Kendo UI for Angular Inputs Manual Setup

The manual setup approach provides greater visibility and better control over the files and references installed in your Angular application.

If you already followed the installation steps in the Getting Started page, you can skip the manual setup approach demonstrated in this article.

You can install the required peer dependencies and a Kendo UI theme by running separate commands for each step and import the desired Inputs components and directives in your standalone component.

1. Install the Inputs package together with its dependencies by running the following command:

   sh

   npm install --save @progress/kendo-angular-inputs @progress/kendo-angular-intl @progress/kendo-angular-l10n @progress/kendo-angular-common @progress/kendo-angular-popup @progress/kendo-angular-dialog @progress/kendo-angular-buttons @progress/kendo-drawing @progress/kendo-licensing @progress/kendo-angular-icons

2. Import the required components and directives:

   • To add all components from the Inputs package, import the KENDO_INPUTS utility array in your standalone component.

     ts

     import { Component } from '@angular/core';
     import { KENDO_INPUTS } from '@progress/kendo-angular-inputs';
     
     @Component({
         standalone: true,
         selector: 'my-app',
         imports: [KENDO_INPUTS]
     })

   • To add individual Inputs components, import the corresponding utility arrays in your standalone component. See the list of available utility arrays.

     For example if you only need the TextBox component, import KENDO_TEXTBOX.

     ts

     import { Component } from '@angular/core';
     import { KENDO_TEXTBOX } from '@progress/kendo-angular-inputs';
     
     @Component({
         standalone: true,
         selector: 'my-app',
         imports: [KENDO_TEXTBOX]
     })

3. The next step is to style the components by installing one of the available Kendo UI themes—Kendo UI Default, Kendo UI Material, Kendo UI Bootstrap, or Kendo UI Fluent.

   3.1 To start using a theme, install its package through NPM.

   • Default theme

     sh

     npm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-default

   • Bootstrap theme

     sh

     npm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-bootstrap

   • Material theme

     sh

     npm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-material

   • Fluent theme

     sh

     npm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-fluent

   3.2 After the theme package is installed, reference it in your project. You can include a Kendo UI theme in your project in one of the following ways:

   • By using an external (CDN) link.
   • By using a precompiled CSS file.
   • By compiling the theme from the SCSS source files.

Learning Resources

• Inputs Overview
• Get Started with Kendo UI for Angular
• Using Kendo UI for Angular with Angular CLI
• Styling Overview
• Theme Builder
• Customizing the Themes
• Activating Your License Key
• Virtual Classroom (Training Courses for Registered Users)