Data Binding in React ListView component

02 Feb 2023 / 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.jsx

index.html

index.css

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';
function App() {
    let data = ["Artwork", "Abstract", "Modern Painting", "Ceramics", "Animation Art", "Oil Painting"];
    return (
    // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
    <ListViewComponent id='list' dataSource={data}></ListViewComponent>);
}
export default App;
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/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-react-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/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';

function App() {
  let data = ["Artwork", "Abstract", "Modern Painting", "Ceramics", "Animation Art", "Oil Painting"];

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

index.html

index.css

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ListViewComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-lists';
function App() {
    //define the array of JSON
    let 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"
        }
    ];
    let fields = { text: "Name", tooltip: "Name", id: "id" };
    return (
    // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
    <ListViewComponent id="list" dataSource={settings} fields={fields} showHeader={true} headerTitle="Device settings"/>);
}
export default App;
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/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-react-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/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';

function App() {
  //define the array of JSON
  let 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"
}
  ];
  let fields = { text: "Name", tooltip: "Name", id: "id" };
  return (
// specifies the tag to render the ListView component
<ListViewComponent
  id="list"
  dataSource={settings}
  fields={fields}
  showHeader={true}
  headerTitle="Device settings"
/>
  );
}
export default App;
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.jsx

index.html

index.css

index.tsx

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';
function App() {
    //bind the DataManager instance to dataSource property
    let data = new DataManager({ url: "//js.syncfusion.com/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/", crossDomain: true });
    //bind the Query instance to query property
    let query = new Query()
        .from("Products")
        .select("ProductID,ProductName")
        .take(6);
    //map the appropriate columns to fields property
    let fields = { id: "ProductID", text: "ProductName" };
    return (
    // specifies the tag to render the ListView component
    <ListViewComponent id="list" dataSource={data} fields={fields} query={query} showHeader={true} headerTitle="Product Name"/>);
}
export default App;
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/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-react-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/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, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

function App() {
  //bind the DataManager instance to dataSource property
  let data = new DataManager({ url: "//js.syncfusion.com/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/", crossDomain: true });

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

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

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