Multi-Column ComboBox Drop Down (Angular)

You can display the items in the ComboBox in a multi-column layout. This shows 2 different approaches to modify. The first uses CSS to customize the dropdown. The second, applies custom item content and uses headerPath property to display objects in a table-like layout.

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This example uses Angular.

import 'bootstrap.css'; import '@mescius/wijmo.styles/wijmo.css'; import './styles.css'; // import * as wijmo from '@mescius/wijmo'; import * as input from '@mescius/wijmo.input'; // import '@angular/compiler'; import { Component, enableProdMode, Inject, ɵresolveComponentResources } from '@angular/core'; import { BrowserModule, bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { WjInputModule } from '@mescius/wijmo.angular2.input'; import { DataService } from './app.data'; // @Component({ standalone: true, providers: [DataService], imports: [WjInputModule, BrowserModule], selector: 'app-component', templateUrl: 'src/app.component.html' }) export class AppComponent { data: any[]; // constructor(@Inject(DataService) private dataService: DataService) { this.data = dataService.getData(); } // format(text: string, data: any) { return wijmo.format(text, data); } } // // enableProdMode(); // Resolve resources (templateUrl, styleUrls etc), After resolution all URLs have been converted into `template` strings. ɵresolveComponentResources(fetch).then(() => { // Bootstrap application bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch(err => console.error(err)); });
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>MESCIUS Wijmo Multi-Column Combos</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- Polyfills --> <script src="node_modules/core-js/client/shim.min.js"></script> <script src="node_modules/zone.js/fesm2015/zone.min.js"></script> <!-- SystemJS --> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.21.5/system.src.js" integrity="sha512-skZbMyvYdNoZfLmiGn5ii6KmklM82rYX2uWctBhzaXPxJgiv4XBwJnFGr5k8s+6tE1pcR1nuTKghozJHyzMcoA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script> <script> // workaround to load 'rxjs/operators' from the rxjs bundle System.import('rxjs').then(function (m) { System.set(SystemJS.resolveSync('rxjs/operators'), System.newModule(m.operators)); System.import('./src/app.component'); }); </script> </head> <body> <app-component></app-component> </body> </html>
<div class="container-fluid"> <p> By default, the ComboBox displays one item per line in its drop-down list: </p> <div class="form-group"> <label for="theCombo">Default:</label> <wj-combo-box [displayMemberPath]="'country'" [itemsSource]="data"></wj-combo-box> </div> <p> If you have many short items, it may be interesting to use multiple columns in the drop-down. You can accomplish this with a little CSS and the <b>dropDownCssClass</b> property: </p> <div class="form-group"> <label for="theComboCSS">Three Columns:</label> <wj-combo-box [dropDownCssClass]="'cb-flex'" [displayMemberPath]="'country'" [itemsSource]="data"> </wj-combo-box> </div> <p> If the items are complex objects, you may want to render a single item per line, but with additional detail, as in a table or grid. You can accomplish this with the <b>wjItemTemplate</b> directive and <b>headerPath</b> property: </p> <div class="form-group"> <label for="theComboTable">Table-Style:</label> <wj-combo-box [headerPath]="'country'" [displayMemberPath]="'country'" [itemsSource]="data"> <ng-template wjItemTemplate let-item="item" let-itemIndex="itemIndex"> <table> <tr> <td>{{item.country}}</td> <td class="number" title="GDP (million US$/year)"> {{format('{gdpm:c0}', item)}} </td> <td class="number" title="Population (thousands)"> {{format('{popk:n0}', item)}} </td> <td class="number" title="GDP/cap (US$/person/year)"> {{format('{gdpcap:c0}', item)}} </td> </tr> </table> </ng-template> </wj-combo-box> </div> </div>
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'; // @Injectable() export class DataService { getData() { return [ { id: 1, country: 'Luxembourg', gdpm: 57825, popk: 563, gdpcap: 102708 }, { id: 2, country: 'Switzerland', gdpm: 664005, popk: 8238, gdpcap: 80602 }, { id: 3, country: 'Norway', gdpm: 388315, popk: 5205, gdpcap: 74604 }, { id: 4, country: 'Macao', gdpm: 46178, popk: 647, gdpcap: 71372 }, { id: 5, country: 'Qatar', gdpm: 166908, popk: 2421, gdpcap: 68941 }, { id: 6, country: 'Ireland', gdpm: 283716, popk: 4635, gdpcap: 61211 }, { id: 7, country: 'United States', gdpm: 18036650, popk: 321601, gdpcap: 56083 }, { id: 8, country: 'Singapore', gdpm: 292734, popk: 5535, gdpcap: 52887 }, { id: 9, country: 'Denmark', gdpm: 295091, popk: 5660, gdpcap: 52136 }, { id: 10, country: 'Australia', gdpm: 1225286, popk: 23940, gdpcap: 51181 }, { id: 11, country: 'Iceland', gdpm: 16718, popk: 333, gdpcap: 50204 }, { id: 12, country: 'Sweden', gdpm: 493042, popk: 9851, gdpcap: 50049 }, { id: 13, country: 'San Marino', gdpm: 1558, popk: 31, gdpcap: 50258 }, { id: 14, country: 'Netherlands', gdpm: 750696, popk: 16937, gdpcap: 44322 }, { id: 15, country: 'United Kingdom', gdpm: 2858482, popk: 65110, gdpcap: 43902 }, { id: 16, country: 'Austria', gdpm: 374261, popk: 8621, gdpcap: 43412 }, { id: 17, country: 'Canada', gdpm: 1550537, popk: 35825, gdpcap: 43280 }, { id: 18, country: 'Finland', gdpm: 232077, popk: 5472, gdpcap: 42411 }, { id: 19, country: 'Germany', gdpm: 3365293, popk: 82176, gdpcap: 40952 }, { id: 20, country: 'Belgium', gdpm: 454288, popk: 11209, gdpcap: 40528 }, { id: 21, country: 'United Arab Emirates', gdpm: 370296, popk: 9581, gdpcap: 38648 }, { id: 22, country: 'France', gdpm: 2420163, popk: 64275, gdpcap: 37653 }, { id: 23, country: 'New Zealand', gdpm: 172257, popk: 4647, gdpcap: 37068 }, { id: 24, country: 'Israel', gdpm: 299413, popk: 8377, gdpcap: 35742 }, { id: 25, country: 'Japan', gdpm: 4124211, popk: 126981, gdpcap: 32478 }, { id: 26, country: 'Brunei Darussalam', gdpm: 12930, popk: 417, gdpcap: 31007 }, { id: 27, country: 'Italy', gdpm: 1815759, popk: 60796, gdpcap: 29866 }, { id: 28, country: 'Puerto Rico', gdpm: 102906, popk: 3474, gdpcap: 29621 }, { id: 29, country: 'Kuwait', gdpm: 114079, popk: 4110, gdpcap: 27756 }, { id: 30, country: 'South Korea', gdpm: 1377873, popk: 50617, gdpcap: 27221 }, { id: 31, country: 'Spain', gdpm: 1199715, popk: 46423, gdpcap: 25843 }, { id: 32, country: 'The Bahamas', gdpm: 8854, popk: 364, gdpcap: 24324 }, { id: 33, country: 'Bahrain', gdpm: 31119, popk: 1294, gdpcap: 24048 }, { id: 34, country: 'Cyprus', gdpm: 19330, popk: 847, gdpcap: 22821 }, { id: 35, country: 'Malta', gdpm: 9752, popk: 429, gdpcap: 22731 }, { id: 37, country: 'Slovenia', gdpm: 42798, popk: 2063, gdpcap: 20745 }, { id: 38, country: 'Saudi Arabia', gdpm: 646002, popk: 31386, gdpcap: 20582 }, { id: 39, country: 'Portugal', gdpm: 199032, popk: 10411, gdpcap: 19117 }, { id: 40, country: 'Trinidad and Tobago', gdpm: 24631, popk: 1358, gdpcap: 18137 }, { id: 41, country: 'Greece', gdpm: 195320, popk: 10858, gdpcap: 17988 }, { id: 42, country: 'Czech Republic', gdpm: 185156, popk: 10538, gdpcap: 17570 }, { id: 43, country: 'Estonia', gdpm: 22704, popk: 1313, gdpcap: 17291 }, { id: 44, country: 'Equatorial Guinea', gdpm: 13819, popk: 799, gdpcap: 17295 }, { id: 45, country: 'Oman', gdpm: 64121, popk: 3840, gdpcap: 16698 }, { id: 46, country: 'St. Kitts and Nevis', gdpm: 915, popk: 56, gdpcap: 16339 }, { id: 47, country: 'Palau', gdpm: 287, popk: 18, gdpcap: 15944 }, { id: 48, country: 'Slovakia', gdpm: 86629, popk: 5421, gdpcap: 15980 }, { id: 49, country: 'Barbados', gdpm: 4385, popk: 280, gdpcap: 15660 }, { id: 50, country: 'Uruguay', gdpm: 53107, popk: 3416, gdpcap: 15546 } ]; } }
.cb-flex { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; width: 380px; } .cb-flex .wj-listbox-item { width: 120px; white-space: pre; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } .wj-listbox-item table { table-layout: fixed; } .wj-listbox-item td { width: 120px; white-space: pre; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } .wj-listbox-item td.number { width: 80px; text-align: right; } label { margin-right: 3px; } body { margin-bottom: 24px; }
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