Add confirm dialog to remove the files in Angular Uploader component

28 Sep 20243 minutes to read

You can customize the uploader component using confirm dialog before removing the files.
Here, ej2 dialog is used as confirm dialog. Refer to the following example.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { UploaderModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs'
import { DialogModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups'



import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { EmitType } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { UploaderComponent, SelectedEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { DialogComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';
@Component({
imports:      [  UploaderModule, DialogModule ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './default.html',
    styleUrls: ['./index.css']
})

export class AppComponent {
  @ViewChild('defaultupload') uploadObj?: UploaderComponent;
  @ViewChild('dialog') dialog?: DialogComponent;

   public path: Object = {
       saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/angular/production/api/FileUploader/Save',
       removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/angular/production/api/FileUploader/Remove'
   };
   public removeFile: any = [];
   public content: string = 'Confirm to remove the file?';
   public width: string = '250px';
   public visible: boolean = false;
   public target: string = '#container';
   public buttons: Object = [{'click': this.onClick.bind(this), buttonModel: { content: 'OK', cssClass: 'e-flat', isPrimary: true}},
   {'click': () => {this.dialog?.hide(); }, buttonModel: { content: 'Cancel', cssClass: 'e-flat'} }];
   public onremoving: EmitType<SelectedEventArgs> = (args: any) =>  {
    args.cancel = true;
    this.removeFile.push(args.filesData);
    this.dialog?.show();
   };
   onClick() {
    this.dialog?.hide();
    this.uploadObj?.remove(this.removeFile, true);
    this.removeFile = [];
   }
}

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 also explore Angular File Upload feature tour page for its groundbreaking features. You can also explore our Angular File Upload example to understand how to browse the files which you want to upload to the server.