Getting started with Angular Chips component

5 Apr 20253 minutes to read

This section explains the steps required to create a simple Chips and demonstrate the basic usage of the Chips component in an Angular environment.

Setup Angular Environment

You can use Angular CLI to setup your Angular applications.
To install Angular CLI, use the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular Application

Start a new Angular application using below Angular CLI command.

ng new my-app
cd my-app

Installing Syncfusion® Chips package

Syncfusion® packages are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. You can get all the Angular Syncfusion® package from npm link.

Currently, Syncfusion® provides two types of package structures for Angular components:

  1. Ivy library distribution package format
  2. Angular compatibility compiler(Angular’s legacy compilation and rendering pipeline) package.

Ivy library distribution package

Syncfusion® Angular packages(>=20.2.36) has been moved to the Ivy distribution to support the Angular Ivy rendering engine and the package are compatible with Angular version 12 and above. To download the package use the below command.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons --save

Angular compatibility compiled package(ngcc)

For Angular versions below 12, you can use the legacy (ngcc) package of the Syncfusion® Angular components. To download the ngcc package use the below.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons@ngcc --save

To mention the ngcc package in the package.json file, add the suffix -ngcc with the package version as below.

@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons:"20.2.38-ngcc"

Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified while installing the package, the Ivy Library Package will be installed and this package will throw a warning.

Adding CSS reference

Add Chips component CSS using the following code in src/styles.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons/styles/material.css";

Alternatively, based on the location of your CSS file, you can import the styles as shown below:

@import "node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css";
@import "node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons/styles/material.css";

Add Chips component

Modify the template in src/app/app.component.ts file to render the Chips component. Add the Angular Chips by using <e-chip> child selector with text attribute inside of Chips component selector <ejs-chiplist> in template section of the app.component.ts file.

import { ChipListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        ChipListModule
    ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    // specifies the template string for the Chips component
    template: `<ejs-chiplist text="Janet Leverling"></ejs-chiplist>`
})
export class AppComponent {

}

Now, the basic Chips is included in Angular CLI application.

Run the application

Use the following command to run the application in the browser.

ng serve --open

The output will appear as follows.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChipListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    imports: [
        ChipListModule
    ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-chiplist text="Janet Leverling"></ejs-chiplist>`
})
export class AppComponent {

}
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-base/styles/material.css';
@import 'node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons/styles/material.css';
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));