Getting Started with Blazor Mention Component
30 Jan 20247 minutes to read
This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor Mention
component in your Blazor Server App and Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio.
To get started quickly with Blazor Mention, check on the following video:
Prerequisites
Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio
You can create a Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion Blazor Extension.
Install Syncfusion Blazor DropDowns and Themes NuGet in the App
To add Blazor Mention 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.DropDowns and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes. Alternatively, you can utilize the following package manager command to achieve the same.
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns -Version 27.1.48
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 27.1.48
NOTE
Syncfusion Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic for available NuGet packages list with component details.
Register Syncfusion Blazor Service
Open ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor
and Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns
namespace.
@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns
Now, register the Syncfusion Blazor Service in the ~/Program.cs file of your Blazor Server App or Blazor WebAssembly App.
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
builder.Services.AddServerSideBlazor();
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
var app = builder.Build();
....
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");
builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
await builder.Build().RunAsync();
....
Add stylesheet and script resources
The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Reference the stylesheet and script in the <head>
of the main page as follows:
-
For .NET 6 Blazor Server app, include it in ~/Pages/_Layout.cshtml file.
-
For .NET 7 Blazor Server app, include it in the ~/Pages/_Host.cshtml file.
-
For Blazor WebAssembly app, include it in the ~/index.html file.
<head>
....
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</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. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your Blazor application.
Add Syncfusion Blazor Mention component
Add the Syncfusion Blazor Mention component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.
<SfMention TItem="PersonData" DataSource="@EmailData">
<TargetComponent>
<div id="commentsMention" placeHolder="Type @@ and tag user" ></div>
</TargetComponent>
<ChildContent>
<MentionFieldSettings Text="Name"></MentionFieldSettings>
</ChildContent>
</SfMention>
<style>
#commentsMention {
min-height: 100px;
border: 1px solid #D7D7D7;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 8px;
font-size: 14px;
width: 600px;
}
div#commentsMention[placeholder]:empty:before {
content: attr(placeholder);
color: #555;
}
</style>
@code {
public class PersonData
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string EmailId { get; set; }
public string EmployeeImage { get; set; }
}
List<PersonData> EmailData = new List<PersonData> {
new PersonData() { Name="Selma Rose", EmployeeImage="7", EmailId="selma@gmail.com" },
new PersonData() { Name="Russo Kay", EmployeeImage="8", EmailId="russo@gmail.com" },
new PersonData() { Name="Camden Kate", EmployeeImage="9", EmailId="camden@gmail.com" }
};
}
- Press ctrl+F5 or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. This will render the Syncfusion Blazor Mention component in your default web browser.
Mention target
The Target
property of the Mention component allows you to specify an element on the page to which the mention element should be attached. This can be useful when you want to display the mention element in a specific location on the page. For example, you might use the Target
property to attach the mention element to a specific div element or to a specific input field or to a specific textarea field. To specify the target element, you can pass a CSS selector, a DOM element.
In the bellow example, the Target
property of the Mention component is set to the CSS selector #mentionTarget
, which matches the textarea element with an id of mentionTarget
. The mention element will be appended to the textarea element as a child element, allowing the user to select or mention a specific entity within the textarea.
<textarea id="mentionTarget" placeHolder="Type @@ and tag user"></textarea>
<SfMention TItem="PersonData" Target="#mentionTarget" DataSource="@EmailData">
<ChildContent>
<MentionFieldSettings Text="Name"></MentionFieldSettings>
</ChildContent>
</SfMention>
<style>
#mentionTarget {
min-height: 100px;
border: 1px solid #D7D7D7;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 8px;
font-size: 14px;
width: 600px;
}
div#mentionTarget[placeholder]:empty:before {
content: attr(placeholder);
color: #555;
}
</style>
@code {
public class PersonData
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string EmailId { get; set; }
public string EmployeeImage { get; set; }
}
List<PersonData> EmailData = new List<PersonData> {
new PersonData() { Name="Selma Rose", EmployeeImage="7", EmailId="selma@gmail.com" },
new PersonData() { Name="Russo Kay", EmployeeImage="8", EmailId="russo@gmail.com" },
new PersonData() { Name="Camden Kate", EmployeeImage="9", EmailId="camden@gmail.com" }
};
}