How to show list items with icons in Vue ComboBox

21 Aug 20264 minutes to read

You can render icons to the list items by mapping the the iconCss  fields. This iconCss field create a span in the list item with mapped class name to allow styling as per your need.

In the following sample, icon classes are mapped with iconCss field.

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
      <br>
      <ejs-combobox id='combobox' :dataSource='sortFormatData' :fields='fields'
        placeholder='Select a format'></ejs-combobox>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { ComboBoxComponent as EjsCombobox } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

const sortFormatData = [
  { Class: 'sort', Type: 'Sort A to Z', Id: '1' },
  { Class: 'filter', Type: 'Filter', Id: '2' },
  { Class: 'clear', Type: 'Clear', Id: '3' }
];
const fields = { text: 'Type', iconCss: 'Class', value: 'Id' };

</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";

.e-list-icon {
  line-height: 1.3;
  padding-right: 10px;
  text-indent: 5px;
}

.sort:before {
  content: '\e890';
  font-family: 'e-icons';
  font-size: 15px;

}

.filter:before {
  content: '\e7ee';
  font-family: 'e-icons';
  font-size: 15px;
  opacity: 0.78;
}

.clear:before {
  content: '\e7fc';
  font-family: 'e-icons';
  font-size: 15px;
}
</style>
<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
      <br>
      <ejs-combobox id='combobox' :dataSource='sortFormatData' :fields='fields'
        placeholder='Select a format'></ejs-combobox>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ComboBoxComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    "ejs-combobox": ComboBoxComponent
  },
  data() {
    return {
      sortFormatData: [
        { Class: 'sort', Type: 'Sort A to Z', Id: '1' },
        { Class: 'filter', Type: 'Filter', Id: '2' },
        { Class: 'clear', Type: 'Clear', Id: '3' }
      ],
      fields: { text: 'Type', iconCss: 'Class', value: 'Id' }
    }
  }
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";

.e-list-icon {
  line-height: 1.3;
  padding-right: 10px;
  text-indent: 5px;
}

.sort:before {
  content: '\e890';
  font-family: 'e-icons';
  font-size: 15px;

}

.filter:before {
  content: '\e7ee';
  font-family: 'e-icons';
  font-size: 15px;
  opacity: 0.78;
}

.clear:before {
  content: '\e7fc';
  font-family: 'e-icons';
  font-size: 15px;
}
</style>