Types and Styles in ASP.NET MVC Avatar Control

16 Feb 20244 minutes to read

This section explains different types of avatar.

Avatar size

The Essential JS 2 Avatar has the following predefined sizes that can be used with the .e-avatar class to change the appearance of the avatar.

Class Name Description
e-avatar-xlarge Displays xlarge size avatar.
e-avatar-large Displays apply large size avatar.
e-avatar Displays apply default size avatar.
e-avatar-small Displays apply small size avatar.
e-avatar-xsmall Displays apply xsmall size 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: 100px auto;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

.e-avatar {
    background-image: url(./pic01.png);
}
</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();
        }
    }

}

Avatar Size

Avatar types

The types of Essential JS 2 avatar are:

  • Default
  • Circle

Default

The default style of the avatar is rectangular shape with rounded corners, which can be applied from adding the modifier class .e-avatar to the target element.

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

<style>
#element {
    display: block;
    width: 260px;
    margin: 100px auto;
    border-radius: 3px;
}
</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();
        }
    }

}

Avatar Default

Circle

The circle avatar style can be applied by adding the modifier class .e-avatar-circle to the target element.

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

<style>
#element {
    display: block;
    width: 300px;
    margin: 100px auto;
    border-radius: 3px;
}
</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();
        }
    }

}

Avatar Circle

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.