Adding custom item to toolbar in EJ2 JavaScript File manager control

14 Sep 20235 minutes to read

You can modify the items displayed in the toolbar by utilizing the toolbarItems API. To display both default and customized items, it’s essential to assign a unique name to each item. Additionally, you have the flexibility to alter the default items by adjusting properties such as tooltipText, iconCss, Text, suffixIcon and more. This level of customization allows you to tailor the toolbar to your specific requirements and design preferences. The names used in the code example below serve as unique identifiers for default toolbar items, while custom items can be assigned any unique name value to distinguish them from the defaults.

For instance, here’s an example of how to add a custom checkbox to the toolbar using the template property. Here we have modified the default New Folder item and added a custom toolbar item for selection.

var hostUrl = 'https://ej2-aspcore-service.azurewebsites.net/';
// inject feature modules of the file manager
ej.filemanager.FileManager.Inject(ej.filemanager.DetailsView,ej.filemanager.Toolbar,ej.filemanager.NavigationPane);
// initialize File Manager component
var filemanagerInstance = new ej.filemanager.FileManager({
    ajaxSettings: {
        url: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/FileOperations',
        getImageUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/GetImage',
        uploadUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Upload',
        downloadUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Download'
    },
    //Custom item added along with default item
    toolbarItems: [{ text: 'Create folder' , name: 'NewFolder', prefixIcon: 'e-plus', tooltipText: 'Create folder' }, 
    { name: 'Upload' },   
    { name: 'SortBy' },
    { name: 'Refresh' },
    { name: 'Cut' },
    { name: 'Copy' },
    { name: 'Paste' },
    { name: 'Delete' },
    { name: 'Download' },
    { name: 'Rename' },
    { template: '<input id="checkbox" type="checkbox"/>', name: 'Select' },
    { name: 'Selection' },
    { name: 'View' },
    { name: 'Details' }]
});

// render initialized File Manager
filemanagerInstance.appendTo('#filemanager');

// Render Checkbox in template
var checkbox = new ej.buttons.CheckBox({ label: 'Select All', checked: false, change: onChange },'#checkbox');

// on checkbox change select all or clear selection
function onChange(args) {
    if (args.checked) {
        filemanagerInstance.selectAll(); 
        checkbox.label = 'Unselect All';
    }
    else {
        filemanagerInstance.clearSelection();
        checkbox.label = 'Select All';
    }
}
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 File Manager</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 File Manager Component">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
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    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-filemanager/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div id="filemanager"></div>

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