Splitter

    The Ignite UI for Angular Splitter component provides the ability to create layouts, split into multiple vertically or horizontally arranged panes that may be resized, expanded and collapsed. These interactions are performed through UI exposed in the splitter bars between the panes. A simple Splitter layout is demonstrated in the demo below.

    Angular Splitter Example

    Usage

    To start using the igxSplitter component, you first need to import the IgxSplitterModule in your app.module:

    // app.module.ts
...
import { IgxSplitterModule } from 'igniteui-angular';
// import { IgxSplitterModule } from '@infragistics/igniteui-angular'; for licensed package

@NgModule({
    ...
    imports: [..., IgxSplitterModule],
    ...
})
export class AppModule {}

    After that you can add the markup for your component:

    <!-- splitter.component.html -->
<igx-splitter>
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
</igx-splitter>

    igxSplitter is initialized with the igx-splitter tag. Multiple splitter panes can be defined under a single igx-splitter component. The content of the pane is templatable and will be rendered in its own resizable container.

    Orientation

    The splitter can be vertical or horizontal, which is defined by the type input. The default value is Vertical.

    public type = SplitterType.Horizontal;

    <igx-splitter [type]="type">
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
</igx-splitter>

    Configuring panes

    The igxSplitterPane component contains several input properties. You can set the initial pane size by using the size input property. The minSize and maxSize input properties can be used to set the minimum or maximum allowed size of the pane. Resizing beyond minSize and maxSize is not allowed.

    <igx-splitter>
    <igx-splitter-pane size='300px' minSize='100px'>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
    <igx-splitter-pane size='300px' maxSize='500px'>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
</igx-splitter>

    You can also forbid the resizing of a pane by setting its resizable input property to false.

    <igx-splitter>
    <igx-splitter-pane [resizable]='false'>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        ...
    </igx-splitter-pane>
</igx-splitter>

    Nested panes

    You can nest splitter components to create a more complex layout inside a splitter pane.

    public typeHorizontal = SplitterType.Horizontal;
public typeVertical = SplitterType.Vertical;

    <igx-splitter style='height: 30vh;' [type]='typeHorizontal' >
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        <igx-splitter [type]='typeVertical' [style.width]='"100%"'>
            <igx-splitter-pane>
                Pane1.1
            </igx-splitter-pane>
            <igx-splitter-pane>
                Pane1.2
            </igx-splitter-pane>
        </igx-splitter>
    </igx-splitter-pane>
    <igx-splitter-pane>
        <igx-splitter [type]='typeVertical' [style.width]='"100%"'>
            <igx-splitter-pane>
                Pane2.1
            </igx-splitter-pane>
            <igx-splitter-pane>
                Pane2.2
            </igx-splitter-pane>
        </igx-splitter>
    </igx-splitter-pane>
</igx-splitter>

    Demo

    Keyboard navigation

    Keyboard navigation is available by default in the splitter component. When you focus a splitter bar and press one of the following key combinations, the described behavior is performed.

    Key combinations

    • Arrow Up - Moves the splitter bar up in a vertical splitter
    • Arrow Down - Moves the splitter bar down in a vertical splitter
    • Arrow Left - Moves the splitter bar left in a horizontal splitter
    • Arrow Right - Moves the splitter bar right in a horizontal splitter
    • Ctrl + Arrow Up - Expands/Collapses a pane in a vertical splitter
    • Ctrl + Arrow Down - Expands/Collapses a pane in a vertical splitter
    • Ctrl + Arrow Left - Expands/Collapses a pane in a horizontal splitter
    • Ctrl + Arrow Right - Expands/Collapses a pane in a horizontal splitter

    Styling

    To get started with styling the igxSplitter component, you need to import the index file, where all the theme functions and component mixins live:

    @use "igniteui-angular/theming" as *;

// IMPORTANT: Prior to Ignite UI for Angular version 13 use:
// @import '~igniteui-angular/lib/core/styles/themes/index';

    You can change the default styles of the splitter by creating a new theme that extends the splitter-theme.

    // In splitter-styling-sample.component.scss

$splitter-theme: splitter-theme(
    $bar-color: #011627,
    $handle-color: #ECAA53,
    $expander-color: #ECAA53,
    $border-radius: 0,
    $focus-color: #ECAA53,
    $size: 4px
);

    Using CSS Variables

    The next step is to pass the custom splitter theme:

    @include css-vars($custom-splitter-theme);

    Using Theme Overrides

    In order to style components for Internet Explorer 11, we have to use different approach, since it doesn't support CSS variables.

    If the component is using an Emulated ViewEncapsulation, it is necessary to penetrate this encapsulation using ::ng-deep. On the other side, in order to prevent the custom theme to leak to other components, be sure to include the :host selector before ::ng-deep:

    :host {
    ::ng-deep {
        // Pass the custom splitter theme to the `igx-splitter` mixin
        @include splitter($custom-splitter-theme);
    }
}

    Demo

    This is the final result from applying your new theme.

    API References

    Theming Dependencies

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