Getting started with Angular ListView component

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,

1. Ivy library distribution package format
2. 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.

Registering ListView Module

Import ListView module into Angular application(app.module.ts) from the package @syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists [src/app/app.module.ts].

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
// import Listview component Module
import { ListViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists';
import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

@NgModule({
  //declaration of listview module into NgModule
  imports:      [ BrowserModule, ListViewModule ],
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

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";

• 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 { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-container',
  // 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.

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

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

See Also

Data Binding Types

ListView customization

Virtualization