Select items in Angular List box component

15 Sep 20222 minutes to read

In the following example, Bugatti Chiron is selected using selectItems method.

app.component.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { getInstance } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ListBox } from '@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<ejs-listbox id="listbox" [dataSource]="data" (created)="created()"></ejs-listbox>`
})

export class AppComponent {
public data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
    { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
    { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
    { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
    { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
    { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
    { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
    { text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
    { text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' }
];

created():void{
   let listboxobj:ListBox = getInstance(document.getElementById("listbox"), ListBox) as ListBox;
    listboxobj.selectItems(['Bugatti Chiron']);
}
}

app.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent, ListBoxComponent, ButtonComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

main.ts

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

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