Remove item in EJ2 TypeScript Drop down list control

4 May 20234 minutes to read

The following example demonstrate about how to remove an item from DropDownList.

import { DropDownList } from '@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns';

//define the array of complex data
let sportsData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
    { Id: 'game1', Game: 'Badminton' },
    { Id: 'game2', Game: 'Football' },
    { Id: 'game3', Game: 'Tennis' }
];

//initiate the DropDownList
let dropDownListObject: DropDownList = new DropDownList({
    // bind the sports Data to datasource property
    dataSource: sportsData,
    // maps the appropriate column to fields property
    fields: { text: 'Game', value: 'Id' },
    //set the placeholder to DropDownList input
    placeholder:"Select a game"
});
//render the componen
dropDownListObject.appendTo('#ddlelement');

document.getElementById('first').onclick = () => {
    // create DropDownList object
    let obj: any = document.getElementById('ddlelement');
    if (obj.ej2_instances[0].list) {
        // Remove the selected value if 0th index selected
        if (dropDownListObject.index === 0) {
            dropDownListObject.value = null;
            dropDownListObject.dataBind();
        }
        // remove first item in list
        (obj.ej2_instances[0].list.querySelectorAll('li')[0]).remove();
        if (!obj.ej2_instances[0].list.querySelectorAll('li')[0]) {
            dropDownListObject.dataSource = [];
            // enable the nodata template when no data source is empty.
            obj.ej2_instances[0].list.classList.add('e-nodata');
        }
    } else {
        // remove first item in list
        dropDownListObject.dataSource.splice(0, 1);
    }
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 DropDownList</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-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/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' style="margin:0 auto; width:250px;">
        <br>
        <input type="text" id='ddlelement' />
        <div style='padding: 50px 0'>
          <button id='first' class="e-control e-btn"> Remove 0th item</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>