Getting Started

2 Nov 201619 minutes to read

This section explains briefly about how to create a Toolbar in your application with JavaScript.

Create Toolbar for PDF Reader

Toolbar control supports displaying a list of tools in a Web page. This control is capable of customizing toolbar items with any functionality by using enriched client-side methods. This control consists of a collection of unordered lists contains text and images into a <div>. From the following section, you can learn how to customize toolbar control for a PDF reader scenario. The following screen shot shows the appearance of toolbar in PDF reader simulator application.

Create Toolbar control

  • To create Syncfusion Aurelia application refer [Aurelia Getting Started documentation](https://help.syncfusion.com/aurelia/overview#getting-started “”).
  • Create Toolbar folder inside src/samples location.
  • Create toolbar.html file inside src/samples/toolbar folder and use the below code for rendering RichTextEditor component
  • HTML
    • <div id="editingToolbar" ej-toolbar></div>

    Initialize the Toolbar in script

    • Create toolbar.js file inside src/samples/toolbar folder with below code snippet.
  • JS
    • export class DefaultFunctionalities { }

    Output of the above steps

    Initialize Toolbar Items

    Toolbar consists of a list of items. From the following section, you can learn how to initialize the toolbar items with UL LI template.

    Initialize the Toolbar items with UL LI template as follows.

  • HTML
    • <template>
  <require from="./default-functionalities.css"></require>
  <div>
    <div class="toolbar-default-cols-sample-area">
      <div class="toolbar-default-frame">
        <div class="toolbar-default-control">
          <div class="ctrllabel">
            <div class="ctrltext">Toolbar</div>
          </div>
          <div id="ToolbarItem" ej-toolbar="e-width:100%">
            <!--list of toolbar items-->
            <ul>
              <li id="OtherFormat" title="Convert PDF files to Word or Excel Online..">
                <div class="PdfDocument e-icon convertToOthers "></div>
              </li>
              <li id="PDFOnline" title="Convert files to PDF Online">
                <div class="PdfDocument e-icon convertToPdf "></div>
              </li>
              <li id="Signature" title="Sign, add text or send a document for signature">
                <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon signature "></div>
              </li>
              <li id="Save" title="Save file ( Ctrl+S )">
                <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon save "></div>
              </li>
              <li id="Print" title="Print file ( Ctrl+P ) ">
                <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon print "></div>
              </li>
              <li id="Message" title="Message">
                <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon msg "></div>
              </li>
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

    Apply the given styles in the code table to show the toolbar items as follows. You can refer images from any location. In the following code sample, the images are referred from the given location.

    http://js.syncfusion.com/UG/Web/Content/

  • CSS
    • .e-tooltxt .PdfDocument.e-icon {
background-image: url('http://js.syncfusion.com/UG/Web/Content/pdf-icon.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
display: block;
height: 30px;
width: 30px;
}
.e-tooltxt .PdfDocument.e-icon:hover {
background-image: url('http://js.syncfusion.com/UG/Web/Content/pdf-icon-white.png');        }
.PdfDocument.e-icon.convertToOthers {
background-position: -349px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.convertToPdf {
background-position: -527px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.signature {
background-position: 2px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.save {
background-position: -87px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.msg {
background-position: -483px 0px;
}

    After updating the Toolbar items with their CSS styles, you can render the toolbar inside <script> tag.

  • JAVASCRIPT
    • export class DefaultFunctionalities { }

    Execute the code to render a toolbar with a list of toolbar items.

    Toolbar with list of toolbar items

    Render remaining Toolbar items

    In the above output only few toolbar items are rendered, but you need to render all the toolbar items to achieve the requirements. You can separate or group the toolbar items. The separation or grouping of toolbar items is achieved when you give toolbar items as a list of UL LI values inside the toolbar <div> or span element. From the following section, you can learn how to initialize the remaining toolbar items with UL LI template and how to group the toolbar items.

    Initialize the Toolbar items with UL LI template as follows.

  • HTML
    • <template>
  <require from="./default-functionalities.css"></require>
  <div>
    <div class="toolbar-default-cols-sample-area">
      <div class="toolbar-default-frame">
        <div class="toolbar-default-control">
          <div class="ctrllabel">
            <div class="ctrltext">Toolbar</div>
          </div>
          <div id="ToolbarItem" ej-toolbar="e-width:100%;e-enableseparator:true">
            <!--list of toolbar items-->
             <ul>
      <li id="Previous" title="Show previous page ( Left Arrow )">
         <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon previous "></div>
      </li>
      <li id="Next" title="Show next page ( Right Arrow )">
         <div class="PdfDocument e-icon next "></div>
      </li>
      <li id="page">
         <div class="PdfDocument">
            <input type="text" value="1" />
         </div>
      </li>
      <li id="count">
         <span>/ 1</span>
      </li>
   </ul>
   <ul>
      <li id="ZoomOut" title="Zoom Out">
         <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon zoomOut "></div>
      </li>
      <li id="ZoomIn" title="Zoom In">
         <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon zoomIn "></div>
      </li>
      <li id="ZoomValue">
         <div class=" PdfDocument">
            <!-- input element for rendering Zoom value dropdown  --> 
           <input type="text" id="selectPercent" ej-drop-down-list="e-data-source.bind:datasource;e-value.bind:value; e-width.bind:width; e-height.bind:height" />
         </div>
      </li>
   </ul>
   <ul>
      <li id="FitFull" title="Fit one full page to window">
         <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon fitOne "></div>
      </li>
      <li id="StickyNote" title="Add stick note ( Ctrl+6 ) ">
         <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon sticky "></div>
      </li>
      <li id="ReadMode" title="View File in Read Mode">
         <div class=" PdfDocument e-icon readMode "></div>
      </li>
   </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

    Add the following styles in the code table to display the toolbar items as follows.

  • CSS
    • .PdfDocument.e-icon.previous {
    background-position: -395px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.next {
    background-position: -439px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.zoomIn {
    background-position: -175px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.zoomOut {
    background-position: -219px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.fitOne {
    background-position: -264px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.sticky {
    background-position: -131px -1px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.readMode {
    background-position: -308px 0px;
}
.PdfDocument.e-icon.print {
    background-position: -43px 0px;
}
#ZoomValue .PdfDocument {
    width: 90px;
}
#page .PdfDocument input {
    text-align: center;
    width: 20px;
    height: 21px;
}
#count span {
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    position: relative;
    top: 2px;
    text-align: center;
    vertical-align: middle;\
    }

    After updating the Toolbar items with their CSS styles, you can render the toolbar inside the <script> tag and also need to render the drop down list control for select zoom value. Basically, dropdown list control is rendered with input element. Set Zoom value is one of the items in the toolbar. The following code example shows how to render and initialize drop down control with list of zoom values.

  • JAVASCRIPT
    • export class DefaultFunctionalities { 
var percentList = ["10%", "25%", "50%", "100%", "400%", "800%", "1600%", "3200%", "6400%"];   
 constructor() {
this.datasource=this.percentList;
this.value="100%";
this.width="90px";
this.height="27px";
 }
}

    Execute the code to render a toolbar items with separator.

    Add Actions to Toolbar Items

    Now the toolbar is rendered so you need to render the header and content area to create a PDF reader. From the following section, you can learn how to render the header (Toolbar), contentsection (PDF viewer area) and how to set the action to toolbar items.

    You are not going to deal with PDF reading or rendering task here. You will only simulate the PDF Reader app to demonstrate the Toolbar control usage and will completely ignore the PDF rendering area.

    Initialize the content area and header as specified in the code table.

  • HTML
    • <!-- control class used for aligns the pdf reader in center of a page. -->
<div class="control">
 <div class="ctrllabel"></div>
   <!-- Here Initialize the Toolbar items as like above code sample -->    
   <div id="contentSection">
      <textarea id="content" rows="10" cols="30"> 
      Description:
      Toolbar control supports displaying a list of tools within a Web page.This control is capable of 
      customizing toolbar items with any functionality by using enriched client-side methods.This control 
      is composed of collection of unordered lists containing text and images contained into a div.
      </textarea>
   </div>
</div>

    You can apply the following styles with the above styles to design the PDF header and content area. The desired output is shown as follows.

  • CSS
    • <style type="text/css" class="cssStyles">

        #content {
            float: left;
            height: 300px;
            width: 628px;
            position: absolute;
        }

        .control {
            margin: 110px 320px 0;
            position: relative;
        }

        .ctrllabel {
            background-image: url("http://js.syncfusion.com/UG/Web/Content/pdf-header.png");
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            width: 634px;
            height: 32px;
        }

</style>

    Execute the given code to render a PDF reader as follows.

    So far, you have added the required toolbar items and configured its appearance. When you click on toolbar items, the operation is performed through client slide click event. The following code example explains how to perform operations when you click on the toolbar items.

  • JAVASCRIPT
    • export class DefaultFunctionalities { 
var percentList = ["10%", "25%", "50%", "100%", "400%", "800%", "1600%", "3200%", "6400%"];   
 constructor() {
this.datasource=this.percentList;
this.value="100%";
this.width=auto;
this.height="27px";
this.enableseparator="true";
 }
 click(args){
     switch (option) {
            case "OtherFormat":
                //writes a code for Convert pdf files to Other format.
            case "PDFOnline":
                //writes a code for Convert files to Pdf online.
            case "Signature":
                //writes a code for Send a document for signature.
            case "Save":
                //writes a code for Save content.
            case "Print":
                //writes a code for Print content.
            case "Message":
                //writes a code for Send a Message.
            case "Previous":
                //writes a code for Show previous page.
            case "Next":
                //writes a code for Show Next page.
            case "ZoomOut":
                //writes a code for Zoom out the page.
            case "ZoomIn":
                //writes a code for Zoom In the page.
            case "FitFull":
                //writes a code for Fit one full page to window.
            case "StickyNote":
                //writes a code for Add Sticky Note.
            case "ReadMode":
                //writes a code for view file in read mode.
        }
 }
}