Add an icons to dialog buttons in EJ2 JavaScript Dialog control

23 Jun 20237 minutes to read

You can add icons to the dialog buttons using the buttons property or footerTemplate property . For detailed information about dialog buttons, refer to the documentation section.

In the following sample, dialog footer buttons are customized with icons using buttons property.

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

var dialogObj = new ej.popups.Dialog({
    header: 'Delete Multiple Items',
    content: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete all of these items?",
    showCloseIcon: true,
    buttons: [{ buttonModel: { isPrimary: true, content: 'Yes', iconCss: 'e-icons e-ok-icon' }, click: btnClick }, { buttonModel: { content: 'No', iconCss: 'e-icons e-close-icon' }, click: btnClick }],
    target: document.body,
    height: 'auto',
    width: '300px',
    animationSettings: { effect: 'Zoom' },
    closeOnEscape: true
});
dialogObj.appendTo('#dialog');

document.getElementById('openBtn').onclick = function () {
    dialogObj.show();
};

function btnClick() {
    dialogObj.hide();
}
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Dialog button with icons</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="TypeScript UI Components">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body class="close-dialog">
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="target" class="close-dialog">
            <center><button id="openBtn" class="e-control e-btn">Open</button></center>
            <div id="dialog"> </div>
        </div> 
    </div>

<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

In the following sample, dialog footer buttons are customized with icons using footerTemplate property.

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

var dialogObj = new ej.popups.Dialog({
    header: 'Delete Multiple Items',
    content: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete all of these items?",
    showCloseIcon: true,
    footerTemplate: '<button id="Button1" class="e-control e-btn e-primary e-flat" data-ripple="true"><span class="e-btn-icon e-icons e-ok-icon e-icon-left"></span>Yes</button><button id="Button2" class="e-control e-btn e-flat" data-ripple="true"><span class="e-btn-icon e-icons e-close-icon e-icon-left"></span>No</button>',
    target: document.body,
    height: 'auto',
    width: '300px',
    animationSettings: { effect: 'Zoom' },
    closeOnEscape: true
});
dialogObj.appendTo('#dialog');

document.getElementById('openBtn').onclick = function () {
    dialogObj.show();
};

document.getElementById('Button1').onclick = function () {
    dialogObj.hide();
};

document.getElementById('Button2').onclick = function () {
    dialogObj.hide();
};
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Dialog button with icons</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="TypeScript UI Components">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.1.19/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body class="close-dialog">
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="target" class="close-dialog">
            <center><button id="openBtn" class="e-control e-btn">Open</button></center>
            <div id="dialog"> </div>
        </div> 
    </div>

<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>