Angular PrimeNG Form Inputtext Icons Component

Angular PrimeNG is an open-source framework with a rich set of native Angular UI components that are used for great styling and this framework is used to make responsive websites with very much ease. In this article, we will learn how to use the InputText Icons Component in Angular PrimeNG. Let’s learn about the properties, and syntaxes that will be used in the code.

The Inputtext component is an element used for entering data created by inputText. Depending on where the icon will be placed within the input field, an element with the class p-input-icon-right or p-input-icon-left can be used to surround both the input and the icon.

Syntax:

<span class="...">
    <i class="..."></i>
    <input type="text" pInputText 
        placeholder="..." 
    />
</span>

Angular PrimeNG Form Inputtext Icons Component properties:

• disabled: We can set the input component to be disabled. It is of a boolean data type & the default value is false.
• placeholder: It is used to set the Placeholder text for the input. It is of string data type, the default value is null.

Creating Angular Application & Module Installation:

Step 1: Create an Angular application using the following command.

ng new appname

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. appname, move to it using the following command.

cd appname

Step 3: Install PrimeNG in your given directory.

npm install primeng --save
npm install primeicons --save

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Steps to run the application: Run the below command to see the output

ng serve --open

Example 1: This is the basic example that shows how to use the Angular PrimeNG Form Inputtext Icons Component using class=”p-input-icon-left”.

• app.component.html:

HTML

<h1 style="color: green" >GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h5>Angular PrimeNG Form Inputtext Icons Component</h5>

<span class="p-input-icon-left">
    <i class="pi pi-cloud-download"></i>
    <input type="text" pInputText
        placeholder="Search here geek..."
    />
</span>

• app.component.ts:

Javascript

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss'],
})

export class AppComponent {}

• app.module.ts:

Javascript

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule }
    from '@angular/platform-browser';
import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule }
    from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { AppComponent }   from './app.component';
import {InputTextModule} from 'primeng/inputtext';
import {ButtonModule} from 'primeng/button';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        InputTextModule,
        ButtonModule,
        FormsModule
    ],
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})

export class AppModule { }

Output:

Example 2: Below is another example that shows how to use the Angular PrimeNG Form Inputtext Icons Component using class=”p-input-icon-right”.

• app.component.html:

HTML

<h1 style="color: green" >GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h5>Angular PrimeNG Form Inputtext Icons Component</h5>

<span class="p-input-icon-right">
    <i class="pi pi-cloud-download"></i>
    <input type="text" pInputText
        placeholder="Search here geek..."
    />
</span>

• app.component.ts:

Javascript

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

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss'],
})

export class AppComponent {}

• app.module.ts:

Javascript

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule }
   from '@angular/platform-browser';
import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule }
   from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { AppComponent }   from './app.component';
import {InputTextModule} from 'primeng/inputtext';
import {ButtonModule} from 'primeng/button';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        InputTextModule,
        ButtonModule,
        FormsModule
    ],
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})

export class AppModule { }

Output:

Reference: https://primefaces.org/primeng/inputtext