ngx-custom-data-table

This library is used to generate dynamic custom tables for angular application.

Usage no npm install needed!

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  import ngxCustomDataTable from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/ngx-custom-data-table';
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README

NgxCustomDataTable

This library is used to generate dynamic custom tables for angular application.

Demo

Please follow this Demo url

Features

Based on the json input we can do the following:

  • Add/delete/update a table row
  • Selecting a table row
  • Multiple selection of table rows
  • Sorting based on table column
  • Capturing actions on link click or row click
  • Hiding columns that are not necessary

Installation

  • Run npm install ngx-custom-data-table to install the package.
  • The package has primeng modules as peer dependencies. So, please install below as a dependencies in your package.json file.
  • @angular/cdk
  • primeicons
  • primeng
  • primeflex
  • Add the following import statements in your styles.scss file
  • @import '../node_modules/primeng/resources/primeng.min.css';
  • @import "../node_modules/primeicons/primeicons.css";
  • @import "../node_modules/primeflex/primeflex.css";
  • @import "../node_modules/primeng/resources/themes/nova-light/theme.css"
  • Add then include the library module in your module (app.module.ts)
import { NgxCustomDataTableModule } from 'ngx-custom-data-table';
// ...

 @NgModule({
   declarations: [
     AppComponent
   ],
   imports: [
     // ...
     NgxCustomDataTableModule
   ],
   // ...
 })
 
 export class AppModule { }

Usage

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

export class AppComponent {
  public itemObj: any = [{
    key: 'name',
    value: 'Name',
    searchPlaceholder: 'Search By User Name'
  }, {
    key: 'age',
    value: 'Age'
  }];
  public uniqParam = 'name';
  public items: any = [];

  constructor() {
    this.items = [
      {
        name: 'Niranjan',
        age: 24
      }, {
        name: 'Sai kumar',
        age: 27
      }
    ];
  }
  addNewItem(value) {
    console.log(value);
  }

  updateItem(value) {
    console.log(value);
  }

  deleteItem(value) {
    console.log(value);
  }

  radioSelectedValue(value) {
    console.log(value);
  }

  choosenValues(values) {
    console.log(values);
  }

  unSelectChosenValues() {
    console.log('Do some resetting here');
  }

  linkClick(value) {
    console.log(value);
  }

  showInfoDetails(details) {
    console.log(details);
  }
<ngx-custom-data-table 
  [uniqKey]="uniqParam" 
  [tableList]="items" 
  [tableKeysList]="tableKeysList"
  (confirmAdd)="addNewItem($event)" 
  (confirmUpdate)="updateItem($event)" 
  (confirmDelete)="deleteItem($event)">
</ngx-custom-data-table>

Settings

Setting Type Description Default Value
tableKeysList Array tableKeysList should consist of set of objects with properties as mentioned in below table Mandatory
tableList Array List of dynamic items from server or by any other means if empty, table will show No data available message
uniqKey string primary key in the tableKeysList used to identify the rows in the table while performing an action on particular row Mandatory
showRadioInRows boolean to display radio buttons in each row false
showCheckBox boolean to display checkbox in each row false
noActions boolean to hide the actions column provided by the library false
enableSelection boolean Enabling a row to be selected which invokes a callback (selectedValueEmit)
hideHeaderCheckBox boolean hiding header checkbox in the table false
btnContents Object to display the custom buttons for the table. Please refer below table for the properties optional
noHeaderDropdown boolean to hide the dropdown in the header false

btnContents:

| Property | Type| Use | | :----------------------------- | - | :---------| | btnName | string |Name of the button | | styleClass | string | to apply custom class to the button | | width | string | to adjust the width of the buttons | | cancel | boolean | if it is true (closeDialog) callback will be invoked or else always (saveChoosenValues) will be invoked on click of the button/buttons with selected rows in the table.

Please find below example btnContents for reference.

public btnContents: any = [{
    btnName: 'Save',
    styleClass: 'primary',
    width: 'small'
  }, {
    btnName: 'Cancel',
    styleClass: 'default',
    width: 'small',
    cancel: true
  }];

tableKeysList:

| Property | Type| Use | | :----------------------------- | - | :---------| | key | string |refer the value in the items/data array | | value | string | column header name or the placeholder| | searchPlaceholder | string | custom placeholder to the search dropdown in the header | | hide | boolean | hides a particular column | | link | boolean | to display a particular column value as a link | | action | boolean | on using this flag, callback will be invoked on click of the link | | width | string | to adjust the width of the columns | date | boolean | if that particular key will be holding the date format

Please find below example tableKeysList for reference.

public tableKeysList: any = [{
    key: 'referenceId',
    value: 'Reference Id',
    hide: true
  },
  {
    key: 'name',
    value: 'Name'
  },
  {
    key: 'website',
    value: 'website',
    link: true,
    action: true
  },
  {
    key: 'createdDate',
    value: 'Created date',
    date: true
  }, {
    key: 'createdBy',
    value: 'Created by'
  }];

Callback Methods

  • selectedValueEmit - return the selected row in the table
  • selectedLinkEmit - return selected row on link click
  • closeDialog - callback invoked on click of cancel button in the table which is configured using btnContents
  • saveChoosenValues - callback invoked on click of a button in the table which is configured using btnContents to retrieve the choosen mutliple values
  • confirmAdd - return new row added to the table
  • confirmUpdate - return row that was updated with new values
  • confirmDelete - return row that needs to be deleted from the table

Note: Please find above example code in usage section where callback methods were used.

Run locally

  • Run npm install
  • Run ng serve for a dev server
  • Navigate to http://localhost:4200/