Icons support in Vue Drop down list component

11 Jun 20244 minutes to read

You can render icons to the list items by mapping the iconCss  field. 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.

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:50px auto 0; width:250px;">
      <br>
      <ejs-dropdownlist id='dropdownlist' :dataSource='sortFormatData' :fields='fields'
        placeholder='Select a format'></ejs-dropdownlist>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { DropDownListComponent as EjsDropdownlist } 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>

Options API (~/src/App.vue)

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

export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    "ejs-dropdownlist": DropDownListComponent
  },
  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>