Types in React Avatar component

30 Jan 20236 minutes to read

This section explains different types of avatar.

Avatar size

The Essential JS 2 Avatar has the following predefined sizes that can be used with the .e-avatar class to change the appearance of the avatar.

Class Name Description
e-avatar-xlarge Displays xlarge size avatar.
e-avatar-large Displays apply large size avatar.
e-avatar Displays apply default size avatar.
e-avatar-small Displays apply small size avatar.
e-avatar-xsmall Displays apply xsmall size avatar. 
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"));
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"));

Avatar types

The types of Essential JS 2 avatar are:

  • Default
  • Circle

Default

The default style of the avatar is rectangular shape with rounded corners, which can be applied from adding the modifier
class .e-avatar to the target element.

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

Circle

The circle avatar style can be applied by adding the modifier class .e-avatar-circle to the target element.

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