Data Binding in React ListView component

20 Apr 2021 / 4 minutes to read

ListView provides the option to load the data either from local data sources or remote data services. This can be done through dataSource property which supports the data type of array or through DataManager.

ListView supports different kind of data services such as OData, OData V4, Web API and data formats like XML, JSON, JSONP with the help of DataManager Adaptors.

Fields	Type	Description
id	string	Specifies ID attribute of list item, mapped in dataSource.
text	string	Specifies list item display text field.
isChecked	string	Specifies checked status of list item.
isVisible	string	Specifies visibility state of list item.
enabled	string	Specifies enabled state of list item.
iconCss	string	Specifies the icon class of each list item which will be add before to inner text.
child	string	Specifies child dataSource fields.
tooltip	string	Specifies tooltip title text field.
groupBy	string	Specifies category of each list item.
sortBy	string	Specifies sorting field, which is used to sort the listview data.
htmlAttributes	string	Specifies list item html attributes field.

When complex data bind to ListView, you should map the fields properly. Otherwise, the ListView properties remain as undefined or null.

Bind to local data

Local data represents in two ways, which are described below.

Array of simple data
Array of JSON data.

Array of simple data

ListView supports to load the array of primitive data like string and numbers. Here, both value and text field act as same.

Source

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index.tsx

index.html

index.css

index.jsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  private data = ["Artwork", "Abstract", "Modern Painting", "Ceramics", "Animation Art", "Oil Painting"];

  render() {
return (
  // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
  <ListViewComponent id='list' dataSource={this.data} ></ListViewComponent>
);
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

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

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

<body>
    <div id='element' style="margin:0 auto; max-width:400px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#list {
  display: block;
  max-width: 400px;
  margin: auto;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.data = ["Artwork", "Abstract", "Modern Painting", "Ceramics", "Animation Art", "Oil Painting"];
    }
    render() {
        return (
        // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
        <ListViewComponent id='list' dataSource={this.data}></ListViewComponent>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Array of JSON data

ListView can generate its list items through an array of complex data. To get it work properly, you should map the appropriate columns to field property.

The below example illustrates the concept of binding Array of JSON data.

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index.tsx

index.html

index.css

index.jsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  //define the array of JSON
  private settings: { [key: string]: Object }[] = [
{
  Name: "Display",
  id: "list-01"
},
{
  Name: "Notification",
  id: "list-02"
},
{
  Name: "Sound",
  id: "list-03"
},
{
  Name: "Apps",
  id: "list-04"
},
{
  Name: "Storage",
  id: "list-05"
},
{
  Name: "Battery",
  id: "list-06"
}
  ];
  private fields = { text: "Name", tooltip: "Name", id: "id" };
  render() {
return (
  // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
  <ListViewComponent
    id="list"
    dataSource={this.settings}
    fields={this.fields}
    showHeader={true}
    headerTitle="Device settings"
  />
);
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

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

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

<body>
    <div id='element' style="margin:0 auto; max-width:400px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#list {
  display: block;
  max-width: 400px;
  margin: auto;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        //define the array of JSON
        this.settings = [
            {
                Name: "Display",
                id: "list-01"
            },
            {
                Name: "Notification",
                id: "list-02"
            },
            {
                Name: "Sound",
                id: "list-03"
            },
            {
                Name: "Apps",
                id: "list-04"
            },
            {
                Name: "Storage",
                id: "list-05"
            },
            {
                Name: "Battery",
                id: "list-06"
            }
        ];
        this.fields = { text: "Name", tooltip: "Name", id: "id" };
    }
    render() {
        return (
        // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
        <ListViewComponent id="list" dataSource={this.settings} fields={this.fields} showHeader={true} headerTitle="Device settings"/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Bind to remote data

ListView supports to retrieve the data from remote data services with the help of DataManager component and Query property allows to fetch data and return it to ListView from the database.

In the below sample, displayed first 6 Products from Product table of NorthWind data service.

Source

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index.tsx

index.html

index.css

index.jsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';
//import DataManager related classes
import { DataManager, Query, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  //bind the DataManager instance to dataSource property
  private data = new DataManager({ url: "//js.syncfusion.com/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/", crossDomain: true });

  //bind the Query instance to query property
  private query = new Query()
.from("Products")
.select("ProductID,ProductName")
.take(6);

  //map the appropriate columns to fields property
  private fields = { id: "ProductID", text: "ProductName" };

  render() {
return (
  // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
  <ListViewComponent
    id="list"
    dataSource={this.data}
    fields={this.fields}
    query={this.query}
    showHeader={true}
    headerTitle="Product Name"
  />
);
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

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

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

<body>
    <div id='element' style="margin:0 auto; max-width:400px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#list {
  display: block;
  max-width: 400px;
  margin: auto;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-radius: 3px;
}

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';
//import DataManager related classes
import { DataManager, Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        //bind the DataManager instance to dataSource property
        this.data = new DataManager({ url: "//js.syncfusion.com/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/", crossDomain: true });
        //bind the Query instance to query property
        this.query = new Query()
            .from("Products")
            .select("ProductID,ProductName")
            .take(6);
        //map the appropriate columns to fields property
        this.fields = { id: "ProductID", text: "ProductName" };
    }
    render() {
        return (
        // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
        <ListViewComponent id="list" dataSource={this.data} fields={this.fields} query={this.query} showHeader={true} headerTitle="Product Name"/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Contents

Bind to local data
Array of simple data
Array of JSON data
Bind to remote data

Contents

Bind to local data
Array of simple data
Array of JSON data
Bind to remote data