Getting started in EJ2 JavaScript Pager control

29 Jun 202416 minutes to read

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

Dependencies

Below is the list of minimum dependencies required to use the Pager.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
|-- @syncfusion/ej2-grids

Setup for local environment

Refer the following steps for setup your local environment.

Step 1: Create a root folder myapp for your application.

Step 2: Create myapp/resources folder to store local scripts and styles files.

Step 3: Create myapp/index.js and myapp/index.html files for initializing Essential JS 2 Pager control.

Adding Syncfusion resources

The Essential JS 2 Pager 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

You can get the global scripts and styles from the Essential Studio JavaScript (Essential JS 2) build installed location.

After installing the Essential JS 2 product build, you can copy the pager and its dependencies scripts and style file into the resources/scripts and resources/styles folder.

Refer the below code to find location pager’s script and style file.

Syntax:

Script: **(installed location)**/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/{RELEASE_VERSION}/Essential JS 2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/dist/global/{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Styles: **(installed location)**/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/{RELEASE_VERSION}/Essential JS 2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/styles/material.css

Example:

Script: C:/Program Files (x86)/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/15.4.30/Essential JS 2/ej2-grids/dist/global/ej2-grids.min.js

Styles: C:/Program Files (x86)/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/15.4.30/Essential JS 2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css

After copying the files, then you can refer the pager’s scripts and styles into the index.html file.

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
       <head>
            <title>Essential JS 2 Pager</title>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 material base style -->
            <link href="resources/styles/base/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
            <link href="resources/styles/grid/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 Pager's dependent global script -->
            <script src="resources/scripts/ej2-base.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 Pager's global script -->
            <script src="resources/scripts/ej2-grids.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
       </body>
  </html>

Using CDN link, you can directly refer the pager control’s script and style into the index.html.

Refer the pager’s CDN links as below

Syntax:

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

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

Example:

Script: http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/dist/global/ej2-grids.min.js

Styles: http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css

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

            <!-- Essential JS 2 Pager's dependent global script -->
            <script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/dist/global/ej2-base.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 Pager's global script -->
            <script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/dist/global/ej2-grids.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
       </body>
  </html>

Adding Pager control

Now, you can start adding Pager control in the application. For getting started, add a div element for Pager control in index.html. Then refer the index.js file into the index.html file.

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

            <!-- Essential JS 2 Pager's dependent global script -->
            <script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/dist/global/ej2-base.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 Pager's global script -->
            <script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/dist/global/ej2-grids.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
           <!-- Add the HTML <div> element for pager  -->
             <div id="Pager"></div>
             <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </body>
  </html>

Place the following pager code in the index.js.

var pager = ej.grids.Pager();
pager.appendTo('#Pager');

Page Size

pageSize value defines the number records to be displayed per page. The default value for the pageSize is 12.

var pager = new ej.grids.Pager({
    totalRecordsCount: 20,
    pageSize: 1
});

pager.appendTo('#Pager');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Pager</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Pager Component">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    

    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/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="Pager"></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>

Page sizes

The pageSizes property in the Syncfusion Pager control allows you to control the number of records displayed per page through a DropDownList integrated into the pager. This feature enhances the experience by providing flexibility in data viewing.

Enabling Page Sizes

To enable the pageSizes property, follow these steps:

  1. Inject the PagerDropDown into the Pager module to enable the DropDownList in the pager.

  2. Configure the pageSizes property by setting it to either true or providing an array of custom values to define the available page size options.

The following example demonstrates how to include the pageSizes property in the pager control.

ej.grids.Pager.Inject(ej.grids.PagerDropDown);
var pager = new ej.grids.Pager({
  pageSize: 10,
  totalRecordsCount: 200,
  pageSizes: [10, 20, 50, 100],
});
pager.appendTo('#Pager');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Pager</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Pager Component">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-grids/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-calendars/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/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="Pager"></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>

Page Count

pageCount value defines the number of pages to be displayed in the pager component for navigation. The default value for pageCount is 10 and value will be updated based on totalRecordsCount and pageSize values.

var pager = new ej.grids.Pager({
    totalRecordsCount: 20,
    pageSize: 1,
    pageCount: 3
});

pager.appendTo('#Pager');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Pager</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Pager Component">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    

    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/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="Pager"></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>

Run the application

Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Essential JS 2 Pager control.

Output will be appears as follows.

var pager = new ej.grids.Pager({
    pageSize: 8,
    pageCount: 3,
    totalRecordsCount: 20,
});

pager.appendTo('#Pager');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Pager</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Pager Component">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    

    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/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="Pager"></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>