Data Binding in React ListBox component

02 Dec 2022 / 4 minutes to read

The ListBox loads the data either from local data sources or remote data services using the dataSource property. It supports the data type of array or DataManager.

To get start quickly with Data Binding, you can check on this video:

Fields	Type	Description
`text`	`string`	Specifies the display text of each list item.
`value`	`string`	Specifies the hidden data value mapped to each list item that should contain a unique value.
`groupBy`	`string`	Specifies the category under which the list item has to be grouped.
`iconCss`	`string`	Specifies the iconCss class that needs to be mapped.
`htmlAttributes`	`string`	Allows additional attributes to configure the elements in various ways to meet the criteria.

When binding complex data to the ListBox, fields should be mapped correctly. Otherwise, the selected item remains undefined.

Local Data

Local data can be represented by the following ways as described below.

Array of string

The ListBox has support to load array of primitive data such as strings or numbers. Here, both value and text field acts as same.

Source

Preview

index.jsx

index.html

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.data = ['Badminton', 'Cricket', 'Football', 'Golf', 'Tennis', 'Basket Ball', 'Base Ball', 'Hockey', 'Volley Ball'];
    }
    render() {
        return (<ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data}/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ListBox</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" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-react-buttons/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%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

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

</html>

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

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
   private data: string[] = ['Badminton', 'Cricket', 'Football', 'Golf', 'Tennis', 'Basket Ball', 'Base Ball', 'Hockey', 'Volley Ball'];
  render() {
    return (
      <ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} />
    );
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

Array of object

The ListBox can generate its list items through an array of object data. For this, the appropriate columns should be mapped to the fields property.

In the following example, id and sports column from complex data have been mapped to the value field and text field, respectively.

Source

Preview

index.jsx

index.html

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        // define the array of object
        this.data = [
            { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
            { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
            { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
            { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
            { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
            { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
            { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
            { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
            { text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
            { text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' },
        ];
    }
    render() {
        return (<ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data}/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ListBox</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" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-react-buttons/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%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

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

</html>

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

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  // define the array of object
   private data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
    { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
    { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
    { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
    { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
    { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
    { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
    { text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
    { text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' },
];
  render() {
    return (
      <ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} />
    );
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

Array of complex object

The ListBox can generate its list items through an array of complex data. For this, the appropriate columns should be mapped to the fields property.

In the following example, sports.Name column from complex data have been mapped to the text field.

Source

Preview

index.jsx

index.html

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        // define the array of object
        this.data = [
            { id: 'game1', sports: { Name: 'Badminton' } },
            { id: 'game2', sports: { Name: 'Cricket' } },
            { id: 'game3', sports: { Name: 'Football' } },
            { id: 'game4', sports: { Name: 'Golf' } },
            { id: 'game5', sports: { Name: 'Tennis' } },
            { id: 'game6', sports: { Name: 'Basket Ball' } },
            { id: 'game7', sports: { Name: 'Base Ball' } },
            { id: 'game8', sports: { Name: 'Hockey' } },
            { id: 'game9', sports: { Name: 'Volley Ball' } }
        ];
        this.fields = { text: "sports.Name", value: "id" };
    }
    render() {
        return (<ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} fields={this.fields}/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ListBox</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" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-react-buttons/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%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

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

</html>

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

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  // define the array of object
private data: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
    { id: 'game1', sports: { Name: 'Badminton'} },
    { id: 'game2', sports: { Name: 'Cricket'} },
    { id: 'game3', sports: { Name: 'Football'} },
    { id: 'game4', sports: { Name: 'Golf'} },
    { id: 'game5', sports: { Name: 'Tennis'} },
    { id: 'game6', sports: { Name: 'Basket Ball'} },
    { id: 'game7', sports: { Name: 'Base Ball'} },
    { id: 'game8', sports: { Name: 'Hockey'} },
    { id: 'game9', sports: { Name: 'Volley Ball'} }
];

private fields: object = { text:"sports.Name", value:"id"};

  render() {
    return (
      <ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} fields={this.fields} />
    );
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

Remote Data

The ListBox supports retrieval of data from remote data services with the help of DataManager component.

The following sample displays the employee names from Employee table.

Source

Preview

index.jsx

index.html

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import { DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.fields = { text: 'FirstName', value: 'EmployeeID' };
        this.data = new DataManager({
            adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor,
            crossDomain: true,
            url: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Employees'
        });
    }
    render() {
        return (
        // specifies the tag for render the ListBox component
        <ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} fields={this.fields}/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ListBox</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" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.3.56/ej2-react-buttons/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%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

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

</html>

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ListBoxComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-dropdowns';
import { DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {

private fields: object = { text:'FirstName', value:'EmployeeID'};
private data:DataManager = new DataManager({
    adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor,
    crossDomain: true,
    url: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Employees'
});
  render() {
    return (
        // specifies the tag for render the ListBox component
      <ListBoxComponent dataSource={this.data} fields={this.fields} />
    );
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

Contents

Local Data
Array of string
Array of object
Array of complex object
Remote Data

Contents

Local Data
Array of string
Array of object
Array of complex object
Remote Data