Open a dialog on popup item click in EJ2 JavaScript Split button control

13 Jan 20245 minutes to read

This section explains about how to open a dialog on SplitButton popup item click. This can be achieved by handling dialog open in select event of the SplitButton.

In the following example, Dialog will open while selecting Update... item.

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

var dialogObj = new  ej.popups.Dialog({
    width: '250px',
    header: 'Software Update',
    content: 'Are you sure want to update?',
    target: document.getElementById('container'),
    visible: false,
    buttons: [
        {
           click: (function () {
                dialogObj.hide();
            } ),
            buttonModel: { content: 'OK', isPrimary: true }
        },
        {
            click: (function () {
              dialogObj.hide();
            } ),
            buttonModel: { content: 'Cancel', isPrimary: true }
        }
    ],
});
dialogObj.appendTo('#dialog');

var items = [
    {
        text: 'Help'
    },
    {
        text: 'About'
    },
    {
        text: 'Update...'
    }
    ];

var splitBtn = new ej.splitbuttons.SplitButton(
    { 
        content: 'Help',
        items: items, 
        select: (function (args) {
            if (args.item.text === 'Update...') {
                dialogObj.show();
            }
        })
    }, '#element');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 SplitButton</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="styles.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="container">
        <button id="element"></button>
        <div id="dialog"></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>
#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

html,
body,
#container {
    height: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 100%;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}