Getting Started with Blazor Avatar Component in Blazor Web App
27 Nov 20257 minutes to read
This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor Avatar component in your Blazor Web App using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.
Prerequisites
Create a new Blazor Web App in Visual Studio
You can create a Blazor Web App using Visual Studio 2022 via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension.
Configure the appropriate Interactive render mode and Interactivity location while creating a Blazor Web App.
Install Syncfusion® Blazor Themes NuGet in the App
To add the Blazor Avatar component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), then search and install Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes.
If using the WebAssembly or Auto render modes in the Blazor Web App, install Syncfusion® Blazor components NuGet packages in the client project.
Alternatively, you can utilize the following package manager command to achieve the same.
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 31.2.12NOTE
Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in the nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.
Prerequisites
Create a new Blazor Web App in Visual Studio Code
You can create a Blazor Web App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension.
Configure the appropriate interactive render mode and interactivity location when setting up a Blazor Web App. For detailed information, refer to the interactive render mode documentation.
For example, in a Blazor Web App with the Auto interactive render mode, use the following commands.
dotnet new blazor -o BlazorWebApp -int Auto
cd BlazorWebApp
cd BlazorWebApp.ClientInstall Syncfusion® Blazor Themes NuGet in the App
If using the WebAssembly or Auto render modes in the Blazor Web App, install Syncfusion® Blazor components NuGet packages in the client project.
- Press Ctrl+` to open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code.
- Ensure you’re in the project root directory where your
.csprojfile is located. - Run the following command to install a Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet package and ensure all dependencies are installed.
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 31.2.12
dotnet restoreNOTE
Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.
Prerequisites
Latest version of the .NET SDK. If you previously installed the SDK, you can determine the installed version by executing the following command in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux).
dotnet --versionCreate a Blazor Web App using .NET CLI
Run the following command to create a new Blazor Web App in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux).
Configure the appropriate interactive render mode and interactivity location when setting up a Blazor Web Application. For detailed information, refer to the interactive render mode documentation.
For example, in a Blazor Web App with the Auto interactive render mode, use the following commands.
dotnet new blazor -o BlazorWebApp -int Auto
cd BlazorWebApp
cd BlazorWebApp.ClientThis command creates a new Blazor Web App and places it in a new directory called BlazorWebApp inside your current location. See the Create a Blazor App and dotnet new CLI command topics for more details.
Install Syncfusion® Blazor Themes NuGet in the App
Here’s an example of how to add the Blazor Avatar component to the application by using the following commands in a command prompt (Windows), terminal (Linux and macOS), or PowerShell to install the Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages. See Install and manage packages using the dotnet CLI for more details.
If using the WebAssembly or Auto render modes in the Blazor Web App, install Syncfusion® Blazor component NuGet packages in the client project.
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes --version 31.2.12
dotnet restoreNOTE
Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet package list with component details.
Add stylesheet
The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet reference in the <head> section in the ~/Components/App.razor file as shown below:
<head>
....
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>NOTE
Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in your Blazor application.
Add Syncfusion® Blazor Avatar component
Add the Syncfusion® Blazor Avatar component to a Razor page located under the Pages folder (e.g., Pages/Home.razor) in either the Server or Client project. If an interactivity location as Per page/component in the web app, define a render mode at top of the component, as follows:
| Interactivity location | RenderMode | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Per page/component | Auto | @rendermode InteractiveAuto |
| WebAssembly | @rendermode InteractiveWebAssembly | |
| None | — |
NOTE
If an Interactivity Location is set to
Globaland the Render Mode is set toAutoorWebAssembly, the render mode is configured in theApp.razorfile by default.
@* desired render mode define here *@
@rendermode InteractiveAuto<!-- xSmall Avatar-->
<div class="e-avatar e-avatar-xsmall image"></div>
<!-- Small Avatar-->
<div class="e-avatar e-avatar-small image"></div>
<!-- Avatar-->
<div class="e-avatar image"></div>
<!-- Large Avatar-->
<div class="e-avatar e-avatar-large image"></div>
<!-- xLarge Avatar-->
<div class="e-avatar e-avatar-xlarge image"></div>
<style>
.e-avatar {
background-image: url(https://ej2.syncfusion.com/demos/src/avatar/images/pic01.png);
}
</style>- Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. This will render the Syncfusion® Blazor Avatar component in the default web browser.
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