];
    public editSettings?: Object;
    public toolbar?: string[];
    public orderidrules?: Object;
    public customeridrules?: Object;
    public filterSettings?: Object;
    public menuFilter?: Object;
    public checkboxFilter?: Object;
    public rowMode?: string;
    public dropDownData: Object[] = [
        { text: 'Vertical', value: 'Vertical' },
        { text: 'Horizontal', value: 'Horizontal' },
    ];

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true, mode: 'Dialog' };
        this.toolbar = ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel', 'Search'];
        this.orderidrules = { required: true, number: true };
        this.customeridrules = { required: true };
        this.filterSettings = { type: 'Excel' };
        this.menuFilter = {
            type: 'Menu'
        };
        this.checkboxFilter = {
            type: 'CheckBox'
        };
    }

    public changeAlignment(args: ChangeEventArgs): void {
        (this.grid as GridComponent).rowRenderingMode = (args.value as RowRenderingDirection);
    }

    public onLoad(): void {
        (this.grid as GridComponent).adaptiveDlgTarget = document.getElementsByClassName('e-mobile-content')[0] as HTMLElement;
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

enableAdaptiveUI property must be enabled for vertical row rendering.

Supported features by vertical row rendering

The following features are only supported in vertical row rendering:

Paging, including Page size dropdown
Sorting
Filtering
Selection
Dialog Editing
Aggregate
Infinite scroll
Toolbar - Options like Add, Filter, Sort, Edit, Delete, Search, and Toolbar template are available when their respective features are enabled. The toolbar dynamically includes a three-dotted icon, containing additional features like ColumnChooser, Print, PdfExport, ExcelExport, or CsvExport, once these features are enabled. Please refer to the following snapshot.

VerticalmodeColumnMenu

A snapshot of the adaptive grid displaying enabled paging along with a pager dropdown.

AdaptivePagerDropdown

The Column Menu feature, which includes grouping, sorting, autofit, filter, and column chooser, is exclusively supported for the Grid in Horizontal rowRenderingMode.

Rendering an adaptive layout for smaller screens alone

By default, adaptive UI layout is rendered in both mobile devices and desktop mode too while setting the enableAdaptiveUI property as true. Now the DataGrid component has an option to render an adaptive layout only for mobile screen sizes. This can be achieved by specifying the AdaptiveUIMode property value as Mobile. The default value of the AdaptiveUIMode property is “Both”.

The rowRenderingMode property is rendered on the adaptive layout based on the AdaptiveUIMode property.

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService, EditService, 
    SelectionService, ExcelExportService, PdfExportService, 
    ToolbarService, AggregateService, GroupService, GridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids'
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { ClickEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';

@Component({
imports: [GridModule],
providers: [PageService, GroupService, SortService, FilterService, EditService,
            ToolbarService, AggregateService, SelectionService, ExcelExportService,
            PdfExportService, ResizeService, ReorderService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
        <div class="e-adaptive-demo e-bigger">
            <div class="e-mobile-layout">
                <div class="e-mobile-content">
                    <ejs-grid #grid id="Grid" [dataSource]='data' enableAdaptiveUI='true' adaptiveUIMode= 'Mobile'
                    height='100%' allowPaging='true' allowGrouping=true allowFiltering='true' allowSorting='true' allowSelection='true' [selectionSettings]="selectionSettings" showColumnChooser='true' [editSettings]='editSettings'
                    [filterSettings]='filterSettings' [toolbar]='toolbar' allowExcelExport='true' allowPdfExport='true' (load)='onLoad()' (toolbarClick)='toolbarClick($event)'>
                        <e-columns>
                            <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' width='120' isPrimaryKey='true' [validationRules]='orderidrules'></e-column>
                            <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer Name' width='160' minWidth=80 maxWidth=300 [validationRules]='customerIDRules'></e-column>
                            <e-column field='Freight' headerText='Freight' width='150' minWidth=80 maxWidth=300 [validationRules]='freightRules'></e-column>
                            <e-column field='OrderDate' headerText='Order Date' width='200' type='date' [format]='dateFormat' editType='datepickeredit'></e-column>
                            <e-column field='ShipCountry' headerText='Ship Country' width='200'></e-column>
                        </e-columns>                       
                    </ejs-grid>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    @ViewChild('grid')
    public grid?: GridComponent;
    public data?: object[];
    public editSettings?: Object;
    public toolbar?: string[];
    public orderidrules?: Object;
    public customerIDRules?: Object;
    public freightRules?: Object;
    public filterSettings?: Object;
    public selectionSettings?: Object;
    public dateFormat?: Object;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true, mode: 'Dialog' };
        this.toolbar = ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel', 'Search', 'ColumnChooser', 'ExcelExport', 'PdfExport', 'CsvExport'];
        this.orderidrules = { required: true, number: true };
        this.customerIDRules = { required: true };
        this.freightRules = { required: true };
        this.filterSettings = { type: 'Excel' };
        this.selectionSettings = { type: 'Multiple' };
        this.dateFormat = { type: 'dateTime', format: 'M/d/y hh:mm a' };
    }

    public onLoad(): void {
        (this.grid as GridComponent).adaptiveDlgTarget = document.getElementsByClassName('e-mobile-content')[0] as HTMLElement;
    }

    toolbarClick(args: ClickEventArgs): void {
        switch (args.item.id) {
            case 'Grid_pdfexport':
                (this.grid as GridComponent).pdfExport();
                break;
            case 'Grid_excelexport':
                (this.grid as GridComponent).excelExport();
                break;
        }
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Adaptive in Angular Grid component

Render adaptive dialogs

Vertical row rendering

Supported features by vertical row rendering

Rendering an adaptive layout for smaller screens alone

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