Change header text dynamically in Angular Treegrid component

27 Apr 20244 minutes to read

You can change the column headerText dynamically through an external button.

Follow the given steps to change the header text dynamically:

Step 1:

Get the column object corresponding to the field name by using the getColumnByField method.
Then change the header Text value.

      /** get the JSON object of the column corresponding to the field name */
      const column = this.treegridObj.getColumnByField("Duration");
      /** assign a new header text to the column */
      column.headerText = "Changed Text";

Step 2:

To reflect the changes in the Tree Grid header, invoke the refreshColumns method.

      this.treegridObj.refreshColumns();

app.component.ts

import { NgModule,ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import {ButtonModule} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { DropDownListAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns'



import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { projectData } from './datasource';
import { Column, TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        TreeGridModule,
        ButtonModule,
        DropDownListAllModule
    ],

providers: [PageService,
                SortService,
                FilterService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<button #btn1 ejs-button cssClass="e-flat" [isToggle]="true"  (click)="click()">Change Header Text</button>

    <ejs-treegrid #treegridObj [dataSource]='data' idMapping='TaskID' parentIdMapping='parentID' [treeColumnIndex]='1' [height]='210'>
        <e-columns>
            <e-column field='TaskID' headerText='Task ID' width='70' textAlign='Right'></e-column>
            <e-column field='TaskName' headerText='Task Name' width='100' ></e-column>
            <e-column field='StartDate' headerText='Start Date' width='90' format="yMd" textAlign='Right'></e-column>
            <e-column field='EndDate' headerText='End Date' width='90' format="yMd" textAlign='Right'></e-column>
            <e-column field='Duration' headerText='Duration' width='90' textAlign='Right'></e-column>
            <e-column field='Priority' headerText='Priority' width='90'></e-column>
        </e-columns>
    </ejs-treegrid>`,
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: Object[] = [];
    @ViewChild('treegridObj')
    public treegridObj?: TreeGridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = projectData;
    }
    click() {
        const column = this.treegridObj?.getColumnByField('Duration'); // get the JSON object of the column corresponding to the field name
        (column as Column).headerText = 'Changed Text'; // assign a new header text to the column
        this.treegridObj?.refreshColumns();
    }
}

main.ts

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

You can refer to our Angular Tree Grid feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular Tree Grid example to knows how to present and manipulate data.