Customize Button with HTML Element in JavaScript Uploader control

03 Mar 2021 / 1 minute to read

The uploader component allows you to customize the action buttons by using buttons property. Refer to the following example.

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app.ts

index.html

index.css

import {  Uploader } from '@syncfusion/ej2-inputs';
import { createElement } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

let uploadEle = createElement('span', { className: 'upload e-icons' });
uploadEle.innerHTML = 'Upload All';
let clearEle = createElement('span', { className: 'remove e-icons' });
clearEle.innerHTML = 'Clear All';

let uploadObj: Uploader = new Uploader({
    asyncSettings: {
        saveUrl: 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/services/api/uploadbox/Save',
        removeUrl: 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/services/api/uploadbox/Remove'
    },
    autoUpload: false,
    buttons: {
      browse: 'Choose file',
      clear: clearEle,
      upload: uploadEle
    }
});
uploadObj.appendTo('#fileupload')

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

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Uploader</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Uploader Component" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/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>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <input type="file" id="fileupload" name="UploadFiles"/>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

#container {
  visibility: hidden;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 450px;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
  font-size: 14px;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

.e-upload .e-upload-actions .e-file-clear-btn,
.e-upload .e-upload-actions .e-file-upload-btn {
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
    background-color: #ddd;
    border-color: #c3c3c3;
    color: #000000;
    box-shadow: none;
    width: 44%;
    margin: 0;
    text-transform: none;
    padding: 8px 0;
}

.e-upload .e-upload-actions {
  width: 100%;
}

.upload::before {
  content: '\e725';
  position: relative;
  font-size: 10px;
  right: 10px;
}
.remove::before {
  content: '\e932';
  position: relative;
  font-size: 10px;
  right: 10px;
}