
The <mat-expansion-panel>, an Angular Directive, is used to create an expandable detail v/s summary view.
<mat-expansion-panel-header> − Represents the header section. Contains summary of panel and acts as control to expand or collapse the panel.
<mat-panel-title> − Represents the panel title.
<mat-panel-description> − Represents the panel summary.
<mat-action-row> − Represents the actions panel at the bottom.
In this chapter, we will showcase the configuration required to draw a expansion 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 {MatExpansionModule, MatInputModule} from '@angular/material'
import {FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
AppComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
BrowserAnimationsModule,
MatExpansionModule, MatInputModule,
FormsModule,
ReactiveFormsModule
],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
Following is the content of the modified HTML host file app.component.html.
<mat-expansion-panel>
<mat-expansion-panel-header>
<mat-panel-title>
Personal data
</mat-panel-title>
<mat-panel-description>
Type name and age
</mat-panel-description>
</mat-expansion-panel-header>
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput placeholder="Name">
</mat-form-field>
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput placeholder="Age">
</mat-form-field>
</mat-expansion-panel>
Verify the result.