JavaScript/jQuery TileView - Customize Tile Appearance

For a minor customization of tiles, you can define specific fields in item data objects. For example, the following code generates three tiles: the first is disabled, the second is not customized, the third is hidden.

jQuery
JavaScript
$(function() {
    $("#tileViewContainer").dxTileView({
        dataSource: [
            { text: "Alabama", disabled: true },
            { text: "Alaska" },
            { text: "Arizona", visible: false }
        ]
    });
});
Angular
TypeScript
HTML
import { DxTileViewModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    tileViewData = [
        { text: "Alabama", disabled: true },
        { text: "Alaska" },
        { text: "Arizona", visible: false }
    ];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxTileViewModule
    ],
    // ...
})
<dx-tile-view 
    [dataSource]="tileViewData">
</dx-tile-view>
Vue
<template>
    <DxTileView :data-source="dataSource"/>
</template>

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

import { DxTileView } from 'devextreme-vue/tile-view';

export default {
    components: {
        DxTileView
    },
    data() {
        return {
            dataSource: [
                { text: 'Alabama', disabled: true },
                { text: 'Alaska' },
                { text: 'Arizona', visible: false }
            ]
        };
    }
}
</script>
React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { TileView } from 'devextreme-react/tile-view';

const dataSource = [
    { text: 'Alabama', disabled: true },
    { text: 'Alaska' },
    { text: 'Arizona', visible: false }
];

class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (
            <TileView dataSource={dataSource}/>
        );
    }
}

export default App;

If you need a more flexible solution, define an itemTemplate. In Angular and Vue, you can declare it in the markup. In React, you can use a rendering function (shown in the code below) or component:

Angular
HTML
TypeScript
CSS
<dx-tile-view 
    [dataSource]="tileViewData"
    [itemMargin]="15"
    [baseItemHeight]="80"
    [baseItemWidth]="140"
    itemTemplate="tile">
    <div class="tile" *dxTemplate="let data of 'tile'">
        <p style="font-size:larger"><b>{{data.name}}</b></p>
        <p>Capital: <i>{{data.capital}}</i></p>
    </div>
</dx-tile-view>
import { DxTileViewModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    tileViewData = [
        { name: "Alabama", capital: "Montgomery" },
        { name: "Alaska", capital: "Juneau" },
        { name: "Arizona", capital: "Phoenix" },
        // ...
    ];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxTileViewModule
    ],
    // ...
})
.tile {
    border-radius: .5em;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    background: gray;
}
Vue
App.vue
<template>
    <DxTileView
        :data-source="tileViewData"
        :item-margin="15"
        :base-item-height="80"
        :base-item-width="140"
        item-template="tile">
        <template #tile="{ data }">
            <div>
                <p style="font-size:larger"><b>{{data.name}}</b></p>
                <p>Capital: <i>{{data.capital}}</i></p>
            </div>
        </template>
    </DxTileView>
</template>

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

import DxTileView from "devextreme-vue/tile-view";

export default {
    components: {
        DxTileView
    },
    data() {
        return {
            tileViewData: [
                { name: "Alabama", capital: "Montgomery" },
                { name: "Alaska", capital: "Juneau" },
                { name: "Arizona", capital: "Phoenix" },
                // ...
            ]
        };
    }
};
</script>

<style>
.tile {
    border-radius: .5em;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    background: gray;
}
</style>
React
App.js
styles.css
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { TileView } from 'devextreme-react/tile-view';

const tileViewData = [
    { name: "Alabama", capital: "Montgomery" },
    { name: "Alaska", capital: "Juneau" },
    { name: "Arizona", capital: "Phoenix" },
    // ...
];

const renderTileItem = (itemData) => {
    return (
        <div>
            <p style={{fontSize: "larger"}}>{itemData.name}</p>
            <p><i>{itemData.capital}</i></p>
        </div>
    );
}

class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (
            <TileView
                items={tileViewData}
                itemRender={renderTileItem}
            />
        );
    }
}
export default App;
.tile {
    border-radius: .5em;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    background: gray;
}

If you use jQuery alone, use DOM manipulation methods to combine the HTML markup for tiles. To apply this markup, use the itemTemplate callback function as shown in the following code:

jQuery
JavaScript
CSS
const tileViewData = [
    { name: "Alabama", capital: "Montgomery" },
    { name: "Alaska", capital: "Juneau" },
    { name: "Arizona", capital: "Phoenix" },
    // ...
];

$(function() {
    $("#tileViewContainer").dxTileView({
        dataSource: tileViewData,
        itemTemplate: function (itemData, itemIndex, itemElement) {
            itemElement.addClass("tile");
            itemElement.append(
                "<p style='font-size:larger'><b>" + itemData.name + "</b></p>",
                "<p>Capital: <i>" + itemData.capital + "</i></p>"
            )
        }
    });
});
.tile {
    border-radius: .5em;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    background: gray;
}

You can also customize individual tiles. In Angular, Vue, and React, declare them using the dxItem component. When using jQuery, you can declare the tiles as scripts and reference them in the template property or assign a customization function straight to this property.

jQuery
HTML
JavaScript
<div id="tileViewContainer"></div>
<script id="individualTileTemplate" type="text/html">
    <span>Comment</span>
</script>
$(function() {
    $("#tileViewContainer").dxTileView({
        dataSource: [{
            name: "Alaska", 
            capital: "Juneau",
            template: $("#individualTileTemplate")
        }]
    });
});
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-tile-view>
    <dxi-item>
        <span>User</span>
    </dxi-item>
    <dxi-item>
        <span>Comment</span>
    </dxi-item>
</dx-tile-view>
import { DxTileViewModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxTileViewModule
    ],
    // ...
})
Vue
<template>
    <DxTileView>
        <DxItem>
            <template #default>
                <span>User</span>
            </template>
        </DxItem>
        <DxItem>
            <template #default>
                <span>Comment</span>
            </template>
        </DxItem>
    </DxTileView>
</template>

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

import DxTileView, { DxItem } from "devextreme-vue/tile-view";

export default {
    components: {
        DxTileView,
        DxItem
    }
};
</script>
React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { TileView, Item } from 'devextreme-react/tile-view';

class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (
            <TileView>
                <Item>
                    <span>User</span>
                </Item>
                <Item>
                    <span>Comment</span>
                </Item>
            </TileView>
        );
    }
}

export default App;

In addition, you can use a 3rd-party template engine to customize UI component appearance. For more information, see the 3rd-Party Template Engines article.

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