Getting started with Angular Toolbar component

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This section explains briefly about how to create a simple Toolbar using Angular and configuring the Toolbar items like button, separator and input components.

Dependencies

Install the below required dependency package in order to use the Toolbar component in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
        |-- @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 Toolbar 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-navigations package to the application.

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

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations@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-navigations:"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-popups/styles/material.css';  
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css';

Add Toolbar component

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

import { ToolbarModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
  ToolbarModule
],
standalone: true,
selector: 'app-root',
// specifies the template string for the Toolbar component
template: `<ejs-toolbar>
          <e-items>
             <e-item text='Cut'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Copy'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Paste'></e-item>
             <e-item type='Separator'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Bold'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Italic'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Underline'></e-item>
          </e-items>
        </ejs-toolbar>`
})
export class AppComponent { }

  • Now, run the application in the browser using the following command.

    npm start

The following code example depicts the way to initialize The Toolbar on a single element.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ToolbarModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations'




import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { ToolbarComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations';

@Component({
imports: [
         ToolbarModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
        <ejs-toolbar>
          <e-items>
             <e-item text='Cut'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Copy'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Paste'></e-item>
             <e-item type='Separator'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Bold'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Italic'></e-item>
             <e-item text='Underline'></e-item>
          </e-items>
        </ejs-toolbar>
        `
})

export class AppComponent {

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

Initialize the Toolbar using HTML elements

The Toolbar component can be rendered based on the given HTML element using <ejs-toolbar>.
You need to follow the below structure of HTML elements to render the Toolbar inside the <ejs-toolbar> tag.

   <ejs-toolbar>   --> Root Toolbar Element
    <div>      --> Toolbar Items Container
       <div>   --> Toolbar Item Element
       </div>
    </div>
  </ejs-toolbar>
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ToolbarModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations'



import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { ToolbarComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-navigations';

@Component({
imports: [
        ToolbarModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
        <ejs-toolbar>
          <div>
                <div><button class='e-btn e-tbar-btn'>Cut</button> </div>
                <div><button class='e-btn e-tbar-btn'>Copy</button> </div>
                <div><button class='e-btn e-tbar-btn'>Paste</button> </div>
                <div class='e-separator'> </div>
                <div><button class='e-btn e-tbar-btn'>Bold</button> </div>
                <div><button class='e-btn e-tbar-btn'>Italic</button> </div>
          </div>
        </ejs-toolbar>
        `
})

export class AppComponent {

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

See Also

NOTE

You can refer to our Angular Toolbar feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular Toolbar Example that shows you how to render the Toolbar in Angular.