Group header in React Drop down list component

2 Feb 20236 minutes to read

The following example demonstrate about how to disable the Fixed group header in DropDownList through CSS by using visibility attribute.

index.jsx

import { DropDownListComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    // define the data with category
    vegetableData = [
        { Vegetable: 'Cabbage', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item1' },
        { Vegetable: 'Spinach', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item2' },
        { Vegetable: 'Wheat grass', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item3' },
        { Vegetable: 'Yarrow', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item4' },
        { Vegetable: 'Pumpkins', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item5' },
        { Vegetable: 'Chickpea', Category: 'Beans', Id: 'item6' },
        { Vegetable: 'Green bean', Category: 'Beans', Id: 'item7' },
        { Vegetable: 'Horse gram', Category: 'Beans', Id: 'item8' },
        { Vegetable: 'Garlic', Category: 'Bulb and Stem', Id: 'item9' },
        { Vegetable: 'Nopal', Category: 'Bulb and Stem', Id: 'item10' },
        { Vegetable: 'Onion', Category: 'Bulb and Stem', Id: 'item11' }
    ];
    // map the groupBy field with Category column
    fields = { groupBy: 'Category', text: 'Vegetable', value: 'Id' };
    render() {
        return (
        // specifies the tag for render the DropDownList component
        <DropDownListComponent id="ddlelement" popupHeight='200px' fields={this.fields} dataSource={this.vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable"/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

index.tsx

import { DropDownListComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
    // define the data with category
    private vegetableData: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
        { Vegetable: 'Cabbage', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item1' },
        { Vegetable: 'Spinach', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item2' },
        { Vegetable: 'Wheat grass', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item3' },
        { Vegetable: 'Yarrow', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item4' },
        { Vegetable: 'Pumpkins', Category: 'Leafy and Salad', Id: 'item5' },
        { Vegetable: 'Chickpea', Category: 'Beans', Id: 'item6' },
        { Vegetable: 'Green bean', Category: 'Beans', Id: 'item7' },
        { Vegetable: 'Horse gram', Category: 'Beans', Id: 'item8' },
        { Vegetable: 'Garlic', Category: 'Bulb and Stem', Id: 'item9' },
        { Vegetable: 'Nopal', Category: 'Bulb and Stem', Id: 'item10' },
        { Vegetable: 'Onion', Category: 'Bulb and Stem', Id: 'item11' }
    ];

    // map the groupBy field with Category column
    private fields: object = { groupBy: 'Category', text: 'Vegetable', value: 'Id' };

    public render() {
        return (
             // specifies the tag for render the DropDownList component
            <DropDownListComponent id="ddlelement" popupHeight='200px' fields={this.fields} dataSource={this.vegetableData} placeholder="Select a vegetable" />
        );
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));