Linear Flow in Angular Stepper component

12 Sep 20254 minutes to read

The Stepper component allows configuration of linear flow to enforce sequential progression through steps, useful for structured workflows like forms or wizards. Enable linear flow by setting the linear property to true on the ejs-stepper component. In linear mode, users cannot skip steps or navigate non-sequentially; navigation is restricted to the next or previous step. The default value is false, allowing navigation to any step in any order.

The following example demonstrates both linear and non-linear flow in the Stepper component, highlighting differences in navigation behavior.

import { Component, ViewChild } from "@angular/core";
import { StepperComponent, StepperAllModule, StepperModule } from "@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations";

@Component({
  imports: [ StepperAllModule, StepperModule ],
  standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent  {
  @ViewChild('ejStepper') stepper: StepperComponent | any;

  public updateLinear(args: any): void {
    this.stepper.linear = (/true/).test(args.currentTarget.value) ? true : false;
    this.stepper.reset();
  };
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<div class="stepperWithLabel">
  <div class="e-btn-group stepperFlow">
    <input type="radio" id="linear" name="linear" value="true" (click)="updateLinear($event);" checked/>
    <label class="e-btn" for="linear">Linear</label>
    <input type="radio" id="nonLinear" name="linear" value="false" (click)="updateLinear($event);" />
    <label class="e-btn" for="nonLinear">Non-Linear</label>
  </div>
  <div class="stepper-section"> 
    <ejs-stepper #ejStepper linear="true">
      <e-steps>
        <e-step label="Cart" iconCss="sf-icon-cart"></e-step>
        <e-step label="Shipped" iconCss="sf-icon-transport"></e-step>
        <e-step label="Payment" iconCss="sf-icon-payment"></e-step>
        <e-step label="Delivered" iconCss="sf-icon-success"></e-step>
      </e-steps>
    </ejs-stepper>
  </div>
</div>
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Default';
    src:
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    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}

.stepperWithLabel {
    margin-top: 30px;
    padding: 30px;
}

.stepperWithLabel .stepperFlow {
    margin-left: 38%
}

.stepper-section {
    margin: 50px 100px;
}

.stepperWithLabel [class^="sf-icon-"], .stepperWithLabel [class*=" sf-icon-"] {
    font-family: 'Default' !important;
    speak: none;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-variant: normal;
    text-transform: none;
    line-height: inherit;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

.stepperWithLabel .sf-icon-cart:before { content: "\e710"; }
.stepperWithLabel .sf-icon-transport:before { content: "\e702"; }
.stepperWithLabel .sf-icon-payment:before { content: "\e706"; }
.stepperWithLabel .sf-icon-success:before { content: "\e715"; }