Getting Started with React Avatar component

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This section explains how to create a simple Avatar using Styles in the React Framework

Dependencies

The Avatar Component is a pure CSS component so no specific dependencies to render the avatar.

Installation and configuration

You can use Create-react-app to setup the applications.
To install create-react-app run the following command.

npm install -g create-react-app

To set-up a React application in TypeScript environment, run the following command.

npx create-react-app my-app --template typescript

cd my-app

npm start

To set-up a React application in JavaScript environment, run the following command.

npx create-react-app my-app

cd my-app

npm start

Adding Syncfusion packages

All the available Essential JS 2 packages are published in npmjs.com public registry.

To install Avatar component, use the following command

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-layouts --save

Adding CSS Reference

The Avatar CSS files are available in the ej2-layouts package folder. This can be referenced in your application using the following code.

src/App.css

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-layouts/styles/material.css';

Adding a simple Avatar

Add the HTML div element with e-avatar class into your App.tsx.

<div className="e-avatar">AJ</div>

Run the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command:

npm start

Output will be as follows:

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import './index.css';
function ReactApp() {
    return (<div>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-xlarge"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-large"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-small"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-xsmall"></span>
  </div>);
}
export default ReactApp;
ReactDom.render(<ReactApp />, document.getElementById("element"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";

function ReactApp() {
  return (
  <div>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-xlarge"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-large"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-small"></span>
      <span className="e-avatar e-avatar-xsmall"></span>
  </div>
  );
}
export default ReactApp;
ReactDom.render(<ReactApp />, document.getElementById('element'));
#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

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

#element {
    display: block;
    width: 300px;
    margin: 130px auto;
    border-radius: 3px;
    justify-content: center;
}

.e-avatar {
    background-image: url(https://ej2.syncfusion.com/demos/src/grid/images/2.png);
    margin: 2px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion EJ2 React Avatar Sample</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-layouts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

See Also

Types of Avatar