Getting started with React Chips component

17 Mar 20254 minutes to read

This section explains how to create a simple Chip and to configure the Chip component.

To get start quickly with React Chips, you can check on this video:

Dependencies

The list of dependencies required to use the Chip component in your application is given below:

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-base

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 Chip component, use the following command

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons --save

Adding CSS Reference

Import the Chip component’s required CSS references as follows in src/App.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css";

Adding Chip component to the Application

To include the Chip component in your application import the ChipListComponent from ej2-react-buttons package in App.tsx.

Add the Chip component in application as shown in below code example.

import * as React from 'react';
import './App.css';
// Import the Button.
import { ChipListComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';

// To render Button.
function App() {
  return (
    <ChipListComponent text="Janet Leverling"></ChipListComponent>
  );
}
export default App;

Running the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command:

npm start

The following example shows a basic Chip component.

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { ChipListComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
// To render Chip.
function App() {
    return (<ChipListComponent text="Janet Leverling"></ChipListComponent>);
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('chip'));
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { ChipListComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

// To render Chip.
function App() {
  return (
    <ChipListComponent text="Janet Leverling"></ChipListComponent>
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('chip'));
#loader {
	color: #008cff;
	height: 40px;
	left: 45%;
	position: absolute;
	top: 45%;
	width: 30%;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Chips</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/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='chip'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>