Getting Started

17 Feb 20222 minutes to read

This section briefly explains about how to render Avatar component in your ASP.NET Core application. You can refer ASP.NET Core Getting Started documentation page for introduction part of the system requirements and configure the common specifications.

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Adding Avatar component to the Application

Since the Avatar is a CSS component there is no need to html tag helper, the component is added by
using CSS classes. Add the below code to your index.cshtml page which is present under Views/Home folder.

<span class="e-avatar">GR</span>

Run the application

After successful compilation of your application, simply press F5 to run the application.

The following example shows a basic Avatar.

<div id='element'>
    <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-xlarge"></span>
    <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-large"></span>
    <span class="e-avatar"></span>
    <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-small"></span>
    <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-xsmall"></span>
</div>

<style>
#element {
    display: block;
    width: 300px;
    margin: 130px auto;
    border-radius: 3px;
    justify-content: center;
}

.e-avatar {
    background-image: url(./pic01.png);
    margin: 2px;
}
</style>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace EJ2MVCSampleBrowser.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }

}

Output be like the below.

Avatar Sample

See Also

Types of Avatar