Add item in Vue Drop down list component

16 Mar 20233 minutes to read

You can add item in between based on item index. If you add new item without item index, item will be added as last item in list.

To add and remove items dynamically in Vue DropDownList component, you can check on this video:

The following example demonstrate how to add item in between in DropDownList.

app.vue

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:0 auto; width:250px;">
        <br>
        <ejs-dropdownlist id='dropdownlist' ref='dropdown' :index='index' :dataSource='sportsData' :fields='fields' placeholder='Select a game'></ejs-dropdownlist>
    </div>
    <div style='padding: 50px 0'>
      <button id='first' class="e-control e-btn" v-on:click="onFirst"> add item (Hockey) in first</button>
    </div>
    <div style='padding-left: 50px 0'>
      <button id='between' class="e-control e-btn" v-on:click="onMiddle"> add item (Golf) in between</button>
    </div>
    <div style='padding: 50px 0'>
      <button id='last' class="e-control e-btn" v-on:click="onLast"> add item (Cricket) in last</button>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { DropDownListPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

Vue.use(DropDownListPlugin);
export default {
  data (){
    return {
      sportsData: [
            { Id: 'game1', Game: 'Badminton' },
            { Id: 'game2', Game: 'Football' },
            { Id: 'game3', Game: 'Tennis' }
      ],
      fields : { text: 'Game', value: 'Id' },
      index : 2
    }
  },
  methods: {
        onFirst: function (event) {
            this.$refs.dropdown.addItem({Id: 'game0', Game: 'Hockey'}, 0);
        },
        onMiddle: function (event) {
            this.$refs.dropdown.addItem({Id: 'game4', Game: 'Golf'}, 2);
        },
        onLast: function (event) {
            this.$refs.dropdown.addItem({Id: 'game5', Game: 'Cricket'});
        }
    }
}
</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";
</style>