Kendo UI for Vue Native Inputs Overview

The KendoVue Inputs are fields which allow for an input of data, based on a specific and predefined format.

The Inputs components are part of the KendoVue library which provides native Kendo UI components for the Vue ecosystem and are available under the kendo-vue-inputs NPM package.

Checkbox

A component for selecting one or more items from a set.

ColorGradient

A component for displaying gradient, a hue and an alpha slider used to pick colors.

ColorPallete

A component providing color selection from a pre-defined set.

ColorPicker

A component for selecting and submitting color values.

FlatColorPicker

A component that provides a flat view for the ColorGradient and the ColorPalette components plus additional color selection functionality.

Input

A component for getting or displaying text input submitted by the user.

MaskedTextBox

A component for controlling the input of the user.

NumericTextBox

A component for editing and submitting specific numeric values.

RadioButton

A component for selecting an option.

RadioGroup

A component for selecting one option from a set.

RangeSlider

A component for selecting range-values from a predefined range.

Rating

A component for rating.

Slider

A component for selecting values from a predefined range.

Switch

A component for toggling between checked and unchecked states.

TextArea

A component for getting or displaying text input on multiple lines submitted by the user.

Basic Usage

The following example demonstrates all the components included in Inputs package in action.

Example

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Installation

To initialize the Inputs, either:

Use the CDN service, or
Use Webpack.

Using CDN

To use the Kendo UI for Vue Native Inputs with CDN, follow the below steps:

Reference the inputs and intl packages.

  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-vue-intl@latest/dist/cdn/js/kendo-vue-intl.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-vue-inputs@latest/dist/cdn/js/kendo-vue-inputs.js"></script>

Reference one of the Kendo UI themes to style your components.

    // Load the Kendo Default Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-default@latest/dist/all.css">

    // Load the Kendo Bootstrap Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-bootstrap@latest/dist/all.css">
    <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">

    // To load the Kendo Material Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-material@latest/dist/all.css">

    // To load the Kendo Fluent Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-fluent@latest/dist/all.css">

Follow the instructions in this article to activate your product license. You can skip this step if your application already contains a license key.

Initializing with Webpack

Download and install the package:

   npm install --save @progress/kendo-vue-inputs @progress/kendo-vue-intl @progress/kendo-licensing @progress/kendo-svg-icons

Once installed, import the package module.

 // ES2015 module syntax
 import { NumericTextBox, Input, MaskedTextBox, Slider, Checkbox, RadioButton, RadioGroup } from '@progress/kendo-vue-inputs';

// CommonJS format
const { NumericTextBox, Input, MaskedTextBox, Slider, Checkbox, RadioButton, RadioGroup } = require('@progress/kendo-vue-inputs');

You are required to install one of the Kendo UI themes to style your components. For more information on how to add the styles, refer to the article on getting started.
Follow the instructions on the Kendo UI for Vue My License page to activate your license. You can skip this step if your application already contains a Kendo UI license file.

Dependencies

The Inputs package requires the following peer dependencies that have to be installed by your application:

vue 2.6.11* or 3.0.0*
@progress/kendo-vue-intl
@progress/kendo-licensing
@progress/kendo-svg-icons

Vue 2 is currently in its end-of-support phase till Nov 2024. After our last major release for 2024, Vue 2 will no longer be supported in the new versions of the Kendo UI for Vue components. Please check our Vue 2 End of Support article for more details.

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