Angular2 Multiselect Dropdown

Angular 2 multiselect dropdown component for web applications. Easy to integrate and use.

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Table of Contents

1. Getting Started

2. Installation

3. Usage

4. Templates

5. Using with Angular Forms

6. Settings configuration

7. Callbacks and events

Getting Started

Installation

• The Mutiselect Dropdown package is published on the npm Registry.

• Install the package : npm install angular2-multiselect-dropdown

• Once installed import AngularMultiSelectModule from the installed package into your module as follows:

Usage

Import AngularMultiSelectModule into NgModule in app.module.ts

import { AngularMultiSelectModule } from 'angular2-multiselect-dropdown/angular2-multiselect-dropdown';

@NgModule({
  // ...
  imports: [
    AngularMultiSelectModule,
  ]
  // ...
})

Declare the component data variables and options in your component where you want to consume the dropdown component.

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    dropdownList = [];
    selectedItems = [];
    dropdownSettings = {};
    ngOnInit(){
        this.dropdownList = [
                              {"id":1,"itemName":"India"},
                              {"id":2,"itemName":"Singapore"},
                              {"id":3,"itemName":"Australia"},
                              {"id":4,"itemName":"Canada"},
                              {"id":5,"itemName":"South Korea"},
                              {"id":6,"itemName":"Germany"},
                              {"id":7,"itemName":"France"},
                              {"id":8,"itemName":"Russia"},
                              {"id":9,"itemName":"Italy"},
                              {"id":10,"itemName":"Sweden"}
                            ];
        this.selectedItems = [
                                {"id":2,"itemName":"Singapore"},
                                {"id":3,"itemName":"Australia"},
                                {"id":4,"itemName":"Canada"},
                                {"id":5,"itemName":"South Korea"}
                            ];
        this.dropdownSettings = { 
                                  singleSelection: false, 
                                  text:"Select Countries",
                                  selectAllText:'Select All',
                                  unSelectAllText:'UnSelect All',
                                  enableSearchFilter: true,
                                  classes:"myclass custom-class"
                                };            
    }
    onItemSelect(item:any){
        console.log(item);
        console.log(this.selectedItems);
    }
    OnItemDeSelect(item:any){
        console.log(item);
        console.log(this.selectedItems);
    }
    onSelectAll(items: any){
        console.log(items);
    }
    onDeSelectAll(items: any){
        console.log(items);
    }
}

Add the following component tag in you template

<angular2-multiselect [data]="dropdownList" [(ngModel)]="selectedItems" 
    [settings]="dropdownSettings" 
    (onSelect)="onItemSelect($event)" 
    (onDeSelect)="OnItemDeSelect($event)"
    (onSelectAll)="onSelectAll($event)"
    (onDeSelectAll)="onDeSelectAll($event)"></angular2-multiselect>

Template - For custom html of menu item

<angular2-multiselect [data]="dropdownList" [(ngModel)]="selectedItems" [settings]="dropdownSettings">
  <c-item>
          <ng-template let-item="item">
            <label style="color: #333;min-width: 150px;">{{item.itemName}}</label>
            <img [src]="item.image" style="width: 30px; border: 1px solid #efefef;margin-right: 20px;" />
            <label>Capital - {{item.capital}}</label>
          </ng-template>
  </c-item>    
</angular2-multiselect>

Using with Angular Forms

<form (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()" #loginForm="ngForm" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 10px;">
        <div class="form-group">
            <label for="name">Skills</label>
            <angular2-multiselect [data]="itemList" [(ngModel)]="formModel.skills" 
                                  [settings]="settings" 
                                  (onSelect)="onItemSelect($event)"
                                  (onDeSelect)="OnItemDeSelect($event)" 
                                  (onSelectAll)="onSelectAll($event)" 
                                  (onDeSelectAll)="onDeSelectAll($event)" name="skills">
            </angular2-multiselect>
        </div>
</form>

Settings

The following list of settings are supported by the component. Configure the settings to meet your requirement.

Setting	Type	Description	Default Value
singleSelection	Boolean	To set the dropdown for single item selection only.	false
text	String	Text to be show in the dropdown, when no items are selected.	'Select'
enableCheckAll	Boolean	Enable the option to select all items in list	false
selectAllText	String	Text to display as the label of select all option	Select All
unSelectAllText	String	Text to display as the label of unSelect option	UnSelect All
enableSearchFilter	Boolean	Enable filter option for the list.	false
maxHeight	Number	Set maximum height of the dropdown list in px.	300
badgeShowLimit	Number	Limit the number of badges/items to show in the input field. If not set will show all selected.	All
classes	String	Custom classes to the dropdown component. Classes are added to the dropdown selector tag. To add multiple classes, the value should be space separated class names.	''
limitSelection	Number	Limit the selection of number of items from the dropdown list. Once the limit is reached, all unselected items gets disabled.	none
disabled	Boolean	Disable the dropdown	false
searchPlaceholderText	String	Custom text for the search placeholder text. Default value would be 'Search'	'Search'
groupBy	String	Name of the field by which the list should be grouped.	none

Callback Methods

• onSelect - Return the selected item on selection. Example : (onSelect)="onItemSelect($event)"
• onDeSelect - Return the un-selected item on un-selecting. Example : (onDeSelect)="OnItemDeSelect($event)"
• onSelectAll - Return the list of all selected items. Example : (onSelectAll)="onSelectAll($event)"
• onDeSelectAll - Returns an empty array. Example : (onDeSelectAll)="onDeSelectAll($event)"

Run locally

• Clone the repository or downlod the .zip,.tar files.
• Run npm install
• Run ng serve for a dev server
• Navigate to http://localhost:4200/ The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

License

MIT License.