Getting started with Angular ListView component

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The ListView component is available in @syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists package. Utilize this package to render the ListView Component.

Setup Angular Environment

You can use Angular CLI to setup your Angular applications.
To install Angular CLI use the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular Application

Start a new Angular application using below Angular CLI command.

ng new my-app
cd my-app

Installing Syncfusion^® ListView package

Syncfusion^® packages are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. You can get all the Angular Syncfusion^® package from npm link.

Currently, Syncfusion^® provides two types of package structures for Angular components,

Ivy library distribution package format
Angular compatibility compiler(Angular’s legacy compilation and rendering pipeline) package.

Ivy library distribution package

Syncfusion^® Angular packages(>=20.2.36) has been moved to the Ivy distribution to support the Angular Ivy rendering engine and the package are compatible with Angular version 12 and above. To download the package use the below command.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists --save

Angular compatibility compiled package(ngcc)

For Angular version below 12, you can use the legacy (ngcc) package of the Syncfusion^® Angular components. To download the ngcc package use the below.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists@ngcc --save

To mention the ngcc package in the package.json file, add the suffix -ngcc with the package version as below.

@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists:"20.2.38-ngcc"

Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified while installing the package, the Ivy Library Package will be installed and this package will throw a warning.

Adding CSS Reference

Add ListView component’s styles as given below in styles.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists/styles/material.css";

Alternatively, you can import the styles directly relative to the node_modules folder based on your CSS file’s location, as shown below:

@import "node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists/styles/material.css";

If you are using CheckList behaviour in ListView, we need to add Button component’s styles as given below in styles.css file

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons/styles/material.css";

We can also use CRG to generate combined component styles.

Add ListView component

Modify the template in src/app/app.component.ts file to render the ListView component.
Add the Angular ListView by using <ejs-listview> selector in template section of the app.component.ts file.

import { ListViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [        
        ListViewModule
    ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
  // specifies the template string for the ListView component
    template: `<ejs-listview id='sample-list' [dataSource]='data'></ejs-listview>`
})

export class AppComponent {
    public data: Object = [
    { text: 'Artwork', id: '01' },
    { text: 'Abstract', id: '02' },
    { text: 'Modern Painting', id: '03' },
    { text: 'Ceramics', id: '04' },
    { text: 'Animation Art', id: '05' },
    { text: 'Oil Painting', id: '06' }];
}

Run the application

Use the following command to run the application in browser.

ng serve --open

The output will appear as follows.

app.component.ts
styles.css
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ListViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    imports: [
        ListViewModule
    ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'my-app',
    template: `<ejs-listview id='sample-list' [dataSource]='data'></ejs-listview>`
})

export class AppComponent {
    public data: Object = [
        { text: 'Artwork', id: '01' },
        { text: 'Abstract', id: '02' },
        { text: 'Modern Painting', id: '03' },
        { text: 'Ceramics', id: '04' },
        { text: 'Animation Art', id: '05' },
        { text: 'Oil Painting', id: '06' }];
}
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists/styles/material.css';

#sample-list {
    display: block;
    max-width: 400px;
    margin: auto;
    border: 1px solid #dddddd;
    border-radius: 3px;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));