How to get started easily with Syncfusion Angular 11 TimePicker?

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A quick start project that helps you to create an Angular 11 Material TimePicker component with a minimal code configuration.

The following section explains the steps required to create a simple Angular 11 Material TimePicker component.

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have the compatible versions of Angular in your machine before starting to work on this project.

Node.js (latest version)
Angular 11
Angular CLI
Typescript 4+
Visual studio code for Editor

Introduction

The Angular 11 Material TimePicker used in this project is created from the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package. You can simply define it as <ejs-timepicker> within the template.

Dependencies

Before starting with this project, the Angular 11 Material TimePicker requires to add the Syncfusion ej2-angular-calendars package from npmjs, which are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. TimePicker require following dependent packages for rendering the TimePicker component.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars

    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base

    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base

    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-calendars

        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs

          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons

        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists

        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups

            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons

The following CSS styles require dependencies to render the TimePicker component.

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars/styles/material.css';

Creating Angular Project

To create the Angular project using the Angular CLI tool, follow the given steps. Install Angular CLI 11 using following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli@11.2.3

Now, create a new Angular project by using the command ng new and navigate to that folder.

ng new angular11-app

cd angular11-app

Install the ej2-angular-calendars package using the npm install command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars --save

Adding Angular 11 Material TimePicker

You can add the Angular 11 TimePicker component by using ejs-timepicker directive and the attributes within the tag allows you to define other functionalities.

Import the TimePicker module into the Angular application (app.module.ts) from the ej2-angular-calendars package.

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';

import { TimePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

 

@NgModule({ 

    imports: [ BrowserModule, TimePickerModule ],

    declarations: [ AppComponent ],

    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]

})

 

export class AppModule {}

Define the Angular TimePicker code within the app.component.html file mapped against the templateUrl option in app.component.ts file. Here, the TimePicker component is rendered with the min and max properties.

[app.component.ts]

import {Component} from '@angular/core';

 

@Component ({

    selector: 'app-root',

    templateUrl: './app.component.html'

})

 

export class AppComponent {

public month: number = new Date().getMonth();

  public fullYear: number = new Date().getFullYear();

  public date: number = new Date().getDate();

  public dateValue: Date = new Date(this.fullYear, this.month , this.date, 10, 0, 0);

  public minValue: Date = new Date(this.fullYear, this.month , this.date, 7, 0, 0);

  public maxValue: Date = new Date(this.fullYear, this.month, this.date, 16, 0 ,0);

  constructor () {}

}

[app.component.html]

<ejs-timepicker [value]='dateValue' [min]='minValue' [max]='maxValue'></ejs-timepicker>

Refer to the CDN link of CSS reference within the styles.css file.

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css';

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars/styles/material.css';

Run the application with the command ng serve and a TimePicker with material theme will be displayed on the browser as follows.

TimePicker

Refer to our documentation and online samples for more features. If you have any queries, please let us know in comments below. You can also contact us through our Support forum or Direct-Trac. We are happy to assist you!

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