Tool bar items in Angular Grid component

20 Dec 202221 minutes to read

Built-in toolbar items

Built-in Toolbar Items execute standard actions of the Grid and it can be added by defining toolbar as a collection of built-in items. It renders the button with icon and text.
The following table shows Built-in toolbar items and its action.

Built-in Toolbar Items Actions
Add Add a new record.
Edit Edit the selected record.
Update Update edited record.
Delete Delete the selected record.
Cancel Cancel the edit state.
Search Search the records by given key.
Print Print the Grid.
ColumnChooser Choose the column’s visibility.
PdfExport Exports grid to PDF document.
ExcelExport Exports grid to Excel document.
CsvExport Exports grid to CSV document. 
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { ToolbarItems } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid [dataSource]='data' height='270px' [toolbar]='toolbar'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public toolbar: ToolbarItems[];

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.toolbar = ['Print', 'Search'];
    }
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { ToolbarService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [ToolbarService]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

  • The toolbar has options to define both built-in and custom toolbar items.

Show only icons in built-in toolbar items

By default, the built-in toolbar items render as buttons with an icon and text. It is possible to hide the text and show only the icon using the following CSS style.

.e-toolbar .e-tbar-btn-text, .e-toolbar .e-toolbar-items .e-toolbar-item .e-tbar-btn-text {
    display: none;
}

This is demonstrated in the following sample:

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid [dataSource]='data' height='270px'[editSettings]='editSettings' [toolbar]='toolbar'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120 isPrimaryKey='true'></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public data: object[];
    public toolbar: ToolbarItems[];
    public editSettings: EditSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.toolbar = ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel'];
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true };
    }
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { ToolbarService, EditService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [ToolbarService, EditService]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Custom toolbar items

Custom toolbar items can be added by defining toolbar as a collection of ItemModel. Actions for this customized toolbar items are defined in the toolbarClick event.
Actions for this customized toolbar items are defined in the toolbarClick event.

By default, Custom toolbar items are in position Left. You can change the position by using the align property. In the below sample, we have applied position Right for the Collapse All toolbar item.

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid #grid [dataSource]='data' height='200px' [allowGrouping]='true' [groupSettings]='groupOptions'
               [toolbar]='toolbar' (toolbarClick)='clickHandler($event)'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public toolbar: object[];
    public groupOptions: GroupSettingsModel;

    @ViewChild('grid') public grid: GridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.toolbar = [{ text: 'Expand All', tooltipText: 'Expand All', prefixIcon: 'e-expand', id: 'expandall' },
         { text: 'Collapse All', tooltipText: 'collection All', prefixIcon: 'e-collapse', id: 'collapseall', align: 'Right' }];
        this.groupOptions = { columns: ['CustomerID'] };
    }

    clickHandler(args: ClickEventArgs): void {
        if (args.item.id === 'expandall') {
            this.grid.groupModule.expandAll();
        }

        if (args.item.id === 'collapseall') {
            this.grid.groupModule.collapseAll();
        }
    }
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { ToolbarService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { GroupService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [ToolbarService, GroupService]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

  • The toolbar has options to define both built-in and custom toolbar items.
  • If a toolbar item does not match with built-in items, it will be treated as custom toolbar item.

Both built-in and custom items in toolbar

Grid have an option to use both built-in and custom toolbar items at same time.

In the below example, Add, Edit, Delete, Update, Cancel are built-in toolbar items and Click is custom toolbar item.

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid #grid [dataSource]='data' [editSettings]='editSettings' [toolbar]='toolbar'
               (toolbarClick)='clickHandler($event)' height='273px'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' isPrimaryKey='true' width=100></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='Freight' headerText='Freight' textAlign= 'Right' width=120 format= 'C2'></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCountry' headerText='Ship Country' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public editSettings: EditSettingsModel;
    public toolbar: ToolbarItems[] | object;

    @ViewChild('grid')
    public grid: GridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true };
        this.toolbar = ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel',
         { text: 'Click', tooltipText: 'Click', prefixIcon: 'e-expand', id: 'Click' }];
    }

    clickHandler(args: ClickEventArgs): void {
        if (args.item.id === 'Click') {
            alert('Custom Toolbar Click...');
        }
    }
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, EditService, ToolbarService, SortService, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DatePickerAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { TimePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { DropDownListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';
import { TextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { MultiSelectModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';
import { AutoCompleteModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule,
        DatePickerAllModule,
        FormsModule,
        TimePickerModule,
        FormsModule,
        TextBoxModule,
        MultiSelectModule,
        AutoCompleteModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, SortService, PageService]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Custom toolbar component in a specific position

By default, Custom toolbar items are in the Left position. You can change the position by using the align property. In the following sample, we have applied the Right position for the Collapse All toolbar item, Left for the Expand All toolbar item, and Center for the Search toolbar item.

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid #grid [dataSource]='employeeData' height='200px' [allowGrouping]='true' [groupSettings]='groupOptions'
               [toolbar]='toolbar' (toolbarClick)='clickHandler($event)'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='EmployeeID' headerText='Employee ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='FirstName' headerText='First Name' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='Country' headerText='Country' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='PostalCode' headerText='Postal Code' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public employeeData: object[];
    public toolbar: object[];
    public groupOptions: GroupSettingsModel;

    @ViewChild('grid') public grid: GridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.employeeData = employeeData;
        this.toolbar = [{ text: 'Expand All', tooltipText: 'Expand All', prefixIcon: 'e-expand', id: 'expandall' },
         { text: 'Collapse All', tooltipText: 'collection All', prefixIcon: 'e-collapse', id: 'collapseall', align: 'Right' }, { text: 'Search', align: 'Center'}];
        this.groupOptions = { columns: ['FirstName'] };
    }

    clickHandler(args: ClickEventArgs): void {
        if (args.item.id === 'expandall') {
            this.grid.groupModule.expandAll();
        }

        if (args.item.id === 'collapseall') {
            this.grid.groupModule.collapseAll();
        }
    }
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { ToolbarService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { GroupService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [ToolbarService, GroupService]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);