Getting Started with Blazor Avatar Component in Blazor Web App

20 Feb 20242 minutes to read

This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor Avatar component in your Blazor Web App using Visual Studio.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor Web App

You can create a Blazor Web App using Visual Studio 2022 via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion Blazor Extension.

You need to configure the corresponding Interactive render mode and Interactivity location while creating a Blazor Web Application.

Install Syncfusion Blazor Themes NuGet in the App

To add Blazor Avatar component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search and install Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes.

If you utilize WebAssembly or Auto render modes in the Blazor Web App need to be install Syncfusion Blazor components NuGet packages within the client project.

Alternatively, you can utilize the following package manager command to achieve the same.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 25.1.35

NOTE

Syncfusion Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic for available NuGet packages 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 in the ~Pages/.razor file. If an interactivity location as Per page/component in the web app, define a render mode at the top of the ~Pages/.razor component, as follows:

@* 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>
  • Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or +F5 (macOS) to launch the application. This will render the Syncfusion Blazor Avatar component in your default web browser.
![Blazor Avatar Component

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub