Create Dynamic Rows With Custom MultiSelect Dropdowns In Angular 8

Introduction

In this article, we will learn how to create dynamic row and custom multiselect dropdowns, using Angular 8. 

How It Will Work

Angular's multiselect dropdown component for web applications is easy to integrate and use. It can bind to any custom data source. A multidropdown checkbox is already available in Angular, as  ng-multiselect-dropdown, but, here, we are not using that. We are creating our own, plus we will add  functionality to select only two values in a checkbox.  This means that when we try to select more than two values, it will remove the first value and a select third.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Angular.
• Visual Studio Code must be installed.
• Angular CLI must be installed.
• Node.js must be installed.

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Step 1 

Let us create an Angular project, using the following npm command.

ng new multiSelectCheckbox   

Step 2  

Open the newly created project in visual studio code and install Bootstrap in this project.

npm install bootstrap --save  

Now, open the styles.css file and add the Bootstrap file reference. To add the reference in styles.css file add this line.

@import '~bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';  

Step 3 

Now, let's create a new component, by using following command.

ng g c home   

Step 4  

Now, create a new class using the following command. 

ng generate class blankRow  

Now, open the class and add the following code.

export class BlankRow {  
    RollNo:number;  
    Name:string;  
    Medium:any;  
    Class:any;  
    Section:any;  
    Books:any=[];  
    SelectedBooks:any=[];  
    Subject=[];  
    SelectedSubject=[];  
}  
Step 5   Now, open home component.ts file and add the following code in this file. 

import {  
    Component,  
    OnInit  
} from '@angular/core';  
import {  
    BlankRow  
} from '../models/blankRow';  
@Component({  
    selector: 'app-home',  
    templateUrl: './home.component.html',  
    styleUrls: ['./home.component.css']  
})  
export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {  
    blankRowArray: Array < BlankRow > = [];  
    blankRowData = new BlankRow();  
    hideMultiSelectDropdownAll: boolean[] = [];  
    hideMultiSelectDropdown: boolean[] = [];  
    hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown: boolean[] = [];  
    hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll: boolean[] = [];  
    tempData = [];  
    savedSubjects = [];  
    Books = [];  
    Subject = [];  
    constructor() {}  
    ngOnInit() {  
        this.Subject = [{  
            value: "English",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "History",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Geography",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Hindi",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Marathi",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Civics",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Science",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Mathematics",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }];  
        this.Books = [{  
            value: "CBSE Class 10 English Literature Reader Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "CBSE Class 10 English Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "CBSE Class 10th Maths Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "CBSE Class 10th Hindi Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "CBSE Class 10 Science Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Class 10 CBSE Geography Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "Class 10th Economics Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            value: "CBSE Class 10 Sanskrit Book",  
            IsChecked: false  
        }];  
    }  
    addBlankRow() {  
        const blankRowData = new BlankRow();  
        blankRowData.RollNo = 0,  
            blankRowData.Name = '',  
            blankRowData.Medium = 0,  
            blankRowData.Class = 0,  
            blankRowData.Section = 0,  
            blankRowData.Books = [],  
            blankRowData.Subject = [],  
            blankRowData.SelectedSubject = [{  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }],  
            blankRowData.SelectedBooks = [{  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }, {  
                IsChecked: false  
            }],  
            this.blankRowArray.push(blankRowData)  
    }  
    openMultiSelectDD(i) {  
        for (var x = 0; x < this.blankRowArray.length; x++) {  
            this.hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
            this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
            this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[x] = false;  
        }  
        this.hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[i] = true;  
        this.hideMultiSelectDropdown[i] = !this.hideMultiSelectDropdown[i];  
    }  
    openMultiSelectDDForSubject(i) {  
        for (var x = 0; x < this.blankRowArray.length; x++) {  
            this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
            this.hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
            this.hideMultiSelectDropdown[x] = false;  
        }  
        this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[i] = true;  
        this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[i] = !this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[i];  
    }  
    //MultiSelect DropDown For Books    
    booksChecked(list: any, i, x, isChecked: boolean) {  
        let selectedBooks = list.value;  
        if (isChecked) {  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Books.push(selectedBooks);  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedBooks[x].IsChecked = true;  
        } else {  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Books = this.blankRowArray[i].Books.filter(obj => obj !== selectedBooks);  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedBooks[x].IsChecked = false;  
        }  
    }  
    //On Subject Checked    
    onSubjectChecked(list: any, i, x, isChecked: boolean) {  
        let selectedSubject = list.value;  
        if (this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.length < 2) {  
            if (isChecked) {  
                if (this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.length == 0) {  
                    this.tempData = [];  
                }  
                if (this.tempData.length < 2) {  
                    this.tempData.push(x);  
                }  
                if (this.tempData.length == 2) {  
                    let saveSub = this.tempData.join(',');  
                    this.savedSubjects[i] = saveSub;  
                    console.log(this.savedSubjects[i]);  
                }  
                this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.push(selectedSubject);  
                this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = true;  
                this.Subject[x].IsChecked = true;  
            } else {  
                this.tempData.filter(obj => obj !== x);  
                this.blankRowArray[i].Subject = this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.filter(obj => obj !== selectedSubject)  
                this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = false;  
            }  
        } else {  
            if (isChecked) {  
                this.blankRowArray[i].Subject[0] = this.blankRowArray[i].Subject[1];  
                this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = true;  
                let saveSub0 = this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[0] ? this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[0] : this.tempData[0];  
                let saveSub1 = this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[1] ? this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[1] : this.tempData[1];  
                var temp = saveSub0;  
                this.tempData[0] = saveSub1;  
                this.tempData[1] = x;  
                this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[temp].IsChecked = false;  
                this.Subject[x].IsChecked = true;  
                this.blankRowArray[i].Subject[1] = selectedSubject;  
                this.savedSubjects[i] = this.tempData.join(',');  
            } else {  
                var temp = this.tempData.find(a => a == x);  
                this.tempData = [];  
                this.tempData[0] = temp;  
                this.blankRowArray[i].Subject = this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.filter(obj => obj !== selectedSubject)  
                this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = false;  
            }  
        }  
    }  
    deleteRow(index) {  
        this.blankRowArray.splice(index, 1);  
    }  
}  

deleteRow(index) {    
   this.blankRowArray.splice(index, 1);    
 }   

The deleteRow method is use to delete a created row. 

addBlankRow() {  
    const blankRowData = new BlankRow();  
    blankRowData.RollNo = 0,  
        blankRowData.Name = '',  
        blankRowData.Medium = 0,  
        blankRowData.Class = 0,  
        blankRowData.Section = 0,  
        blankRowData.Books = [],  
        blankRowData.Subject = [],  
        blankRowData.SelectedSubject = [{  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }],  
        blankRowData.SelectedBooks = [{  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }, {  
            IsChecked: false  
        }],  
        this.blankRowArray.push(blankRowData)  
}  

The addBlankRow method is used to add a new blank row on the click of the Add new Row button.

openMultiSelectDD(i) {  
    for (var x = 0; x < this.blankRowArray.length; x++) {  
        this.hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
        this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
        this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[x] = false;  
    }  
    this.hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[i] = true;  
    this.hideMultiSelectDropdown[i] = !this.hideMultiSelectDropdown[i];  
}  

The openMultiSelectDD method is used to open dropdowns (related to books) when one is clicked.  I used a for loop here in order to close all particular dropdowns and open only selected ones.

openMultiSelectDDForSubject(i) {  
    for (var x = 0; x < this.blankRowArray.length; x++) {  
        this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
        this.hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[x] = false;  
        this.hideMultiSelectDropdown[x] = false;  
    }  
    this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[i] = true;  
    this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[i] = !this.hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[i];  
}  

The openMultiSelectDDForSubject method is used to open dropdown (related to subject) when it gets clicked. I used a for loop here to close all particular dropdowns and opened only the selected one. 

//MultiSelect DropDown For Books    
booksChecked(list: any, i, x, isChecked: boolean) {  
    let selectedBooks = list.value;  
    if (isChecked) {  
        this.blankRowArray[i].Books.push(selectedBooks);  
        this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedBooks[x].IsChecked = true;  
    } else {  
        this.blankRowArray[i].Books = this.blankRowArray[i].Books.filter(obj => obj !== selectedBooks);  
        this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedBooks[x].IsChecked = false;  
    }  
}  

In the above code, I have used some parameters, which I will explain one-by-one.

• list: It Stores the selected value from the checkbox. 
• i: It stores the current blank row index value.
• x: It stores the current checkbox index value.
• isChecked: It stores the boolean value of the checkbox (for checked 'true' and for unchecked 'false' ).

If isChecked is true, then it will push into an array and assign SelectedBooks.Ischecked as true.  It can check or uncheck all checkboxes:

//On Subject Checked    
onSubjectChecked(list: any, i, x, isChecked: boolean) {  
    let selectedSubject = list.value;  
    if (this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.length < 2) {  
        if (isChecked) {  
            if (this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.length == 0) {  
                this.tempData = [];  
            }  
            if (this.tempData.length < 2) {  
                this.tempData.push(x);  
            }  
            if (this.tempData.length == 2) {  
                let saveSub = this.tempData.join(',');  
                this.savedSubjects[i] = saveSub;  
                console.log(this.savedSubjects[i]);  
            }  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.push(selectedSubject);  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = true;  
            this.Subject[x].IsChecked = true;  
        } else {  
            this.tempData.filter(obj => obj !== x);  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Subject = this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.filter(obj => obj !== selectedSubject)  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = false;  
        }  
    } else {  
        if (isChecked) {  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Subject[0] = this.blankRowArray[i].Subject[1];  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = true;  
            let saveSub0 = this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[0] ? this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[0] : this.tempData[0];  
            let saveSub1 = this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[1] ? this.savedSubjects[i].split(',')[1] : this.tempData[1];  
            var temp = saveSub0;  
            this.tempData[0] = saveSub1;  
            this.tempData[1] = x;  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[temp].IsChecked = false;  
            this.Subject[x].IsChecked = true;  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Subject[1] = selectedSubject;  
            this.savedSubjects[i] = this.tempData.join(',');  
        } else {  
            var temp = this.tempData.find(a => a == x);  
            this.tempData = [];  
            this.tempData[0] = temp;  
            this.blankRowArray[i].Subject = this.blankRowArray[i].Subject.filter(obj => obj !== selectedSubject)  
            this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked = false;  
        }  
    }  
}  

In this method, we can only check a maximum of two values. If we select a third value, then the first value replaces with the third and so on.     

Step 6   

Now, open the home.component.html file and add the following code.

<div>  
  <button style="margin: 10px;" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="addBlankRow()">Add Blank Row</button>  
</div>  
<div class="col-12 col-md-12">  
  <div class="card">  
    <div class="card-body">  
      <div class="table-responsive cnstr-record">  
        <table class="table table-bordered">  
          <thead>  
            <tr>  
              <th width="30">Roll No</th>  
              <th width="100">Student Name</th>  
              <th width="50">Medium</th>  
              <th width="70">Class</th>  
              <th width="50">Section</th>  
              <th width="80">Books</th>  
              <th width="60">Subject</th>  
              <th width="50">Delete Row</th>  
            </tr>  
          </thead>  
          <tbody>  
            <tr *ngFor="let row of blankRowArray; let i = index">  
              <td>  
                <input type="text" class="form-control wp-30" [(ngModel)]="blankRowArray[i].RollNo"  
                  [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">  
              </td>  
              <td>  
                <input type="text" class="form-control wp-30" [(ngModel)]="blankRowArray[i].Name"  
                  [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">  
              </td>  
              <td>  
                <select [(ngModel)]="blankRowArray[i].Medium" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}"  
                  class="form-control wp-70">  
                  <option [ngValue]="0" disabled selected>--Choose--  
                  </option>  
                  <option [value]="1">Emglish</option>  
                  <option [value]="2">Hindi</option>  
                  <option [value]="2">Marathi</option>  
                </select>  
              </td>  
              <td>  
                <select name="crown" [(ngModel)]="blankRowArray[i].Class" (ngModelChange)="setPonticFlagTrue($event,i)"  
                  class="form-control wp-80">  
                  <option [ngValue]="0" disabled selected>--Choose--</option>  
                  <option value="1">Fifth</option>  
                  <option value="2">Sixth</option>  
                  <option value="3">Seventh</option>  
                  <option value="4">Eight</option>  
                  <option value="3">Ninth</option>  
                  <option value="4">Tenth</option>  
                </select>  
              </td>  
              <td>  
                <select [(ngModel)]="blankRowArray[i].Section" (ngModelChange)="setPonticType($event,i)"  
                  [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}" class="form-control wp-80">  
                  <option [ngValue]="0" disabled selected>--Choose--  
                  </option>  
                  <option value="1">Section A</option>  
                  <option value="2">Section B</option>  
                  <option value="3">Section C</option>  
                  <option value="4">Section D</option>  
                  <option value="5">Section E</option>  
                </select>  
              </td>  
              <td>  
                <input class="form-control wp-70" type="text" autocomplete="off" name="{{blankRowArray[i].Books}}"  
                  (click)="openMultiSelectDD(i)" title="{{blankRowArray[i].Books}}"  
                  placeholder="{{blankRowArray[i].Books}}">  

                <div style="width: 329px!important;"  
                  *ngIf="hideMultiSelectDropdown[i]==true && hideMultiSelectDropdownAll[i]==true" class="tooltip">  
                  <div class="body">  
                    <div *ngFor="let bookList of Books;let x =index" class="body">  
                      <input name="bookListName" autocomplete="off" type="checkbox"  
                        [checked]="this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedBooks[x].IsChecked==true"  
                        (change)="booksChecked(bookList, i,x,$event.target.checked)">   
                      <label>{{bookList.value}}</label><br>  
                    </div>  
                  </div>  
                </div>  
              </td>  
              <td>  
                <input type="text" autocomplete="off" name="{{blankRowArray[i].Subject}}"  
                  (click)="openMultiSelectDDForSubject(i)" title="{{blankRowArray[i].Subject}}"  
                  placeholder="{{blankRowArray[i].Subject}}" class="form-control wp-70">  
                <div style="width: 162px!important;"  
                  *ngIf="hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdown[i]==true && hideMultiSelectedSubjectDropdownAll[i]==true"  
                  #insideElement class="tooltip">  
                  <div class="body">  
                    <div *ngFor="let subjectList of Subject;let x =index" class="body">  
                      <input name="subject" autocomplete="none" type="checkbox"  
                        [checked]="this.blankRowArray[i].SelectedSubject[x].IsChecked==true"  
                        (change)="onSubjectChecked(subjectList, i,x,$event.target.checked)">   
                      <label>{{subjectList.value}}</label><br>  
                    </div>  
                  </div>  
                </div>  
              </td>  
              <td align="center">  
                <button (click)="deleteRow(i)" class="btn btn-danger">Delete Row</button>  
              </td>  
            </tr>  
          </tbody>  
        </table>  
      </div>  
    </div>  
  </div>  
</div>  

Step 7   

Now, open the home.component.css file and add the following code. 

.tooltip {  
    position: absolute;  
    z-index: 3000;  
    border: 1px solid #b7b086;  
    background-color: white;  
    color: #000!important;  
    padding: 5px 15px 5px 10px;  
    opacity: 1;  
    width: 350px;  
}  

Step 8   

Now, open the app.module.ts file and add the following code.

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';  
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';  
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';  
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';  
import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';  
import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';  
import { HomeComponent } from './home/home.component';  
@NgModule({  
  declarations: [  
    AppComponent,  
    HomeComponent,  
  ],  
  imports: [  
    BrowserModule,  
    RouterModule,  
    FormsModule,  
    AppRoutingModule  
  ],  
  providers: [  
  ],  
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]  
})  
export class AppModule { }  

Step 9  

Now, run the project by using  npm start or  ng serve command. Then, click on the Add blank row button, and it creates a new row.  

Step 10   

Now, click on the subject textbox.   

Step 11   

Summary

 In this article, I discussed how we can create dynamic rows and custom multiselect dropdowns in Angular 8 applications.  

Please give your valuable feedback/comments/questions about this article.  Please let me know if you liked and understood this article and how I could improve upon it.

Further Reading

• Login With Facebook and Google Using Angular 8.
• Angular: Everything You Need to Know [Tutorials].
• How to Pack Angular 8 Applications on Regular War Files.