Getting started with Angular Rating component

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This section explains how to create a default Rating and demonstrate the basic usage of the Rating module.

To get started quickly with Angular rating component, you can check out this video:

Dependencies

The list of dependencies required to use the Rating module in your application is given below:

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

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 Rating 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:"20.4.38-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 Rating module

Import Rating module into Angular application(app.module.ts) from the package
@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs.

import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';

// Importing Rating module from Syncfusion ej2-angular-inputs package.
import { RatingModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';

import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

@NgModule({
  imports:      [ BrowserModule, RatingModule ], // Declaration of RatingModule into NgModule.
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

Adding Syncfusion Rating component

Modify the template in app.component.ts file to render the Rating component.

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

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `<!-- To render Rating. -->
             <input ejs-rating id="rating" />`
})
export class AppComponent  { }

Adding CSS reference

Add Rating component’s styles as given below in style.css.

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

Running the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command:

ng serve

The following example shows a default Rating component.

app.component.ts

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<!-- To Render Rating component. -->
                <div class="wrap">
                    <input ejs-rating id="rating"/>
                </div>`
})

export class AppComponent {}

app.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { RatingModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, FormsModule, RatingModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

main.ts

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

import 'zone.js';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Value

You can set the rating value by using the value property.

app.component.ts

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<!-- To Render Rating component. -->
                <div class="wrap">
                    <input ejs-rating id="rating" value="3.0"/>
                </div>`
})

export class AppComponent {}

app.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { RatingModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, FormsModule, RatingModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

main.ts

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

import 'zone.js';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);