Style appearance in Angular TextBox component

26 Oct 20244 minutes to read

The following content provides the exact CSS structure that can be used to modify the control’s appearance based on the user preference.

Customizing the appearance of TextBox wrapper element

Use the following CSS to customize the appearance of wrapper element.

/* To specify height and font size */
.e-input:not(:valid), .e-input:valid, .e-float-input.e-control-wrapper input:not(:valid), .e-float-input.e-control-wrapper input:valid, .e-float-input input:not(:valid), .e-float-input input:valid, .e-input-group input:not(:valid), .e-input-group input:valid, .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper input:not(:valid), .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper input:valid, .e-float-input.e-control-wrapper textarea:not(:valid), .e-float-input.e-control-wrapper textarea:valid, .e-float-input textarea:not(:valid), .e-float-input textarea:valid, .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper textarea:not(:valid), .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper textarea:valid, .e-input-group textarea:not(:valid), .e-input-group textarea:valid {
        font-size: 30px;
        height: 40px;
}

Customizing the TextBox placeholder

Use the following CSS to customize the TextBox placeholder

/* To specify font size and color */
.e-float-input.e-control-wrapper:not(.e-error) input:valid ~ label.e-float-text, .e-float-input.e-control-wrapper:not(.e-error) input ~ label.e-label-top.e-float-text {
        color: pink;
        font-size: 15px;
}

Toggle password visibility using eye icon

You can show text or hide text by showing • character instead of actual text in angular TextBox by following below steps.

• Add eye icon using addIcon method.
• In the click event of icon added above, toggle the text visibility by changing the type of element.

app.component.ts

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



import { Component, Inject, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  TextBoxComponent,
  NumericTextBoxComponent,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
@Component({
imports: [ FormsModule, TextBoxModule],


standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
})
export class AppComponent {
  @ViewChild('default', { static: true })
  public textbox?: TextBoxComponent;
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    (this.textbox as TextBoxComponent).addIcon('append', 'e-icons e-eye');
    document
      .getElementsByClassName('e-input-eye')[0]
      .addEventListener('click', function (e) {
        let textObj: any = (document.getElementById('password') as any)
          .ej2_instances[0];
        if (textObj.element.type === 'password') {
          textObj.element.type = 'text';
        } else {
          textObj.element.type = 'password';
        }
      });
  }
}

main.ts

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