Clear item in Vue Drop down list component

16 Mar 20232 minutes to read

You can clear the selected item in the below two different ways.

By clicking on the clear icon which is shown in DropDownList element, you can clear the selected item in DropDownList through interaction. By using showClearButton property, you can enable the clear icon in DropDownList element.

Through programmatic you can set null value to anyone of the index, text or value property to clear the selected item in DropDownList.

The following example demonstrate about how to clear the selected item in DropDownList.

app.vue

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:0 auto; width:250px;">
        <br>
        <ejs-dropdownlist id='dropdownlist' ref='dropdownObj' :value='dropDownValue' :dataSource='sportsData' :showClearButton='true' placeholder='Select a game'></ejs-dropdownlist>
    </div>
    <div style='padding: 50px'>
      <button id='button' class="e-control e-btn" v-on:click="onClick"> Set null to value property</button>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { DropDownListPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

Vue.use(DropDownListPlugin);
export default {
  data (){
    return {
        dropDownValue: null,
        sportsData: ["American Football", "Badminton", "Basketball", "Cricket", "Football", "Golf", "Hockey", "Rugby", "Snooker", "Tennis"]
    }
  },
  methods: {
        onClick: function (event) {
            this.$refs.dropdownObj.ej2Instances.value = null;
            this.$refs.dropdownObj.dataBind();
        }
    }
}
</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>