Create right to left dropdownbutton in EJ2 TypeScript Drop down button control

31 Aug 20233 minutes to read

DropDownButton component has RTL support. This can be achieved by setting enableRtl as true.

The following example illustrates how to enable right-to-left support in DropDownButton component.

import { DropDownButton, ItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

// Initialize action items.
let items: ItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Edit'
    },
    {
        text: 'Delete'
    },
    {
        text: 'Mark as Read'
    },
    {
        text: 'Like Message'
    }];

//To initialize the DropDownButton component.
let drpDownBtn: DropDownButton = new DropDownButton({ iconCss: 'ddb-icons e-message', items: items, enableRtl: true }, '#iconbutton');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 DropDownButton</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <button id='iconbutton'>Message</button>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

@font-face {
font-family: 'e-db-icons';
src:
url(data:application/x-font-ttf;charset=utf-8;base64,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) format('truetype');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}

.ddb-icons {
 font-family: 'e-db-icons' !important;
speak: none;
font-size: 55px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
font-variant: normal;
text-transform: none;
line-height: 1;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

.e-message::before {
  content: '\e703';
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

button {
  margin: 25px 5px 20px 20px;
}