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Style and appearance in React DropDownList component

02 Dec 2022 / 3 minutes to read

The following content provides the exact CSS structure that can be used to modify the control’s appearance based on the user preference.

Customizing the appearance of wrapper element

Use the following CSS to customize the appearance of wrapper element.

.e-ddl.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper .e-input {
    font-size: 20px;
    font-family: emoji;
    color: #ab3243;
    background: #32a5ab;
}

Use the following CSS to customize the dropdown icon’s color.

.e-ddl.e-input-group .e-input-group-icon,.e-ddl.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper .e-input-group-icon:hover {
    color: #bb233d;
    font-size: 13px;
}

Customizing the focus color

Use the following CSS to customize the focusing color of input element.

.e-ddl.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-input-focus::before, .e-ddl.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-input-focus::after {
    background: #c000ff;
}

Customizing the outline theme’s focus color

Use the following CSS to customize the focusing color of outline theme.

.e-outline.e-input-group.e-input-focus:hover:not(.e-success):not(.e-warning):not(.e-error):not(.e-disabled):not(.e-float-icon-left),.e-outline.e-input-group.e-input-focus.e-control-wrapper:hover:not(.e-success):not(.e-warning):not(.e-error):not(.e-disabled):not(.e-float-icon-left),.e-outline.e-input-group.e-input-focus:not(.e-success):not(.e-warning):not(.e-error):not(.e-disabled),.e-outline.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-input-focus:not(.e-success):not(.e-warning):not(.e-error):not(.e-disabled) {
    border-color: #b1bd15;
    box-shadow: inset 1px 1px #b1bd15, inset -1px 0 #b1bd15, inset 0 -1px #b1bd15;
}

Customizing the disabled component’s text color

Use the following CSS to customize the text color when the component is disabled.

.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper .e-input[disabled] {
    -webkit-text-fill-color: #0d9133;
}

Customizing the float label element’s focusing color

Use the following CSS to customize the focusing color of float label element.

.e-float-input.e-input-group:not(.e-float-icon-left) .e-float-line::before,.e-float-input.e-control-wrapper.e-input-group:not(.e-float-icon-left) .e-float-line::before,.e-float-input.e-input-group:not(.e-float-icon-left) .e-float-line::after,.e-float-input.e-control-wrapper.e-input-group:not(.e-float-icon-left) .e-float-line::after {
    background-color: #2319b8;
}

.e-ddl.e-lib.e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-float-input.e-input-focus .e-float-text.e-label-top {
    color: #2319b8;
}

Customizing the color of the placeholder text

Use the following CSS to customize the text color of placeholder.

.e-ddl.e-input-group input.e-input::placeholder {
    color: red;
}

Customizing the background color of focus, hover, and active item’s

Use the following CSS to customize the background color of focus, hover and active item’s.

.e-dropdownbase .e-list-item.e-item-focus, .e-dropdownbase .e-list-item.e-active, .e-dropdownbase .e-list-item.e-active.e-hover, .e-dropdownbase .e-list-item.e-hover {
    background-color: #1f9c99;
    color: #2319b8;
}

Customizing the appearance of pop-up element

Use the following CSS to customize the appearance of popup element.

.e-dropdownbase .e-list-item, .e-dropdownbase .e-list-item.e-item-focus {
    background-color: #29c2b8;
    color: #207cd9;
    font-family: emoji;
    min-height: 29px;
}

Adding mandatory asterisk to placeholder and float label

You can add a mandatory asterisk(*) to placeholder and float label using .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-float-input .e-float-text::after class.

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Source

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index.jsx

index.html

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 {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        // define the array of data
        this.sportsData = ['Badminton', 'Cricket', 'Football', 'Golf', 'Tennis'];
    }
    render() {
        return (
        // specifies the tag for render the DropDownList component
        <DropDownListComponent id="ddlelement" dataSource={this.sportsData} placeholder="Select a game" floatLabelType="auto"/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React DropDownList</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="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-react-dropdowns/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>
    <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }

        .e-input-group.e-control-wrapper.e-float-input .e-float-text::after {
           content: '*';
           color: red;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample' style="margin: 20px auto 0; width:250px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

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 array of data
  private sportsData: string[] = ['Badminton', 'Cricket', 'Football', 'Golf', 'Tennis'];
  public render() {
    return (
        // specifies the tag for render the DropDownList component
      <DropDownListComponent id="ddlelement" dataSource={this.sportsData}  placeholder="Select a game" floatLabelType= "auto" />
    );
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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