Angular Material is a popular UI framework based on Material Design for Angular.
In this article, we’ll look at how to use Angular Material into our Angular project.
Table with Filtering
We can add an input box to let us search the table.
For example, we can write:
app.component.ts
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { MatTableModule } from '@angular/material/table';
import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
AppComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
AppRoutingModule,
BrowserAnimationsModule,
MatTableModule,
MatInputModule
],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
styles.css
table {
width: 100%;
}
app.component.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { MatTableDataSource } from '@angular/material/table';
export interface PeriodicElement {
name: string;
position: number;
weight: number;
symbol: string;
}
const ELEMENT_DATA: PeriodicElement[] = [
{ position: 1, name: 'Hydrogen', weight: 1.0079, symbol: 'H' },
{ position: 2, name: 'Helium', weight: 4.0026, symbol: 'He' },
{ position: 3, name: 'Lithium', weight: 6.941, symbol: 'Li' },
{ position: 4, name: 'Beryllium', weight: 9.0122, symbol: 'Be' },
{ position: 5, name: 'Boron', weight: 10.811, symbol: 'B' },
];
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
})
export class AppComponent {
displayedColumns: string[] = ['position', 'name', 'weight', 'symbol'];
dataSource = new MatTableDataSource(ELEMENT_DATA);
applyFilter(event: Event) {
const filterValue = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value;
this.dataSource.filter = filterValue.trim().toLowerCase();
}
}
app.component.html
<div>
<mat-form-field>
<mat-label>Filter</mat-label>
<input matInput (keyup)="applyFilter($event)" placeholder="Element" #input>
</mat-form-field>
<table mat-table [dataSource]="dataSource" class="mat-elevation-z8">
<ng-container matColumnDef="position">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> No. </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element"> {{element.position}} </td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="name">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> Name </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element"> {{element.name}} </td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="weight">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> Weight </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element"> {{element.weight}} </td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="symbol">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef> Symbol </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element"> {{element.symbol}} </td>
</ng-container>
<tr mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns"></tr>
<tr mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></tr>
<tr class="mat-row" *matNoDataRow>
<td class="mat-cell" colspan="4">No data matching the filter
"{{input.value}}"</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
We add the MatTableModule to let us add the table with Material Design style.
MatInputModule lets us add the input box.
In app.component.ts , we added the applyFilter method to let us filter the items by setting the this.dataSource.filter method.
Then we add the table element with the input box that runs applyFilter to let us filter the items.
Sorting and Pagination
We can add sorting and pagination to our table.
For example, we can write:
app.module.ts
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { MatTableModule } from '@angular/material/table';
import { MatPaginatorModule } from '@angular/material/paginator';
import { MatSortModule } from '@angular/material/sort';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
AppComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
AppRoutingModule,
BrowserAnimationsModule,
MatTableModule,
MatPaginatorModule,
MatSortModule
],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
app.component.ts
import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { MatPaginator } from '@angular/material/paginator';
import { MatSort } from '@angular/material/sort';
import { MatTableDataSource } from '@angular/material/table';
export interface UserData {
id: string;
name: string;
progress: string;
color: string;
}
const COLORS: string[] = [
'maroon', 'red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'olive', 'green'
];
const NAMES: string[] = [
'Maia', 'Asher', 'Olivia', 'Atticus', 'Amelia', 'Jack'
];
const createNewUser = (id: number): UserData => {
const name = `${NAMES[Math.round(Math.random() * (NAMES.length - 1))]} ${NAMES[Math.round(Math.random() * (NAMES.length - 1))].charAt(0)}`;
return {
id: id.toString(),
name: name,
progress: Math.round(Math.random() * 100).toString(),
color: COLORS[Math.round(Math.random() * (COLORS.length - 1))]
};
}
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
})
export class AppComponent {
displayedColumns: string[] = ['id', 'name', 'progress', 'color'];
dataSource: MatTableDataSource<UserData>;
@ViewChild(MatPaginator) paginator: MatPaginator;
@ViewChild(MatSort) sort: MatSort;
constructor() {
const users = Array.from({ length: 100 }, (_, k) => createNewUser(k + 1));
this.dataSource = new MatTableDataSource(users);
}
ngAfterViewInit() {
this.dataSource.paginator = this.paginator;
this.dataSource.sort = this.sort;
}
}
app.component.html
<div>
<div class="mat-elevation-z8">
<table mat-table [dataSource]="dataSource" matSort>
<ng-container matColumnDef="id">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header> ID </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let row"> {{row.id}} </td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="progress">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header> Progress </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let row"> {{row.progress}}% </td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="name">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header> Name </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let row"> {{row.name}} </td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="color">
<th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef mat-sort-header> Color </th>
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let row" [style.color]="row.color">
{{row.color}} </td>
</ng-container>
<tr mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns"></tr>
<tr mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></tr>
<tr class="mat-row" *matNoDataRow>
<td class="mat-cell" colspan="4">No data matching the filter
"{{input.value}}"</td>
</tr>
</table>
<mat-paginator [pageSizeOptions]="[5, 10, 25, 100]"></mat-paginator>
</div>
</div>
styles.css
table {
width: 100%;
}
We add the MatSortModule to let us add sorting for the columns.
MatPaginatorModule adds the paginator control to let us move through the pages and select the page size.
We create the entries for the table in app.component.ts with the createNewUser function.
In the AppComponent class, we just create the data source and set it as the dataSource with the MatTableDataSource constructor.
And we set the paginator and sort properties to the paginator and sort components that we added.
The matSort directive lets us add sorting to the table.
And the mat-sort-header lets us enable sorting to the column header cells.
The mat-paginator component is added at the bottom to let us show the pagination controls
Conclusion
We can add tables with sorting, filtering, and pagination with Angular Material.