Underline a character in a text in React Split button component

30 Jan 20233 minutes to read

Underline a particular character in a text can be handled in beforeItemRender event by adding <u> tag in between the text and given as innerHTML in li rendering.

In the following example, C is underlined in the text Copy.

app.jsx

import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { SplitButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-splitbuttons';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);
// To render SplitButton.
function App() {
    let items = [
        {
            text: 'Cut'
        },
        {
            text: 'Copy'
        },
        {
            text: 'Paste'
        }
    ];
    function itemRender(args) {
        if (args.item.text === 'Copy') {
            // To underline a particular text.
            args.element.innerHTML = '<u>C</u>opy';
        }
    }
    return (<div>
      <SplitButtonComponent items={items} beforeItemRender={itemRender}>Paste</SplitButtonComponent>
    </div>);
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('button'));

app.tsx

import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { SplitButtonComponent, ItemModel, MenuEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-splitbuttons';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';

enableRipple(true);

// To render SplitButton.
function App() {

  let items: ItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Cut'
    },
    {
        text: 'Copy'
    },
    {
        text: 'Paste'
    }];

    function itemRender(args: MenuEventArgs) {
        if (args.item.text === 'Copy') {
            // To underline a particular text.
            args.element.innerHTML = '<u>C</u>opy';
        }
    }
  return (
  <div>
      <SplitButtonComponent items = {items} beforeItemRender={itemRender}>Paste</SplitButtonComponent>
    </div>
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('button'));