Angular PrimeNG Form SelectButton Custom Template 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 know how to use the SelectButton Custom Template Component in Angular PrimeNG.

The SelectButton Component is used to make a group of buttons from which the user can select a value. 

Angular PrimeNG Form SelectButton Custom Template Component Properties:

• options: It is an array representing select items to display as the available options. It is of array data type, the default value is null.
• optionLabel: It is used to give the label of a choice. It is of string data type, the default value is the label.

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:

• To run the above file run the below command:

ng serve --save

Example 1: This basic example shows how to use the Angular PrimeNG Form SelectButton Custom Template Component using left and right alignment.

• app.component.html

HTML

<h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h5>
    Angular PrimeNG Form SelectButton
    Custom Template Component
</h5>

<p-selectButton [options]="gfg">
    <ng-template let-item>
        <i [class]="item.icon"></i>
    </ng-template>
</p-selectButton>

• app.component.ts

Javascript

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { PrimeNGConfig } from 'primeng/api';

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

export class AppComponent {
    gfg: any[];
    constructor(private primeNGConfig: PrimeNGConfig) {
        this.gfg = [
            { icon: 'pi pi-align-left' },
            { icon: 'pi pi-align-right' },
        ];
    }
}

• 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 { SelectButtonModule }
    from 'primeng/selectbutton';
import { ButtonModule } from 'primeng/button';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        SelectButtonModule,
        ButtonModule,
        FormsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Output:

Example 2: This is another basic example that shows how to use the Angular PrimeNG Form SelectButton Custom Template Component using center align and justify align.

• app.component.html:

HTML

<h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h5>
    Angular PrimeNG Form SelectButton
    Custom Template Component
</h5>

<p-selectButton [options]="gfg">
    <ng-template let-item>
        <i [class]="item.icon"></i>
    </ng-template>
</p-selectButton>

• app.component.ts:

Javascript

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { PrimeNGConfig } from 'primeng/api';

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

export class AppComponent {
    gfg: any[];
    constructor(private primeNGConfig: PrimeNGConfig) {
        this.gfg = [
            { icon: 'pi pi-align-center' },
            { icon: 'pi pi-align-justify' },
        ];
    }
}

• 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 { SelectButtonModule }
    from 'primeng/selectbutton';
import { ButtonModule } from 'primeng/button';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        SelectButtonModule,
        ButtonModule,
        FormsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Output:

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