The <mat-checkbox>, an Angular Directive, is used as a enhanced checkbox with material design styling and animation capabilities.
In this chapter, we will showcase the configuration required to draw a checkbox control using Angular Material.
Follow the following steps to update the Angular application we created in Angular 6 - Project Setup chapter −
Step | Description |
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1 | Create a project with a name materialApp as explained in the Angular 6 - Project Setup chapter. |
2 | Modify app.module.ts, app.component.ts, app.component.css and app.component.html as explained below. Keep rest of the files unchanged. |
3 | Compile and run the application to verify the result of the implemented logic. |
Following is the content of the modified module descriptor app.module.ts.
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; import { AppComponent } from './app.component'; import {BrowserAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations'; import {MatCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material'; import {FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule} from '@angular/forms'; @NgModule({ declarations: [ AppComponent ], imports: [ BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, MatCheckboxModule, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule ], providers: [], bootstrap: [AppComponent] }) export class AppModule { }
Following is the content of the modified HTML host file app.component.html.
<h2 class = "tp-h2">Checkbox configuration</h2> <section class = "tp-section"> <mat-checkbox class = "tp-margin" [(ngModel)] = "checked">Checked</mat-checkbox> <mat-checkbox class = "tp-margin" [(ngModel)] = "indeterminate">Indeterminate</mat-checkbox> </section> <section class = "tp-section"> <mat-checkbox class = "tp-margin" [(ngModel)] = "disabled">Disabled</mat-checkbox> </section> <h2 class = "tp-h2">Result</h2> <section class = "tp-section"> <mat-checkbox class = "tp-margin" [(ngModel)] = "checked" [(indeterminate)] = "indeterminate" [labelPosition] = "labelPosition" [disabled] = "disabled"> Sample Checkbox </mat-checkbox> </section>
Following is the content of the modified CSS file app.component.css.
.tp-h2 { margin: 10px; } .tp-section { display: flex; align-content: center; align-items: center; height: 60px; } .tp-margin { margin: 0 10px; }
Following is the content of the modified ts file app.component.ts.
import { Component } from '@angular/core'; import { FormControl } from "@angular/forms"; @Component({ selector: 'app-root', templateUrl: './app.component.html', styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'] }) export class AppComponent { title = 'materialApp'; checked = false; indeterminate = false; labelPosition = 'after'; disabled = false; }
Verify the result.
As first, we've created three check boxes using mat-checkbox and bind them using ngModel with variables.
Then, we've created another checkbox and showcased its various attributes bound with variables in .ts file.