Getting Started with the Kendo UI for Angular Labels

This guide provides the information you need to start using the Kendo UI for Angular Labels—it includes instructions about the available installation approaches, the required dependencies, the code for running the project, and links to additional resources.

After the completion of this guide, you will be able to achieve an end result as demonstrated in the following example.

Setting Up Your Angular Project

Before you start with the installation of any Kendo UI for Angular control, ensure that you have a running Angular project. The prerequisites to accomplish the installation of the components are always the same regardless of the Kendo UI for Angular package you want to use, and are fully described in the section on setting up your Angular project.

Installing the Components

You can choose to use either of the following two approaches for installing the Kendo UI for Angular package and the styles you want to apply:

• Quick setup with Angular CLI
• Manual setup

Quick Setup with Angular CLI

The quick setup presents an automatic approach for adding packages with Angular CLI through the ng-add command. It is suitable for saving time and efforts as ng-add executes in a single step a set of otherwise individually needed commands.

To add the Kendo UI for Angular Labels package, run the following command:

Copy Codeng add @progress/kendo-angular-label

As a result, the ng-add command will perform the following actions:

• Add the @progress/kendo-angular-label package as a dependency to the package.json file.
• Import the LabelModule in the current application module.
• Register the Kendo UI Default theme in the angular.json file.
• Add all required peer dependencies to the package.json file.
• Trigger npm install to install the theme and all peer packages that are added.

Manual Setup

The manual setup provides greater visibility and better control over the files and references installed in your Angular application. You can install the required peer dependencies and a Kendo UI theme by running separate commands for each step and import the desired component modules in your application root or feature module.

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

   Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-angular-label @progress/kendo-angular-common @progress/kendo-licensing

2. If you need all Labels components in your application, import LabelModule. Otherwise import the FloatingLabel component only by adding its individual module.

   The Labels package exports the following individual modules:

   Module	Component
   LabelModule	Label and FloatingLabel
   FloatingLabelModule	FloatingLabel

   • To add all Labels components, import the LabelModule in your root application or feature module.

     Copy Codeimport { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
     import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
     import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
     import { LabelModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-label';
     import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
     
     @NgModule({
         bootstrap:    [AppComponent],
         declarations: [AppComponent],
         imports:      [BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, LabelModule]
     })
     export class AppModule {
     }

   • To add the FloatingLabel component only, import the FloatingLabelModule module in your root application or feature module.

     Copy Codeimport { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
     import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
     import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
     import { FloatingLabelModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-label';
     import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
     
     @NgModule({
         bootstrap:    [AppComponent],
         declarations: [AppComponent],
         imports:      [BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, FloatingLabelModule]
     })
     export class AppModule {
     }

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

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

   • Default theme

     Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-default

   • Bootstrap theme

     Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-bootstrap

   • Material theme

     Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-material

   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.

Using the Components

1. After successfully installing the Labels package and importing the desired module, add the corresponding tags of the components you need in the app.component.html. For example, if you need the FloatingLabel component, add the following code:

   Copy Code<kendo-floatinglabel text="Enter Age">
       <kendo-numerictextbox></kendo-numerictextbox>
   </kendo-floatinglabel>

2. Build and serve the application by running the following command in the root folder.

   Copy Codeng serve

3. Point your browser to http://localhost:4200 to see the Kendo UI for Angular FloatingLabel component on the page.

Activating Your License Key

As of December 2020, using any of the UI components from the Kendo UI for Angular library requires either a commercial license key or an active trial license key. If your application does not contain a Kendo UI license file, activate your license key.

Next Steps

• Label Overview
• FloatingLabel Overview
• Globalization
• Labels API Documentation

Dependencies

The following table lists the specific functionalities that are provided by each of the Labels dependencies as per package:

Learning Resources

• Labels 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)