
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 |
|---|---|
| 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.