Get selected items from EJ2 JavaScript ListView control

1 Mar 20258 minutes to read

In the ListView control, users can select one or more items. The getSelectedItems API method can be used to retrieve details of the currently selected items from the ListView control.

This method is used to retrieve details of the currently selected item(s) from the list. It returns an object of type SelectedItem for single selection or SelectedCollection for multiple selections.

The getSelectedItems method returns the following items from the selected list items.

Return type Purpose
text Returns the text of selected item lists
data Returns the whole data of selected list items, i.e., returns the fields data of selected li.
item Returns the collections of list items 
//define the array of string
var data = [
  { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
  { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02', isChecked: true },
  { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
  { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04', isChecked: true },
  { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
  { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
  { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07', isChecked: true },
  { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' }
];

//Initialize ListView control
var listviewInstance = new ej.lists.ListView({
  //set the data to datasource property
  dataSource: data,

  //Enable checkbox
  showCheckBox: true,
});

//Render initialized ListView
listviewInstance.appendTo("#element");

var button = new ej.buttons.Button();
button.appendTo("#btn")

document.getElementById('btn').addEventListener('click', function () {
  var selectedItem = listviewInstance.getSelectedItems();
  var valElement = document.getElementById('val');

  if (!valElement) return;

  valElement.innerHTML = '';

  // Create table rows in a fragment to minimize reflow
  var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();

  // Create header row
  var headerRow = document.createElement('tr');
  ['Text', 'Id'].forEach(function (text) {
    var th = document.createElement('th');
    th.textContent = text;
    headerRow.appendChild(th);
  });
  fragment.appendChild(headerRow);

  // Populate table rows
  selectedItem.data.forEach(function (item, index) {
    var row = document.createElement('tr');
    row.id = index.toString();
    row.innerHTML = `<td>${selectedItem.text[index]}</td><td>${item.id}</td>`;
    fragment.appendChild(row);
  });

  // Append all elements at once
  valElement.appendChild(fragment);
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 for ListView </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for ListView UI Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/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="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
        <div id="text">
            <button id="btn">Get selected Items</button>
            <table id="val">
            </table>
        </div>
    </div>

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

        #text {
            margin-left: 10px;
            margin-top: 20px;
        }

        body {
            margin: 0;
        }

        #container {
            width: 100%;
            margin: 0 auto;
        }

        #element {
            max-width: 350px;
            margin: auto;
            margin-top: 10px;
            display: block;
            border: 1px solid #dddddd;
            border-radius: 3px;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>
#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

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