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Getting started with Blazor ListBox in Blazor Web App

27 Apr 20267 minutes to read

This section briefly explains about how to include Syncfusion® Blazor ListBox 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

Create a Blazor Web App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor Web App Getting Started documentation.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor Web App in Visual Studio Code

Create a Blazor Web App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor Web App Getting Started documentation.

For example, in a Blazor Web App with the Auto interactive render mode, use the following commands in the integrated terminal (Ctrl+`):

dotnet new blazor -o BlazorWebApp -int Auto
cd BlazorWebApp
cd BlazorWebApp.Client

Prerequisites

Install the latest version of .NET SDK. If you previously installed the SDK, determine the installed version by executing the following command in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux).

dotnet --version

Create 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). For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor Web App Getting Started 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.Client

NOTE

Configure the appropriate Interactive render mode and Interactivity location while creating a Blazor Web App. For detailed information, refer to the interactive render mode documentation.

Install Syncfusion® Blazor packages

Install Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages in your project using the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), or the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code (dotnet add package), or the .NET CLI.

Alternatively, run the following commands in the Package Manager Console to achieve the same.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns -Version 33.2.3
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 33.2.3

If using the WebAssembly or Auto render modes in the Blazor Web App, install these packages in the client project.

NOTE

All Syncfusion Blazor packages are available on nuget.org. See the NuGet packages topic for details.

Add import namespaces

After the packages are installed, open the ~/_Imports.razor file in the client project and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns namespaces.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns

Register Syncfusion® Blazor service

Register the Syncfusion Blazor service in the Program.cs file of your Blazor Web App.

....
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
....
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
....

NOTE

If the Interactive Render Mode is set to WebAssembly or Auto, register the Syncfusion® Blazor service in Program.cs files of both the server and client projects in your Blazor Web App.

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and script references in the ~/Components/App.razor file.

<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/fluent2.css" rel="stylesheet" />
....
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in your Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your Blazor application.

Add Syncfusion® Blazor ListBox component

Add the Syncfusion Blazor ListBox component in the ~/Components/Pages/*.razor file. If the interactivity location is set to Per page/component in the Web App, define a render mode at the top of the ~/Pages/*.razor file. (For example, InteractiveServer, InteractiveWebAssembly or InteractiveAuto).

NOTE

If the Interactivity Location is set to Global with Auto or WebAssembly, the render mode is automatically configured in the App.razor file by default.

@* desired render mode define here *@
@rendermode InteractiveAuto
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns

<SfListBox TValue="string[]" TItem="string[]"></SfListBox>

Binding data source

After initialization, populate the ListBox using the DataSource property. In the following example, an array of objects is bound and fields are mapped via ListBoxFieldSettings.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns

<SfListBox TValue="string[]" DataSource="@Vehicles" TItem="VehicleData">
    <ListBoxFieldSettings Text="Text" Value="Id" />
</SfListBox>
@code {
    public List<VehicleData> Vehicles = new List<VehicleData> {
        new VehicleData { Text = "Hennessey Venom", Id = "Vehicle-01" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "Bugatti Chiron", Id = "Vehicle-02" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "Bugatti Veyron Super Sport", Id = "Vehicle-03" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "SSC Ultimate Aero", Id = "Vehicle-04" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "Koenigsegg CCR", Id = "Vehicle-05" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "McLaren F1", Id = "Vehicle-06" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "Aston Martin One- 77", Id = "Vehicle-07" },
        new VehicleData { Text = "Jaguar XJ220", Id = "Vehicle-08" }
    };

    public class VehicleData {
      public string Text  { get; set; }
      public string Id  { get; set; }
    }
}

NOTE

TValue is the type of the value in the data source used for type inference. It is a generic type and can be specified as string[], int[], etc.

  • Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. This will render the Syncfusion® Blazor ListBox component in the default web browser.
Blazor ListBox Component

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.

See also