Positions in Vue Speed dial component

8 Aug 20238 minutes to read

The Speed dial control can be positioned anywhere on the target using the position property. If the target is not defined, then Speed Dial is positioned based on the browser viewport.

The position values of Speed Dial are as follows:

• TopLeft
• TopCenter
• TopRight
• MiddleLeft
• MiddleCenter
• MiddleRight
• BottomLeft
• BottomCenter
• BottomRight

app.vue

<template>
    <div>
        <div id="targetElement" style="position:relative;min-height:350px;border:1px solid;"></div>
        <ejs-speeddial id='speeddial' content='Add' position='BottomLeft' target='#targetElement'></ejs-speeddial>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    import Vue from 'vue';
    import { SpeedDialPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";
    import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

    enableRipple(true);
    Vue.use(SpeedDialPlugin);

    export default {
        data() {
            return { };
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
</style>

Opens items on hover

You can open the Speed Dial action items on mouse hover by setting the opensOnHover property.

<template>
    <ejs-speeddial id='speeddial' openIconCss='e-icons e-edit' closeIconCss='e-icons e-close' target='#targetElement' opensOnHover= true :items='items'></ejs-speeddial>
</template>

<script>
    import Vue from 'vue';
    import { SpeedDialPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";

    Vue.use(SpeedDialPlugin);

    export default {
        data() {
            return {
                items: [
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-cut' },
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-copy' },
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste' }
                ]
            };
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
    @import 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/vue/documentation/node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
</style>

Programmatically show/hide Speed Dial items

You can open/close the Speed Dial action items programmatically using show and hide methods.

Below example demonstrates open/close action items on button click.

app.vue

<template>
    <div>
        <div id="targetElement" style="position:relative;min-height:350px;border:1px solid;">
        <ejs-button id="show" class="e-primary" v-on:click.native="showClick"> Show </ejs-button>
        <ejs-button id="hide" class="e-primary" v-on:click.native="hideClick"> Hide </ejs-button></div>
        <ejs-speeddial ref="speeddial" id='speeddial' openIconCss='e-icons e-edit' closeIconCss='e-icons e-close' opensOnHover= true target='#targetElement' :items='items'></ejs-speeddial>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    import Vue from 'vue';
    import { SpeedDialPlugin, ButtonPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";
    import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

    enableRipple(true);
    Vue.use(SpeedDialPlugin);
    Vue.use(ButtonPlugin);

    export default {
        data() {
            return {
                items: [
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-cut' },
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-copy' },
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste' }
                ]
            };
        },
        methods: {
            showClick: function () {
                this.$refs.speeddial.show();
            },
            hideClick: function () {
                this.$refs.speeddial.hide();
            }
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';

    #hide {
        float: right;
    }
</style>

Programmatically refresh the position

You can refresh the position of the Speed Dial using refreshPosition method when the targetposition is changed.

app.vue

<template>
    <div>
        <div id="targetElement" style="position:relative;min-height:350px;border:1px solid;">
        <ejs-button id="refresh" class="e-primary" v-on:click.native="refresh"> Refresh </ejs-button></div>
        <ejs-speeddial ref="speeddial" id='speeddial' openIconCss='e-icons e-edit' closeIconCss='e-icons e-close' target='#targetElement' position='MiddleRight' :items='items'></ejs-speeddial>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    import Vue from 'vue';
    import { SpeedDialPlugin, ButtonPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";
    import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

    enableRipple(true);
    Vue.use(SpeedDialPlugin);
    Vue.use(ButtonPlugin);

    export default {
        data() {
            return {
                items: [
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-cut' },
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-copy' },
                    { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste' }
                ]
            };
        },
        methods: {
            refresh: function () {
                document.getElementById("targetElement").style.minHeight = "300px";
                this.$refs.speeddial.refreshPosition();
            }
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
    @import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';

    #hide {
        float: right;
    }
</style>