Selection in Vue List box component

16 Mar 20234 minutes to read

The ListBox provides support to select an item or a group of item by mouse or keyboard action. There are two selection modes available in list box,

  • Single - To select single item in the list box.
  • Multiple - To select multiple items in the list box.

On selection of each list box item, change event is triggered.

Single selection

To enable single selection in the list box, mode should be set as Single in selectionSettings property.

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:10px auto 0; width:250px;">
        <ejs-listbox :dataSource='data' :selectionSettings="selectionSettings" ></ejs-listbox>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { ListBoxPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

Vue.use(ListBoxPlugin);
export default {
  data (){
    return {
       data: [
    { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
    { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
    { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
    { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
    { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
    { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
    { text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
    { text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' },
];
selectionSettings: { mode: "Single" }
    }
  }
}

</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>

Multiple selection

To enable multiple selection in the list box, mode should be set as Multiple in selectionSettings property.

To select multiple items, use the SHIFT, CTRL, and arrow keys to make selections.

By default, the selection mode is set as Multiple.

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:10px auto 0; width:250px;">
        <ejs-listbox :dataSource='data' :selectionSettings="selectionSettings" ></ejs-listbox>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { ListBoxPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

Vue.use(ListBoxPlugin);
export default {
  data (){
    return {
       data: [
    { text: 'Hennessey Venom', id: 'list-01' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Chiron', id: 'list-02' },
    { text: 'Bugatti Veyron Super Sport', id: 'list-03' },
    { text: 'SSC Ultimate Aero', id: 'list-04' },
    { text: 'Koenigsegg CCR', id: 'list-05' },
    { text: 'McLaren F1', id: 'list-06' },
    { text: 'Aston Martin One- 77', id: 'list-07' },
    { text: 'Jaguar XJ220', id: 'list-08' },
    { text: 'McLaren P1', id: 'list-09' },
    { text: 'Ferrari LaFerrari', id: 'list-10' },
];
selectionSettings: { mode: "Multiple" }
    }
  }
}

</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>