Items in Angular Ribbon component

13 May 202424 minutes to read

Ribbon renders various built-in items based on the item type property. By default, the type property is set as Button which renders the Button.

Built-in items

You can render the built-in Ribbon items by using the <e-ribbon-item> tag directive, to specify the type property.

The following table explains the built-in items and their actions.

Built-in Ribbon Items	Actions
Button	Renders button as ribbon item.
CheckBox	Renders checkbox as ribbon item.
DropDown	Renders dropdownbutton as ribbon item.
SplitButton	Renders splitbutton as ribbon item.
ComboBox	Renders combobox as ribbon item.
ColorPicker	Renders color picker as ribbon item.
GroupButton	Renders groupbutton as ribbon item.

Button items

You can render the built-in button Ribbon item by setting the type property as Button. You can also customize the button item using the RibbonButtonSettingsModel, which provides options such as iconCss, content, isToggle and more.

Toggle button

The isToggle property can be used to define whether the button act as a toggle button or not. By default, the value is false.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>    
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent  {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut", isToggle: true };
}

Checkbox items

You can render the built-in checkBox Ribbon item by setting the type property to CheckBox. You can also customize the checkBox item using the RibbonCheckBoxSettingsModel, which provides options such as labelPosition, label, checked and more.

Checkbox state

You can use the checked property to handle the checked or unchecked state. By default, the value is false.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonCheckBoxSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type=CheckBox [checkBoxSettings]="ruler">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
    public ruler: RibbonCheckBoxSettingsModel = { label: "Ruler", checked: true };
}

Defining label

You can use the label property to add a caption for the CheckBox. The label position can be set Before or After, by using the labelPosition property. By default, the labelPosition is After.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonCheckBoxSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type=CheckBox [checkBoxSettings]="ruler">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
    public ruler: RibbonCheckBoxSettingsModel = { label: "Ruler", checked: true, labelPosition: "Before" };
}

You can render the built-in dropDown Ribbon item by setting the type property to DropDown. You can also customize the dropDown item through RibbonDropDownSettingsModel, which provides options such as iconCss, content, target and more.

Target

The target property specifies the element selector to be displayed in the DropDownButton popup.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'
import { ListViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonDropDownSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';
import { ItemModel } from "@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons";


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule, ListViewModule],

standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public tableOptions: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Insert Table" }, { text: "This device" }, { text: "Convert Table" }, { text: "Excel SpreadSheet" }];
  public tableSettings: RibbonDropDownSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-table", content: "Table", target: "#tableList"};
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="tables" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="DropDown" [dropDownSettings]="tableSettings">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>
<ejs-listview id='tableList' [dataSource]='tableOptions' headerTitle='Table' [showHeader]='true'></ejs-listview>

You can customize the dropdown button item by specifying a custom cssClass using the beforeItemRender event.

The following sample showcases how to customize a specific dropdown item.

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

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonDropDownSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';
import { ItemModel, MenuEventArgs } from "@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons";


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule, ListViewModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  public tableOptions: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Insert Table" }, { text: "This device" }, { text: "Convert Table" }, { text: "Excel SpreadSheet" }];
  public tableSettings: RibbonDropDownSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-table", content: "Table", items: this.tableOptions, beforeItemRender: (args: MenuEventArgs) => { 
    if (args.item.text === 'Insert Table') {
      args.element.classList.add("e-custom-class");
    }
  } };
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Insert">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Tables">
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="DropDown" [dropDownSettings]="tableSettings">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>
.e-custom-class {
    color: green;
}

You can handle the creation of popups, by using the createPopupOnClick property. If set to true, the popup will only be created upon opening. By default the value is false.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';
import { ListViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists';
import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonDropDownSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';
import { ItemModel } from "@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons";


@Component({
  imports: [ RibbonModule, ListViewModule ],
  standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  public tableOptions: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Insert Table" }, { text: "This device" }, { text: "Convert Table" }, { text: "Excel SpreadSheet" }];
  public tableSettings: RibbonDropDownSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-table", content: "Table", items: this.tableOptions, createPopupOnClick: true };
};
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Insert">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Tables">
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="DropDown" [dropDownSettings]="tableSettings">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>

Split button items

You can render the built-in splitButton Ribbon item by setting the type property to SplitButton. You can also customize the splitButton item through RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel, which provides options such as iconCss, items, target and more.

Target

The target property specifies the element selector to be displayed in the SplitButton popup.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'
import { ListViewModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-lists'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';
import { ItemModel } from "@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons";


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule, ListViewModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public tableOptions: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Insert Table" }, { text: "This device" }, { text: "Convert Table" }, { text: "Excel SpreadSheet" }];
  public tableSettings: RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-table", content: "Table", target: "#tableList"};
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="tables" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="SplitButton" [splitButtonSettings]="tableSettings">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>
<ejs-listview id='tableList' [dataSource]='tableOptions' headerTitle='Table' [showHeader]='true'></ejs-listview>

Combobox items

You can render the built-in comboBox Ribbon item by setting the type property to ComboBox. You can also customize the comboBox item through RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel, which provides options such as allowFiltering, autoFill, index, sortOrder and more.

Filtering

You can use the allowFiltering property to filter the data items. The filtering operation is initiated automatically, as soon as you start typing characters. If no match is found the value of the noRecordsTemplate property will be displayed. By default, the value is false.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="ComboBox" [comboBoxSettings]="fontstyleSettings">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
    public fontStyle: string[] = ["Algerian", "Arial", "Calibri", "Cambria", "Cambria Math", "Courier New", "Candara", "Georgia", "Impact", "Segoe Print", "Segoe Script", "Segoe UI", "Symbol", "Times New Roman", "Verdana", "Windings"];
    public fontstyleSettings: RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel = { dataSource: this.fontStyle, index: 3, allowFiltering: true };
}

Index

You can use the index property to get or set the selected item in the combobox.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="ComboBox" [comboBoxSettings]="fontstyleSettings">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
    public fontStyle: string[] = ["Algerian", "Arial", "Calibri", "Cambria", "Cambria Math", "Courier New", "Candara", "Georgia", "Impact", "Segoe Print", "Segoe Script", "Segoe UI", "Symbol", "Times New Roman", "Verdana", "Windings"];
    public fontstyleSettings: RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel = { dataSource: this.fontStyle, index: 3 };
}

SortOrder

You can use the sortOrder property to specify the order in which the DataSource should be sorted.

`None`	The data source is not sorted.
`Ascending`	The data source is sorted in ascending order.
`Descending`	The data source is sorted in descending order.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="ComboBox" [comboBoxSettings]="fontstyleSettings">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
    public fontStyle: string[] = ["Algerian", "Arial", "Calibri", "Cambria", "Cambria Math", "Courier New", "Candara", "Georgia", "Impact", "Segoe Print", "Segoe Script", "Segoe UI", "Symbol", "Times New Roman", "Verdana", "Windings"];
    public fontstyleSettings: RibbonComboBoxSettingsModel = { dataSource: this.fontStyle, index: 3, sortOrder: "Descending" };
}

Colorpicker items

You can render the built-in colorPicker Ribbon item by setting the type property to ColorPicker. You can also customize the colorPicker item through RibbonColorPickerSettingsModel, which provides options such as value, columns, showButtons and more.

Value

You can use the value property to specify the color value. The value should be specified as Hex code.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonColorPickerSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection id="paste-collection">
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="ColorPicker"  [colorPickerSettings]="colorSettings">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>    
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
    public colorSettings: RibbonColorPickerSettingsModel = { value: '#123456' };
}

Groupbutton items

You can render the built-in groupbutton Ribbon item by setting the type property to GroupButton. You can also customize the groupbutton item using the RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel, which provides options such as selection and items.

Items

You can render the groupbutton items by using the <e-ribbon-item> tag directive. You can also customize the groupbutton items through RibbonGroupButtonItemModel, which provides options such as content, iconCss, selected and more.

Item content

You can use the content property to define the text content for the groupbutton.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import {RibbonItemSize, RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  templateUrl: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Paragraph" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="GroupButton" [allowedSizes]="mediumSize" [groupButtonSettings]="groupButtonContent">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
  public groupButtonContent: RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel = {
    items: [
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-left', content: 'Align Left'},
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-center', content: 'Align Center'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-right', content: 'Align Right'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-justify', content: 'Justify'}
    ]
  }

  public mediumSize: RibbonItemSize = RibbonItemSize.Medium;
}

Icon only

You can use the iconCss property to customize the groupbutton icon. If the iconCss property is not defined, the groupbutton will not be rendered.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import {RibbonItemSize, RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public groupButtonIcon: RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel = {
    items: [
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-left'},
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-center'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-right'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-justify'}
    ]
  }

  public smallSize: RibbonItemSize = RibbonItemSize.Small;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Paragraph" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="GroupButton" [allowedSizes]="smallSize" [groupButtonSettings]="groupButtonIcon">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>

Selection

You can use the selected property to select the groupbutton item initally. When set to true, the button will be selected. By default the selected property is false.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import {RibbonItemSize, RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],

standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public groupButtonSelected: RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel = {
    items: [
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-left', content: 'Align Left'},
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-center', content: 'Align Center', selected: true}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-right', content: 'Align Right'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-justify', content: 'Justify'}
    ]
  }

  public smallSize: RibbonItemSize = RibbonItemSize.Small;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Paragraph" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="GroupButton" [allowedSizes]="smallSize" [groupButtonSettings]="groupButtonSelected">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>

Single selection

You can set the selection property value as RibbonGroupButtonSelection.Single to make one selection at a time. It automatically deselects the previous choice when a different item is clicked.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import {RibbonItemSize, RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel, RibbonGroupButtonSelection } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public singleSelection: RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel = {
    selection: RibbonGroupButtonSelection.Single,
    items: [
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-left', content: 'Align Left'},
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-center', content: 'Align Center', selected: true}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-right', content: 'Align Right'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-justify', content: 'Justify'}
    ]
  }

  public smallSize: RibbonItemSize = RibbonItemSize.Small;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Paragraph" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="GroupButton" [allowedSizes]="smallSize" [groupButtonSettings]="singleSelection">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>

Multiple selection

You can set the selection property value as RibbonGroupButtonSelection.Multiple to select more than one button at a time. Users can select a button one by one to select multiple buttons.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import {RibbonItemSize, RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel, RibbonGroupButtonSelection } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public multipleSelection: RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel = {
    selection: RibbonGroupButtonSelection.Multiple,
    items: [
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-bold', content: 'Bold'},
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-italic', content: 'Italic', selected: true}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-underline', content: 'Underline'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-strikethrough', content: 'Strikethrough', selected: true}
    ]
  }

  public smallSize: RibbonItemSize = RibbonItemSize.Small;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Paragraph" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="GroupButton" [allowedSizes]="smallSize" [groupButtonSettings]="multipleSelection">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>

Groupbutton in simplified mode layout

In simplified mode, the groupbutton will be rendered as a dropdownbutton. The dropdownbutton icon will be updated based on the button item selected. The initial button icon will be the set, if none of the buttons are selected.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import {RibbonItemSize, RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel, RibbonGroupButtonSelection } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';


@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
  public groupButton: RibbonGroupButtonSettingsModel = {
    selection: RibbonGroupButtonSelection.Single,
    items: [
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-left', content: 'Align Left'},
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-center', content: 'Align Center', selected: true}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-align-right', content: 'Align Right'}, 
      {iconCss: 'e-icons e-justify', content: 'Justify'}
    ]
  }

  public smallSize: RibbonItemSize = RibbonItemSize.Small;
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon" activeLayout="Simplified">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Paragraph" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="GroupButton" [allowedSizes]="smallSize" [groupButtonSettings]="groupButton">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>

Custom items

You can customize the ribbon items with non-built-in items or HTML content by setting the type property to Template. This provides an option to customize the ribbon items with greater flexibility.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
app.component.css
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],

standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Templates" [isCollapsible]=false>
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="Template" [itemTemplate]="customTemplate">
                                    <ng-template #customTemplate let-data="">
                                      <span class="custom-template ">
                                        <label for="fname">First name:</label>
                                        <input type="text" id="fname" name="fname">
                                        <br><br>
                                        <label for="lname">Last name:</label>
                                        <input type="text" id="lname" name="lname">
                                      </span>
                                    </ng-template>
                                  </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Multimedia" >
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="Template" [itemTemplate]="itemTemplate">
                                    <ng-template #itemTemplate let-data="">
                                      <span class="ribbonTemplate ">
                                        <span class="e-icons e-video"></span>
                                        <span class="text">Video</span>
                                      </span>
                                    </ng-template>
                                  </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>
@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';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-ribbon/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css';

/* Represents the styles for Custom Ribbon Item */

.ribbonTemplate {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    cursor: pointer;
  }
  
  .ribbonTemplate.Large {
    flex-direction: column;
  }
  
  .ribbonTemplate.Large .e-icons {
    font-size: 35px;
  }
  
  .ribbonTemplate.Medium .e-icons,
  .ribbonTemplate.Small .e-icons{
    font-size: 20px;
    margin: 15px 5px;
  }
  
  .ribbonTemplate.Small .text {
    display:none;
  }
  
  .custom-template input {
    margin-left: 10px;
    width: 100px;
  }
  
  .custom-template.Medium {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
  }
  .custom-template.Medium input {
    height: 14px;
    margin-right: 10px;
  }

Items display Mode

You can use the displayOptions property to display the items in the Ribbon layout.

`Auto`	The items are displayed in all layouts based on the ribbon's overflow state.
`Classic`	The items are displayed only in the classic layout group.
`Simplified`	The items are displayed only in the simplified layout group.
`Overflow`	The items are displayed only in the overflow popup.

Display items in Classic only

To diplay the items only in the classic layout group, set the mode as DisplayMode.Classic in the displayOptions property.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonButtonSettingsModel, DisplayMode } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item [displayOptions]='buttonDisplayMode' type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>    
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent  {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public buttonDisplayMode: DisplayMode = DisplayMode.Classic;
}

Display items in Simplified only

To diplay the items only in the simplified layout group, set the mode as DisplayMode.Simplified in the displayOptions property.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonButtonSettingsModel, DisplayMode } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item [displayOptions]='buttonDisplayMode' type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>    
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent  {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public buttonDisplayMode: DisplayMode = DisplayMode.Simplified;
}

To diplay the items only in the overflow, set the mode as DisplayMode.Overflow in the displayOptions property.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonButtonSettingsModel, DisplayMode } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item [displayOptions]='buttonDisplayMode' type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>    
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent  {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public buttonDisplayMode: DisplayMode = DisplayMode.Overflow;
}

Enable or disable items

You can use the disabled property to disable a Ribbon item. It prevents the user interaction when set to true. By default, the value is false.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard" >
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item [disabled]="true" type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>  
                                    <e-ribbon-item type=CheckBox [checkBoxSettings]="ruler">
                                    </e-ribbon-item> 
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="DropDown" [dropDownSettings]="tableSettings">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="SplitButton" [splitButtonSettings]="tableSettings">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent  {
    public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut", isToggle: true };
    public ruler: RibbonCheckBoxSettingsModel = { label: "Ruler", checked: true };
    public tableSettings: RibbonDropDownSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-table", content: "Table"};
}

Items in Angular Ribbon component

Built-in items

Button items

Toggle button

Checkbox items

Checkbox state

Defining label

DropDown button items

Target

Customize Dropdown button item

Create dropdown popup on demand

Split button items

Target

Combobox items

Filtering

Index

SortOrder

Colorpicker items

Value

Groupbutton items

Items

Item content

Icon only

Selection

Single selection

Multiple selection

Groupbutton in simplified mode layout

Custom items

Items display Mode

Display items in Classic only

Display items in Simplified only

Display items in Overflow popup only

Enable or disable items