Getting started with Angular Maskedtextbox component

11 Jul 202410 minutes to read

The following section explains the steps required to create the MaskedTextBox component and also it demonstrates the basic usage of the MaskedTextBox.

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the MaskedTextBox component in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons

Setup angular environment

Angular provides the easiest way to set angular CLI projects using Angular CLI tool.

Install the CLI application globally to your machine.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create a new application

ng new syncfusion-angular-maskedtextbox

By default, it install the CSS style base application. To setup with SCSS, pass –style=scss argument on create project.

Example code snippet.

ng new syncfusion-angular-maskedtextbox --style=scss

Navigate to the created project folder.

cd syncfusion-angular-maskedtextbox

Installing Syncfusion MaskedTextBox 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-inputs package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs --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-inputs@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs@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-inputs:"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

The following CSS files are available in ../node_modules/@syncfusion package folder.
This can be referenced in [src/styles.css] using following code.

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs/styles/material.css';

Adding MaskedTextBox component

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

import { MaskedTextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
    MaskedTextBoxModule
  ],
  standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `<ejs-maskedtextbox></ejs-maskedtextbox>`
})
export class AppComponent  { }

Note: If you want to refer the combined component styles, please make use of our CRG (Custom Resource Generator) in your application.

Set the mask

You can set the mask to the MaskedTextBox to validate the user input by using the mask property.
For more information about the usage of mask and configuration, refer to this link.

The following example demonstrates the usage of mask element 0 that allows any single digit from 0 to 9.

import { MaskedTextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
    MaskedTextBoxModule
  ],
  standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  // sets mask format to the MaskedTextBox
  template: `
        <ejs-maskedtextbox mask='000-000-0000'></ejs-maskedtextbox>
        `
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
}

Running the application

After completing the configuration required to render a basic MaskedTextBox, run the following command to display the output in your default browser.

ng serve

The following example illustrates the output in your browser.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { MaskedTextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'



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

@Component({
imports: [
         MaskedTextBoxModule, FormsModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    // sets mask format to the MaskedTextBox
    template: `<label class='label'>Enter the mobile number</label>`+
              `<ejs-maskedtextbox mask='000-000-0000'></ejs-maskedtextbox>`
})
export class AppComponent {
    constructor() {
    }
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Two way binding

In MaskedTextBox, the value property supports two-way binding functionality.
The following example demonstrates two-way binding functionality with the MaskedTextBox and HTML input element.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { MaskedTextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'



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

@Component({
imports: [
         MaskedTextBoxModule, FormsModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    // input element for checking the two-way binding support using value property
    template: `
     <div class='e-input-group' style='margin-bottom:30px'>
        <ejs-input class='e-input' type='text' [(ngModel)]='value' placeholder='Mobile Number' />
     </div>
     <ejs-maskedtextbox mask='000-000-0000' [(value)]='value'></ejs-maskedtextbox>
    `
})
export class AppComponent {
    public value: any;
    constructor() {
    }
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Reactive form

MaskedTextBox is a form component and validation is playing vital role in forms to get the valid data.
Here to showcase the MaskedTextBox with form validations we have used the reactive form.
For more details about Reactive Forms refer: https://angular.dev/guide/forms/reactive-forms.

• To use reactive forms, import ReactiveFormsModule from the @angular/forms package and add it to your NgModule’s imports array. In addition to this, FormGroup, FormControl should be imported to the app component.
• The FormGroup is used to declare formGroupName for the form. The constructor of this FormGroup then takes an object, that can contain sub-form-groups and FormControls.
• The FormControl is used to declare formControlName for form controls.

The following example demonstrates how to use the reactive forms.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule  } from '@angular/forms'
import { MaskedTextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'



import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import {MaskedTextBoxComponent  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';

@Component({
imports: [
        FormsModule,ReactiveFormsModule, MaskedTextBoxModule, ButtonModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './template.html',
})
export class AppComponent {
    skillForm?: FormGroup | any;
    build: FormBuilder;
    constructor(@Inject(FormBuilder) private builder: FormBuilder) {
        this.build = builder;
        this.createForm();
    }
    createForm() {
        this.skillForm = this.build.group({
          mask: ['', Validators.required],
          username: ['', Validators.required],
        });
    }
    get username() { return this.skillForm?.get('username'); }
    get mask() { return this.skillForm?.get('mask'); }

    onSubmit() {
      alert("You have entered the value: " + this.mask?.value );
  }
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

See Also

• How to perform custom validation using FormValidator
• How to customize the UI appearance of the control
• How to set cursor position while focus on the input textbox
• How to display numeric keypad when focus on mobile devices