Components / Uploads / FileSelect

Getting Started with the Kendo UI for Angular FileSelect

The FileSelect helps users select single or multiple files from their file systems.

It is a richer version of an <input type='file'> element and supports model binding, templates, forms and more.

Basic Usage

The following example demonstrates the FileSelect in action.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'my-app',
    template: `
        <kendo-fileselect></kendo-fileselect>
    `
})
export class AppComponent {}


import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { UploadsModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-upload';
import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [BrowserModule, HttpClientModule, UploadsModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
})

export class AppModule {}

import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();

const platform = platformBrowserDynamic();
platform.bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Installation

Either use the quick setup (Angular CLI v6 or later) or manually add the package (Angular CLI v5 or earlier).

Quick Setup with Angular CLI v6 or Later

Angular CLI v6 supports the addition of packages through the ng add command which executes in one step the set of otherwise individually needed commands.

ng add @progress/kendo-angular-upload

Manual Setup

  1. Download and install the package.

    npm install --save @progress/kendo-angular-upload @progress/kendo-angular-common @progress/kendo-angular-l10n

  2. Once installed, import the HttpClientModule and UploadModule in your application root or feature module.

    import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
import { FileSelectModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-upload';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
   bootstrap:    [AppComponent],
   declarations: [AppComponent],
   imports:      [BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, HttpClientModule, FileSelectModule]
})
export class AppModule {
}

  3. You are required to install one of the Kendo UI themes for Angular to style your component. For more information on how to add the styles, refer to the section on styling.

Dependencies

The Upload package requires you to install the following peer dependencies in your application:

  • @angular/animations
  • @angular/common
  • @angular/core
  • @angular/forms
  • @progress/kendo-angular-common
  • @progress/kendo-angular-l10n
  • rxjs

The Upload package utilizes the Angular animation system, which supports a specific set of browsers.

Functionality and Features

Events

The following example demonstrates basic FileSelect events.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { SelectEvent, RemoveEvent, FileRestrictions } from '@progress/kendo-angular-upload';

@Component({
    selector: 'my-app',
    styles: [`
        .img-preview {
            position: relative;
            padding: 10px;
            top: 20px;
        }

        event-log {
            position: relative;
            top: 20px;
        }
    `],
    template: `
        <kendo-fileselect
            [restrictions]="fileRestrictions"
            (select)="selectEventHandler($event)"
            (remove)="removeEventHandler($event)">
        </kendo-fileselect>

        <event-log title="Event log" [events]="events"></event-log>

        <div *ngIf="imagePreviews.length" class="img-preview example-config">
            <h3>Preview selected images</h3>
            <img *ngFor="let image of imagePreviews"
            [src]="image.src"
            alt="image preview"
            style="width: 200px; margin: 10px;" />
        </div>
    `
})
export class AppComponent {
    public events: string[] = [];
    public imagePreviews: any[] = [];

    public fileRestrictions: FileRestrictions = {
      allowedExtensions: ['.jpg', '.png']
    };

    public removeEventHandler(e: RemoveEvent): void {
        this.log(`Removing ${e.files[0].name}`);

        const index = this.imagePreviews.findIndex(item => item.uid === e.files[0].uid);

        if (index >= 0) {
        this.imagePreviews.splice(index, 1);
        }
    }

    public selectEventHandler(e: SelectEvent): void {
        const that = this;

        e.files.forEach((file) => {
        that.log(`File selected: ${file.name}`);

        if (!file.validationErrors) {
            const reader = new FileReader();

            reader.onload = function (ev) {
            const image = {
                src: ev.target['result'],
                uid: file.uid
            };

            that.imagePreviews.unshift(image);
            };

            reader.readAsDataURL(file.rawFile);
        }
        });
    }

    private log(event: string): void {
        this.events.unshift(`${event}`);
    }
}

import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'event-log',
    template: `
        <div class="example-config">
        <h5>{{ title }}</h5>
        <ul class="event-log">
            <li *ngFor="let event of events">{{ event }}</li>
        </ul>
        </div>
    `
})
export class EventLogComponent {
    @Input() title: string;
    @Input() events: string[];
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { UploadsModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-upload';
import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { EventLogComponent } from './event-log.component';

@NgModule({
  imports: [BrowserModule, HttpClientModule, UploadsModule, BrowserAnimationsModule],
  declarations: [AppComponent, EventLogComponent],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent],
})

export class AppModule { }

import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();

const platform = platformBrowserDynamic();
platform.bootstrapModule(AppModule);

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