React ButtonGroup Props

| undefined

Default Value: undefined

The value of this property will be passed to the accesskey attribute of the HTML element that underlies the UI component.

activeStateEnabled

Specifies whether the UI component changes its visual state as a result of user interaction.

Type:

Default Value: false

The UI component switches to the active state when users press down the primary mouse button. When this property is set to true, the CSS rules for the active state apply. You can change these rules to customize the component.

Use this property when you display the component on a platform whose guidelines include the active state change for UI components.

buttonComponent

An alias for the buttonTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a custom component. Refer to Using a Custom Component for more information.

buttonRender

An alias for the buttonTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a rendering function. Refer to Using a Rendering Function for more information.

buttonTemplate

Specifies a template for all the buttons in the group.

Type:

template

Template Data:

Object

An object from the items array, extended with the icon and text fields.

Default Name: 'content'

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    $("#buttonGroupContainer").dxButtonGroup({
        // ...
        buttonTemplate: function(itemData, $buttonContent) {
            $buttonContent.append(
                // Custom jQuery elements go here
            )
            // ===== or =====
            return /* your markup goes here */
        }
    });
});

Angular

app.component.html

app.module.ts

<dx-button-group ... 
    buttonTemplate="myTemplate">
    <div *dxTemplate="let buttonData of 'myTemplate'">
        <!-- your markup goes here -->
    </div>
</dx-button-group>

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

import { DxButtonGroupModule } from 'devextreme-angular';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        DxButtonGroupModule
    ],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxButtonGroup ...
        button-template="myTemplate">
        <template #myTemplate="{ data }">
            <!-- your markup goes here -->
        </template>
    </DxButtonGroup>
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { DxButtonGroup } from 'devextreme-vue';

export default {
    components: {
        DxButtonGroup
    },
    data() {
        return {
            // ...
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { ButtonGroup } from 'devextreme-react';

const renderButton = (data) => {
    return (
        {/* your markup goes here */}
    );
}

class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (
            <ButtonGroup ...
                buttonRender={renderButton}
            />
        );
    }
}

export default App;

disabled

Specifies whether the UI component responds to user interaction.

Type:

Default Value: false

elementAttr

Specifies the global attributes to be attached to the UI component's container element.

Selector: ElementAttr

Type:

Object

Default Value: {}

jQuery

$(function(){
    $("#buttonGroupContainer").dxButtonGroup({
        // ...
        elementAttr: {
            id: "elementId",
            class: "class-name"
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-button-group ...
    [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }">
</dx-button-group>

import { DxButtonGroupModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxButtonGroupModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxButtonGroup ...
        :element-attr="buttonGroupAttributes">
    </DxButtonGroup>
</template>

<script>
import DxButtonGroup from 'devextreme-vue/button-group';

export default {
    components: {
        DxButtonGroup
    },
    data() {
        return {
            buttonGroupAttributes: {
                id: 'elementId',
                class: 'class-name'
            }
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import ButtonGroup from 'devextreme-react/button-group';

class App extends React.Component {
    buttonGroupAttributes = {
        id: 'elementId',
        class: 'class-name'
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <ButtonGroup ...
                elementAttr={this.buttonGroupAttributes}>
            </ButtonGroup>
        );
    }
}
export default App;

focusStateEnabled

Specifies whether the UI component can be focused using keyboard navigation.

Type:

Default Value: true

height

Specifies the UI component's height.

Type:

|

|

| undefined

Return Value:

|

The UI component's height.

Default Value: undefined

This property accepts a value of one of the following types:

Number
The height in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "20vh", "80%", "inherit".
Function (deprecated since v21.2)
Refer to the W0017 warning description for information on how you can migrate to viewport units.

hint

Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the UI component.

Type:

| undefined

Default Value: undefined

hoverStateEnabled

Specifies whether the UI component changes its state when a user pauses on it.

Type:

Default Value: true

items[]

Configures buttons in the group.

Selector: Item

Type:

Array<dxButtonGroupItem>

The items array can contain:

Objects with fields described in this section
Objects with any other fields. In this case, specify the buttonTemplate.

If you need to update the UI component items, reassign the entire items[] array as shown in the following example:

JavaScript

buttonGroupInstance.option('items', newItems);

keyExpr

Specifies which data field provides keys used to distinguish between the selected buttons.

Type:

|

Default Value: 'text'

onContentReady

A function that is executed when the UI component is rendered and each time the component is repainted.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

ContentReadyEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	ButtonGroup	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

ButtonGroup

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

onDisposing

A function that is executed before the UI component is disposed of.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

DisposingEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	ButtonGroup	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

ButtonGroup

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

onInitialized

A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the UI component instance.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

InitializedEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	ButtonGroup	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

ButtonGroup

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

<dx-button-group ...
    (onInitialized)="saveInstance($event)">
</dx-button-group>

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import ButtonGroup from "devextreme/ui/data_grid";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    buttonGroupInstance: ButtonGroup;
    saveInstance (e) {
        this.buttonGroupInstance = e.component;
    }
}

Vue

App.vue (Options API)

App.vue (Composition API)

<template>
    <div>
        <DxButtonGroup ...
            @initialized="saveInstance">
        </DxButtonGroup>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import DxButtonGroup from 'devextreme-vue/button-group';

export default {
    components: {
        DxButtonGroup
    },
    data: function() {
        return {
            buttonGroupInstance: null
        };
    },
    methods: {
        saveInstance: function(e) {
            this.buttonGroupInstance = e.component;
        }
    }
};
</script>

<template>
    <div>
        <DxButtonGroup ...
            @initialized="saveInstance">
        </DxButtonGroup>
    </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import DxButtonGroup from 'devextreme-vue/button-group';

let buttonGroupInstance = null;

const saveInstance = (e) => {
    buttonGroupInstance = e.component;
}
</script>

React

App.js

import ButtonGroup from 'devextreme-react/button-group';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.saveInstance = this.saveInstance.bind(this);
    }

    saveInstance(e) {
        this.buttonGroupInstance = e.component;
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <div>
                <ButtonGroup onInitialized={this.saveInstance} />
            </div>
        );
    }
}

jQuery

Get a UI component Instance in jQuery

Angular

Get a UI component Instance in Angular

Vue

Get a UI component Instance in Vue

React

Get a UI component Instance in React

onItemClick

A function that is executed when a button is clicked or tapped.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

ItemClickEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	ButtonGroup	The UI component's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the function to execute. It is an EventObject or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.
itemData	Object	The clicked button's data.
itemElement	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The button's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
itemIndex	Number	The clicked button's index.

Default Value: null

onOptionChanged

A function that is executed after a UI component property is changed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

OptionChangedEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
value	any	The modified property's new value.
previousValue	any	The UI component's previous value.
name	String	The modified property if it belongs to the first level. Otherwise, the first-level property it is nested into.
fullName	String	The path to the modified property that includes all parent properties.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	ButtonGroup	The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

The following example shows how to subscribe to component property changes:

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    $("#buttonGroupContainer").dxButtonGroup({
        // ...
        onOptionChanged: function(e) {
            if(e.name === "changedProperty") {
                // handle the property change here
            }
        }
    });
});

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

<dx-button-group ...
    (onOptionChanged)="handlePropertyChange($event)"> 
</dx-button-group>

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

@Component({ 
    selector: 'app-root', 
    templateUrl: './app.component.html', 
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'] 
}) 

export class AppComponent { 
    // ...
    handlePropertyChange(e) {
        if(e.name === "changedProperty") { 
            // handle the property change here
        }
    }
}

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; 
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; 
import { AppComponent } from './app.component'; 
import { DxButtonGroupModule } from 'devextreme-angular'; 

@NgModule({ 
    declarations: [ 
        AppComponent 
    ], 
    imports: [ 
        BrowserModule, 
        DxButtonGroupModule 
    ], 
    providers: [ ], 
    bootstrap: [AppComponent] 
}) 

export class AppModule { }

Vue

App.vue

<template> 
    <DxButtonGroup ...
        @option-changed="handlePropertyChange"
    />            
</template> 

<script>  
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; 
import DxButtonGroup from 'devextreme-vue/button-group'; 

export default { 
    components: { 
        DxButtonGroup
    }, 
    // ...
    methods: { 
        handlePropertyChange: function(e) {
            if(e.name === "changedProperty") {
                // handle the property change here
            }
        }
    } 
} 
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';  
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; 

import ButtonGroup from 'devextreme-react/button-group'; 

const handlePropertyChange = (e) => {
    if(e.name === "changedProperty") {
        // handle the property change here
    }
}

export default function App() { 
    return ( 
        <ButtonGroup ...
            onOptionChanged={handlePropertyChange}
        />        
    ); 
}

onSelectionChanged

A function that is executed when a button is selected or selection is canceled.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

SelectionChangedEvent

Information about the event that caused the function's execution.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
addedItems	Array<any>	The data objects that correspond to the selected buttons.
component	ButtonGroup	The UI component's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
removedItems	Array<any>	The data objects that correspond to the buttons whose selection has been canceled. The objects are taken from the items array.

Default Value: null

rtlEnabled

Switches the UI component to a right-to-left representation.

Type:

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Default Value: false

When this property is set to true, the UI component text flows from right to left, and the layout of elements is reversed. To switch the entire application/site to the right-to-left representation, assign true to the rtlEnabled field of the object passed to the DevExpress.config(config) method.

JavaScript

DevExpress.config({
    rtlEnabled: true
});

selectedItemKeys

Contains keys of selected buttons and allows you to specify initial button selection state.

Type:

Array<any>

Raised Events: onSelectionChanged

The data field that provides the keys can be specified using the keyExpr property.

selectedItems

Contains the data objects that correspond to the selected buttons. The data objects are taken from the items array.

Type:

Array<any>

Raised Events: onSelectionChanged

selectionMode

Specifies the button selection mode.

Type:

SingleMultipleOrNone

Default Value: 'single'

This property can have one of the following values:

selectionMode	Description
"single"	Only one button can be in the selected state.
"multiple"	Multiple buttons can be in the selected state simultaneously.
"none"	Buttons cannot be selected, but you can use the onItemClick function to handle the button click event.

stylingMode

Specifies how buttons in the group are styled.

Type:

ButtonStyle

Default Value: 'contained'

The following styles are available:

Button types

View Demo

tabIndex

Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.

Type:

Default Value: 0

The value of this property will be passed to the tabindex attribute of the HTML element that underlies the UI component.

visible

Specifies whether the UI component is visible.

Type:

Default Value: true

width

Specifies the UI component's width.

Type:

|

|

| undefined

Return Value:

|