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Getting Started with EJ2 JavaScript Chips control

10 Feb 20267 minutes to read

This section explains the steps required to create a simple Essential® JS 2 Chips and demonstrate the basic usage of the Chips control in a JavaScript application.

Dependencies

The list of dependencies required to use the Chips component in your application is given below:

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

Setup for local environment

Refer to the following steps to set up your local environment.

Step 1: Create a root folder named my-app for your application.

Step 2: Create a my-app/resources folder to store local scripts and styles files.

Step 3: Open Visual Studio Code and create my-app/index.js and my-app/index.html files to initialize the Essential® JS 2 Chips control.

Adding Syncfusion® resources

The Essential® JS 2 Chips control can be initialized by using either of the following ways.

  • Using local script and style.
  • Using CDN link for script and style.

Using local script and style references in a HTML page

Step 1: Create an app folder my-app for Essential® JS 2 JavaScript controls.

Step 2: Obtain the global scripts and styles from the Essential Studio® JavaScript (Essential® JS 2) build installed location.

Syntax:

Script: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\{PACKAGE_NAME}\dist\global\{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Styles: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\{PACKAGE_NAME}\styles\material.css

Example:

Script: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\16.3.0.17\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2-buttons\dist\global\ej2-buttons.min.js

Styles: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\16.3.0.17\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2-buttons\styles\material.css

The following script and style file contains all Syncfusion® JavaScript (ES5) UI control resources in a single file:

Scripts: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2\dist\ej2.min.js

Styles: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2\material.css

Step 3: Create a folder my-app/resources and copy/paste the global scripts and styles from the above installed location to my-app/resources location.

Step 4: Create an HTML page (index.html) in the my-app location and add the Essential® JS 2 script and style references.

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
       <head>
            <title>Essential JS 2</title>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
            <link href="resources/base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
            <link href="resources/buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

            <!-- Essential JS 2 Button's global and dependent script -->
            <script src="resources/ej2-base.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="resources/ej2-buttons.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
       </body>
  </html>

Step 5: Now, add the <div> element and initiate the Essential® JS 2 Chip control in the index.html by using following code

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
       <head>
            <title>Essential JS 2</title>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
            <link href="resources/base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
            <link href="resources/buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

            <!-- Essential JS 2 Button's global and dependent script -->
            <script src="resources/ej2-base.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="resources/ej2-buttons.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
            <!-- Add the div element  -->
             <div id="chip"></div>
            <script>
                // initialize and Render chip control
              new ej.buttons.ChipList({ chips: ["Janet Leverling"]}, '#chip');

            </script>
       </body>
  </html>

Step 6: Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Essential® JS 2 Chip control.

Step 1: Create an app folder my-app for the Essential® JS 2 JavaScript controls.

Step 2: Essential® JS 2 control scripts and styles are hosted in the following CDN link formats:

Syntax:

Script: https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/dist/global/{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Styles: https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/styles/material.css

Example:

Script: https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/dist/global/ej2-buttons.min.js

Styles: https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css

Step 3: Create an HTML page (index.html) in the my-app location and add the CDN link references. Add the <div> element and initialize the Essential® JS 2 Chips control in index.html using the following code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
  <title>Essential JS 2</title>
  <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
  <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

  <!-- Essential JS 2 Base's global script (Dependency Script) -->
  <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/ej2-base/dist/global/ej2-base.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>

  <!-- Essential JS 2 Button's global script -->
  <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/ej2-buttons/dist/global/ej2-buttons.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
  <div class="element">
    <!-- Add the <div> element  -->
    <div id="chip">Janet Leverling</div>
  </div>
  <script>
    // initialize and Render chip control
    new ej.buttons.ChipList({ chips: ["Janet Leverling"] }, '#chip');
  </script>
  <style>
    .element {
      display: flex;
      width: 400px;
      margin: 100px auto;
      border-radius: 3px;
      justify-content: center;
    }
  </style>
</body>

</html>

Step 4: Run the index.html in a web browser to render the Essential® JS 2 Chips control.