Getting started in EJ2 TypeScript Radio button control

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This section explains how to create a simple Radio button, and configure its available functionalities in TypeScript, using Essential® JS 2 quickstart seed repository.

This application is integrated with the webpack.config.js configuration and uses the latest version of the webpack-cli. It requires node v14.15.0 or higher. For more information about webpack and its features, refer to the webpack documentation.

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the RadioButton component in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base

Set up development environment

Open the command prompt from the required directory, and run the following command to clone the Syncfusion® JavaScript (Essential® JS 2) quickstart project from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/ej2-quickstart-webpack- ej2-quickstart

After cloning the application in the ej2-quickstart folder, run the following command line to navigate to the ej2-quickstart folder.

cd ej2-quickstart

Add Syncfusion® JavaScript packages

Syncfusion® JavaScript (Essential® JS 2) packages are available on the npmjs.com public registry. You can install all Syncfusion® JavaScript (Essential® JS 2) controls in a single @syncfusion/ej2 package or individual packages for each control.

The quickstart application is preconfigured with the dependent @syncfusion/ej2 package in the ~/package.json file. Use the following command to install the dependent npm packages from the command prompt.

npm install

Import the Syncfusion® CSS styles

To render RadioButton component, need to import Button and its dependent components styles as given below in the ~/src/styles/styles.css file, as shown below:

@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";

Add RadioButton to the project

Add the HTML input tag with id attribute as the element to your index.html file.

[src/index.html]

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

<body>
    <div>
        <!--element which is going to render-->
        <input id="element" type="radio"/>
    </div>

</body>

</html>

Import the RadioButton component in your app.ts file and initialize it with the #element as shown in the following.

[src/app/app.ts]

import { RadioButton } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';

// Initialize RadioButton component.
let radiobutton: RadioButton = new RadioButton({ label: 'Default'});

// Render initialized RadioButton component.
radiobutton.appendTo('#element');

Run the application

Run the application in the browser by using the following command:

npm start

The following example shows a basic RadioButton component.

import { RadioButton } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

// Initialize RadioButton component.
let radiobutton: RadioButton = new RadioButton({ label: 'Option 1', name: 'default'});

// Render initialized RadioButton.
radiobutton.appendTo('#element1');

radiobutton = new RadioButton({ label: 'Option 2', name: 'default', checked: true});
radiobutton.appendTo('#element2');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 RadioButton</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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="styles.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'>
        <input type='radio' id='element1'/>
        <input type='radio' id='element2'/>
    </div>
</body>

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

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

.e-radio-wrapper {
  margin-top: 18px;
}

li {
  list-style: none;
}

Change the RadioButton state

The Essential® JS 2 RadioButton contains 2 states visually, they are as follows:

  • Checked
  • Unchecked

The RadioButton checked property is used to handle the checked and unchecked state. In the checked state an inner circle will be added to the visualization of RadioButton.

import { RadioButton } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

//checked state.
let radiobutton: RadioButton = new RadioButton({ label: 'Option 1', name: 'state', checked: true });
radiobutton.appendTo('#radiobutton1');

//unchecked state.
radiobutton = new RadioButton({ label: 'Option 2', name: 'state' });
radiobutton.appendTo('#radiobutton2');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 RadioButton</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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="styles.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'>
        <ul>
            <li><input type="radio" id="radiobutton1" /></li>
            <li><input type="radio" id="radiobutton2" /></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</body>

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

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

.e-radio-wrapper {
  margin-top: 18px;
}

li {
  list-style: none;
}

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