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Textfields

Input types

Textbox
<mbsc-input label="Username" type="text"></mbsc-input>
Password
<mbsc-input label="Password" type="password" [passwordToggle]="true"></mbsc-input>
File
<mbsc-input label="File upload" type="file"></mbsc-input>
Textarea
<mbsc-textarea label="About"></mbsc-textarea>
Date
<mbsc-input label="Date field" type="date"></mbsc-input>
Numeric
<mbsc-input label="Number field" type="number"></mbsc-input>

Input style

This attribute can be used for customizing the input and textarea components rendering.

Underline input style
<mbsc-input label="Label" inputStyle="underline"></mbsc-input>
    
Box input style
<mbsc-input label="Label" inputStyle="box"></mbsc-input>
    
Outline input style
<mbsc-input label="Label" inputStyle="outline"></mbsc-input>
    

Label style

With this attribute you can define the position of the label.

Stacked label style
<mbsc-input label="Label" labelStyle="stacked"></mbsc-input>
    
Inline label style
<mbsc-input label="Label" labelStyle="inline"></mbsc-input>
    
Floating label style
<mbsc-input label="Label" labelStyle="floating"></mbsc-input>
    

Value binding

The input can be bound to a string value using either the [(ngModel)] or the formControlName directives. In this case the input will update it's state according to the bound value.

Template
<mbsc-input [(ngModel)]="username" label="Username" inputStyle="outline" labelStyle="floating"></mbsc-input>
Component
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})
export class MyComponent {
  username = '';
}

For many more examples - simple and complex use-cases - check out the textfield demos for angular.

Options

Name Type Default value Description
disabled Boolean false Initial disabled state of the component. This will take no effect in inline display mode.
endIcon String undefined Specify the icon name for the form components which will be displayed on the end of the component. Use startIcon option for specifying icon to the opposite side.
endIconSvg String undefined Specify the icon svg for the form components which will be displayed on the end of the component. Use startIconSvg option for specifying icon to the opposite side.
error Boolean undefined Controls the error state of the component. If true error styles will be displayed.
errorMessage String undefined Controls the error message of the component. If error option is set to true the error message will be displayed.
inputStyle String 'underline' Defines the input rendering mode. By default the input has the underline styling. Possible values:
  • 'underline'
  • 'box'
  • 'outline'
label String undefined Sets the label of component.
labelStyle String undefined Defines the position of the label. The default label style depends on the theme option. With the 'ios' theme the inputs have inline labels, with 'mobiscroll', 'material' and 'windows' themes the default label position is stacked. Possible values:
  • 'stacked'
  • 'inline'
  • 'floating'
passwordToggle boolean undefined Defines the password toggle visibility on a password field.
rtl Boolean false Right to left display.
startIcon String undefined Specify the icon name for the form component which will be displayed on the end of the component. Use endIcon option for specifying icon to the opposite side.
startIconSvg String undefined Specify the icon svg for the form component which will be displayed on the end of the component. Use endIconSvg option for specifying icon to the opposite side.
theme String undefined

Sets the visual appearance of the component.

If it is 'auto' or undefined, the theme will automatically be chosen based on the platform. If custom themes are also present, they will take precedence over the built in themes, e.g. if there's an iOS based custom theme, it will be chosen on the iOS platform instead of the default iOS theme.

Supplied themes:
  • 'ios' - iOS theme
  • 'material' - Material theme
  • 'windows' - Windows theme
It's possible to modify theme colors or create custom themes.
Make sure that the theme you set is included in the downloaded package.
themeVariant String undefined

Controls which variant of the theme will be used (light or dark).

Possible values:
  • 'light' - Use the light variant of the theme.
  • 'dark' - Use the dark variant of the theme.
  • 'auto' or undefined - Detect the preferred system theme on devices where this is supported.

To use the option with custom themes, make sure to create two custom themes, where the dark version has the same name as the light one, suffixed with '-dark', e.g.: 'my-theme' and 'my-theme-dark'.

Customizing the appearance

While the provided pre-built themes are enough in many use cases, most of the times on top of adapting to a specific platform, you'd also like to match a brand or color scheme. Mobiscroll provides various ways to achieve this:

Override the Sass Color Variables

A convenient way to customize the colors of the Mobiscroll components is to override the Sass color variables.

Let's say your branding uses a nice red accent color, and you'd like that color to appear on the Mobiscroll components as well, while still using platform specific themes (e.g. ios on iOS devices, material on Android devices, and mobiscroll on desktop). You can override the accent color for every theme:

$mbsc-ios-accent: #e61d2a;
$mbsc-material-accent: #e61d2a;
$mbsc-mobiscroll-accent: #e61d2a;

@import "~@mobiscroll/Angular/dist/css/mobiscroll.angular.scss"
It's important that you override the variables BEFORE the scss file import, otherwise it won't make any difference.
Here's a complete guide on how to set up Mobiscroll with SASS support

You can also customize the colors on many levels:

  1. Theme specific variables (ex. $mbsc-material-background, $mbsc-ios-dark-text) are applied to all components in a theme. Complete list of variables here.
  2. Component specific global variables (ex. $mbsc-card-background-light, $mbsc-listview-text-dark) are applied to all themes for a specific component.
  3. Component and theme specific variables (ex. $mbsc-ios-dark-form-background, $mbsc-material-input-text) are applied to a specific theme and a specific component.

Tree Shaking for styles

Tree shaking is a term commonly used in web development and particularly in JavaScript for unused code removal. Since websites are served (mostly) over the network, loading times depend on content size, so minification and unused content elimination plays a major role in making webapps fluid.

For the JavaScript part, popular frameworks already have the treeshaking built in, so the components that are not used will be left out from the built project.

Eliminating unused styles

In case of the styles, leaving out the unused rules is not as straight forward.
The overarching idea is that CSS selectors match elements in the DOM, and those elements in the DOM come from all sorts of places: your static templates, dynamic templates based on server-side state, and of course, JavaScript, which can manipulate the DOM in any way at all, including pull things from APIs and third parties.

Sass variables to the rescue

The Mobiscroll Library comes with a modular SASS bundle, that can be configured which component styles and which themes to leave in and out for the compiled css file.

Every component and theme has a SASS variable that can be turned on or off. If the variable is falsy the styles that it needs will not be added to the bundle.

Example on configuring the styles
// include the ios theme
$mbsc-ios-theme: true;

// include the components:
$mbsc-datepicker: true;
$mbsc-eventcalendar: true;
        
@import "@mobiscroll/angular/dist/css/mobiscroll.modular.scss"

In the above example the styles needed for the eventcalendar and datepicker will be included and only for the ios theme. All other components (like select or grid-layout) and all other themes will be left out from the bundle.

It's important that you override the variables BEFORE the scss file import, otherwise it won't make any difference.

Here's the complete list of the components and themes that can be used:

Some components use others internally, so it might happen that even though you don't want to include some styles, they will still end up in your bundle.
For example if you don't want to include the form components (input, button, segmented, etc...), but you are using the select component, the styles for the mobiscroll buttons, will still be in, because of the dependency.

Textfields theming

Global variables of the Input, Password, Textarea and Dropdown

Variable name Description
$mbsc-input-background-light Sets the background color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-input-background-dark
$mbsc-input-text-light Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-input-text-dark
$mbsc-form-input-border-light Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-form-input-border-dark
$mbsc-input-accent-light Sets the accent color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-input-accent-dark
$mbsc-form-error-light Sets the error color of the Input, along with the other form elements.
$mbsc-form-error-dark

iOS theme

The following variables are specific to the iOS theme light variant:

Variable name Default value Description
$mbsc-ios-input-background
#ffffff
Sets the background color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-ios-input-text
#000000
Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-ios-input-border
#cccccc
Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-ios-form-error
#d8332a
Sets the error color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.

iOS Dark theme

The following variables are specific to the iOS theme dark variant:

Variable name Default value Description
$mbsc-ios-dark-input-background
#0f0f0f
Sets the background color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-ios-dark-input-text
#ffffff
Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-ios-dark-input-border
#333333
Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-ios-dark-form-error
#d8332a
Sets the error color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.

Underline examples

Box examples

Outline examples

Windows theme

The following variables are specific to the Windows theme light variant:

Variable name Default value Description
$mbsc-windows-input-text
#262626
Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-windows-input-border
#999999
Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-windows-input-accent
#0078d7
Sets the accent color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-windows-form-error
#d30101
Sets the error color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.

Windows Dark theme

The following variables are specific to the Windows theme dark variant:

Variable name Default value Description
$mbsc-windows-dark-input-text
#ffffff
Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-windows-dark-input-border
#737373
Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-windows-dark-input-accent
#0078d7
Sets the accent color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-windows-dark-form-error
#d30101
Sets the error color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.

Underline examples

Box examples

Outline examples

Material theme

The following variables are specific to the Material theme light variant:

Variable name Default value Description
$mbsc-material-input-background
#eeeeee
Sets the background color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-input-text
#6d6d6d
Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-input-border
#6d6d6d
Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-input-accent
#009688
Sets the accent color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-form-error
#de3226
Sets the error color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.

Material Dark theme

The following variables are specific to the Material theme dark variant:

Variable name Default value Description
$mbsc-material-dark-input-background
#303030
Sets the background color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-dark-input-text
#d4d4d4
Sets the text color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-dark-input-border
#d4d4d4
Sets the border color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-dark-input-accent
#81ccc4
Sets the accent color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.
$mbsc-material-dark-form-error
#de3226
Sets the error color of the Input, along with the Password, Textarea and Dropdown fields.

Underline examples

Box examples

Outline examples

If you are looking for the generic Form variables, check out the tables here.