Setting values programmatically with Angular 2

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  1. Prashant
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    Oct 2017

    Posted 12 Oct 2017 Link to this post

    Hi,

     

    Am using multiselect with Angular2. As part of our automation suite, am trying to set values programmatically. I can't find any documentation around testing it with '@angular/core/testing'. Are there any events/attributes which will make it set the values (with debugElement/nativeElement)? 

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  3. Dimiter Topalov
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    Posted 16 Oct 2017 Link to this post

    Hello Prashant,

    The value of the MultiSelect component can be set either via the value property or via ngModel binding:

    https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/components/dropdowns/multiselect/value-binding/

    You can obtain our source code and check out all tests, written for the MultiSelect component (available in the /test folder of the kendo-angular-dropdowns package):

    https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/components/installation/source-code/

    Here are some sample tests that verify the component's value that can point you in the right direction:

    describe('kendo-multiselect', () => {
        @Component({
            template: ''
        })
        class TestComponent {
            @ViewChild('container', { read: ViewContainerRef })
            public container: ViewContainerRef;
     
            public get viewContainerSettings(): PopupSettings {
                return {
                    appendTo: this.container
                };
            }
            public valuePrimitive: boolean;
            public spy: any = jasmine.createSpy("globalSpy");
            public primitiveData: any[] = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"];
            public singlePrimitiveValue: any = ['Item 2'];
            public multiplePrimitiveValue: any = ['Item 2', 'Item 3'];
            public customPrimitiveValue: any = ['Custom'];
            public invalidPrimitiveValue: any = [42];
            public selected: any = [1];
            public complexData: any[] = [
                { text: "Item 1", value: 1 },
                { text: "Item 2", value: 2 },
                { text: "Item 3", value: 3 },
                { text: "Item 4", value: 4 }
            ];
            public complexData2: any[] = [
                { text: "Item 0", value: 0 },
                { text: "Item 1", value: 1 }
            ];
            public selectedObject: any = [{ text: "Item 1", value: 1 }];
            public selectedObjects: any = [{ text: "Item 1", value: 1 }, { text: "Item 2", value: 2 }];
            public nonExistentComplexValue: any = [{ text: "Item 7", value: 7 }];
     
            public complexValueChange(e: any): void {
                this.selectedObjects = e;
            }
        }
     
        let rtl: boolean = false;
     
        beforeEach(async(() => {
            TestBed.configureTestingModule({
                declarations: [TestComponent],
                imports: [MultiSelectModule, FormsModule],
                providers: [
                    { provide: RTL, useFactory: () => rtl },
                    {
                        provide: POPUP_CONTAINER,
                        useFactory: () => ({ nativeElement: document.body } as ElementRef)
                    }
                ]
            });
        }));
    ...


    describe('rendering', () => {
    ...
    it(    'pressing clear button should clear value', () => {
                const fixture: any = createFixture(`
                    <kendo-multiselect
                        [data]="complexData"
                        [textField]="'text'"
                        [value]="selected"
                        [valuePrimitive]="true"
                        [valueField]="'value'">
                    </kendo-multiselect>
                `);
                fixture.detectChanges();
                let multiselect: any = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('kendo-multiselect')).componentInstance;
     
                multiselect.clearAll({
                    stopImmediatePropagation: () => {/*tslint metadata*/ }
                });
                expect(multiselect.value).toEqual([]);
            });
    ...

    ...
    it(    'static complex data w/ existing initial primitive value & valuePrimitive true', () => {
                const fixture: any = createFixture(`
                    <kendo-multiselect
                        [data]="complexData"
                        [textField]="'text'"
                        [valueField]="'value'"
                        [valuePrimitive]="true"
                        [value]="selected"
                    >
                    </kendo-multiselect>
                `);
     
                fixture.detectChanges();
                let multiselect: any = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('kendo-multiselect')).componentInstance;
                expect(multiselect.tags).toEqual([{ text: "Item 1", value: 1 }]);
                expect(multiselect.value).toEqual([1]);
            });
    ...

    I hope this helps.

    Regards,
    Dimiter Topalov
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  5. Prashant
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    Member since:
    Oct 2017

    Posted 16 Oct 2017 in reply to Dimiter Topalov Link to this post

    Thanks Dimiter. This definitely helps. Getting the component instance/tag is the key I missed. Thanks for pointing to source, that helps as well. 
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