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Toolbar Items in JavaScript (ES5) Grid control

06 Jun 2023 / 6 minutes to read

Built-in toolbar items

Built-in toolbar items execute standard actions of the grid, and it can be added by defining the toolbar as a collection of built-in items. It renders the button with icon and text.

The following table shows built-in toolbar items and its actions.

Built-in Toolbar Items Actions
Add Adds a new record.
Edit Edits the selected record.
Update Updates the edited record.
Delete Deletes the selected record.
Cancel Cancels the edit state.
Search Searches the records by the given key.
Print Prints the grid.
ExcelExport Exports the grid to Excel.
PdfExport Exports the grid to PDF.
WordExport Exports the grid to Word.
ColumnChooser Choose the column’s visibility.
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index.html
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ej.grids.Grid.Inject(ej.grids.Toolbar);
var grid = new ej.grids.Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    toolbar: ['Print', 'Search'],
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, type: 'number' },
        { field: 'CustomerID', width: 140, headerText: 'Customer ID', type: 'string' },
        { field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, format: 'C' },
        { field: 'OrderDate', headerText: 'Order Date', textAlign: 'Right', width: 140, format: 'yMd' }
    ],
    height: 270
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-notifications/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">

    
    
    <style>
        .e-row[aria-selected="true"] .e-customizedExpandcell {
            background-color: #e0e0e0;
        }
        .e-grid.e-gridhover tr[role='row']:hover {
            background-color: #eee;
        }
        .e-expand::before {
        content: '\e5b8';
    }
    .empImage {
        margin: 6px 16px;
        float: left;
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
    }
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="Grid"></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>
  • The toolbar has options to define both built-in and custom toolbar items.

Show only icons in built-in toolbar items

By default, the built-in toolbar items render as buttons with an icon and text. It is possible to hide the text and show only the icon using the following CSS style.

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.e-toolbar .e-tbar-btn-text, .e-toolbar .e-toolbar-items .e-toolbar-item .e-tbar-btn-text {
    display: none;
}

This is demonstrated in the following sample:

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ej.grids.Grid.Inject(ej.grids.Toolbar);
var grid = new ej.grids.Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    editSettings: { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true },
    toolbar: ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel'],
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, type: 'number', isPrimaryKey: true },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 140, type: 'string' },
        { field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, format: 'C' },
        { field: 'OrderDate', headerText: 'Order Date', textAlign: 'Right', width: 140, format: 'yMd' }
    ],
    height: 270
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    
    <style>
        .e-toolbar .e-tbar-btn-text,
        .e-toolbar .e-toolbar-items .e-toolbar-item .e-tbar-btn-text {
          display: none;
        }
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="Grid"></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>

Custom toolbar items

Custom toolbar items can be added by defining the toolbar as a collection of ItemModels. Actions for this customized toolbar items are defined in the toolbarClick event.

By default, Custom toolbar items are in position Left. You can change the position by using the align property. In the below sample, we have applied position Right for the Collapse All toolbar item.

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var clickHandler = function(args){
    if (args.item.id === 'expandall') {
        grid.groupModule.expandAll();
    }
    if (args.item.id === "collapseall") {
        grid.groupModule.collapseAll();
    }
};
ej.grids.Grid.Inject(ej.grids.Toolbar, ej.grids.Group);
var grid = new ej.grids.Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { columns: ['CustomerID'] },
    toolbar: [{ text: 'Expand All', tooltipText: 'Expand All', prefixIcon: 'e-expand', id: 'expandall', align:'left' }, { text: 'Collapse All', tooltipText: 'collection All', prefixIcon: 'e-collapse', id: 'collapseall', align:'Right' }],
    toolbarClick: clickHandler,
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, type: 'number' },
        { field: 'CustomerID', width: 140, headerText: 'Customer ID', type: 'string' },
        { field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, format: 'C' },
        { field: 'OrderDate', headerText: 'Order Date', textAlign: 'Right', width: 140, format: 'yMd' }
    ],
    height: 200,
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

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

.e-expand::before {
  content: '\e82e';
}

.e-collapse::before {
  content: '\e834';
}
  • The toolbar has options to define both built-in and custom toolbar items.
  • If a toolbar item does not match the built-in items, it will be treated as a custom toolbar item. Custom toolbar items are elements that are added to the toolbar, such as input, button, span, etc. In order to focus these items using the TAB or Shift + Tab keys, the e-toolbar-item-focus class should be used in the elements. If the e-toolbar-item-focus class is not used in the custom toolbar item elements, the focus of the item will be skipped when using the TAB or Shift + Tab keys.

Both built-in and custom items in toolbar

Grid have an option to use both built-in and custom toolbar items at same time.

In the below example, Add, Edit, Delete, Update, Cancel are built-in toolbar items and Click is custom toolbar item.

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ej.grids.Grid.Inject(ej.grids.Edit, ej.grids.Toolbar);
var grid = new ej.grids.Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    toolbar: ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel', { text: 'Click', tooltipText: 'Click', prefixIcon: 'e-expand', id: 'Click' }],
    toolbarClick: clickHandler,
    editSettings: { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 100, isPrimaryKey: true },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 120 },
        { field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, format: 'C2' },
        { field: 'ShipCountry', headerText: 'Ship Country', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 273
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');

function clickHandler(args){
    if (args.item.id === 'Click') {
        alert("Cutom toolbar click...");
    }
};
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-notifications/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">

    
    
    <style>
        .e-row[aria-selected="true"] .e-customizedExpandcell {
            background-color: #e0e0e0;
        }
        .e-grid.e-gridhover tr[role='row']:hover {
            background-color: #eee;
        }
        .e-expand::before {
        content: '\e5b8';
    }
    .empImage {
        margin: 6px 16px;
        float: left;
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
    }
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="Grid"></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>

Custom toolbar component in a specific position

By default, Custom toolbar items are in the Left position. You can change the position by using the align property. In the following sample, we have applied the Right position for the Collapse All toolbar item, Left for the Expand All toolbar item, and Center for the Search toolbar item.

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function toolbarClick(args){
    if (args.item.id === 'expandall') {
        grid.groupModule.expandAll();
    }
    if (args.item.id === "collapseall") {
        grid.groupModule.collapseAll();
    }
};
ej.grids.Grid.Inject(ej.grids.Toolbar, ej.grids.Group);
var grid = new ej.grids.Grid({
    dataSource: employeeData,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { columns: ['FirstName'] },
    toolbar: [{ text: 'Expand All', tooltipText: 'Expand All', prefixIcon: 'e-expand', id: 'expandall', align: 'Left'}, { text: 'Collapse All', tooltipText: 'collection All', prefixIcon: 'e-collapse', id: 'collapseall', align: 'Right' }, { text: 'Search', align: 'Center'}],
    toolbarClick: toolbarClick,
    columns: [
        { field: 'EmployeeID', headerText: 'Employee ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, type: 'number' },
        { field: 'FirstName', width: 140, headerText: 'First Name', type: 'string' },
        { field: 'Country', headerText: 'Country', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120, country: 'string' },
        { field: 'PostalCode', headerText: 'Postal Code', textAlign: 'Right', width: 140, type:'string' }
    ],
    height: 200,
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

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

.e-expand::before {
  content: '\e82e';
}

.e-collapse::before {
  content: '\e834';
}