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NGX Countries dropdown

Angular library with customizable countries dropdown component with the following features. It is not dependent on any css framework.

Features

Demo

Access all features <a href="https://kapilkumar0037.github.io/ngx-countries-dropdown-demo">demo here</a>.

Getting started

Hope you already have an angular project, if not please create one using the below commands

npm install -g @angular/cli
ng new my-app
cd my-app
ng serve --open
  1. once the angular application setup is ready, install the Ngx Countries dropdown using the following command

Version mapping

<table role="table"> <tbody><tr> <td>Angular vrsion</td> <td>Supported library version</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>18</b></td> <td>~2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>1.0.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>1.0.5</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
npm i ngx-countries-dropdown
  1. Add the CSS Either import the CSS directly to styles.scss file

    @import  "node_modules/ngx-countries-dropdown/assets/styles.css";
    

    Or, add CSS file in angular.json in the styles array in the build section

     "styles": [
               "node_modules/ngx-countries-dropdown/assets/styles.css",
               "src/styles.scss"
             ],
    
  2. Import NgxCountriesDropdownModule import NgxCountriesDropdownModule in module where you want to add the countries dropdown, it may be app-module, some lazy loaded module or a standalone component

      imports: [
     NgxCountriesDropdownModule
     ],
    
  3. Add the country component to the component where is being used

<lib-country-list></lib-country-list>

Properties and their usage

####The below table explains what all Input properties country dropdown accepts and their usage

<table role="table"> <tbody><tr> <td>Property</td> <td>Type and default values</td> <td>Description</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>selectedCountryCode</b></td> <td>Type: string ,Default value: empty string</td> <td>country code which needs to be selected by default. Ex, for India pass 'in'</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>preferredCountryCodes</b></td> <td>Type: string array(string[]),Default value: []</td> <td>the list of country codes which needs to be displayed on top section. ex. if user provided ['in', 'us'], India and United States will be displayed on top</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>blockedCountryCodes</b></td> <td>Type: string array(string[]),Default value: []</td> <td>an array of country codes which are not required in the list. Ex. if some client is not servicing some specific countries can be removed from the country dropdown using this. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>allowedCountryCodes</b></td> <td>Type: string array(string[]),Default value: []</td> <td>Only countries which will be displayed in the country list </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>selectedCountryConfig</b></td> <td>Type: <b>IConfig</b> (see table below for IConfig properties), Default value: {}</td> <td>Provides config for the selected country, and controls what all will be displayed. Ex. if the user do not want to display flag for the selected item, can be controlled with this property(refer to config table for details)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>countryListConfig</b></td> <td>Type: <b>IConfig</b> (see table below for IConfig properties), Default value: {}</td> <td>Provides config for the country list, and controls what all will be displayed in the country list. Ex. if the user do not want to see flag or dial code or name in the country list, can be controlled with this property(refer to config table for details)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>placeholderText</b></td> <td>Type: <b>string</b> Default value: 'Select country'</td> <td>To change the default placeholder label.</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

Events

<table role="table"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>onCountryChange</b> </td> <td>Country type <b>ICountry</b> </td> <td>returns the selected country</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

IConfig properties and usage

Config properties can be used to control what will be displayed in the country list and for the selected country.

Exported interface

export interface IConfig {
  hideFlag?: boolean;
  hideCode?: boolean;
  hideName?: boolean;
  hideSearch?: boolean;
  hideDialCode?: boolean;
  displayCapital?: boolean;
  displayLanguageCode?: boolean;
  displayLanguageName?: boolean;
  displayCurrencyCode?: boolean
  displayCurrencyName?: boolean
  displayCurrencySymbol?: boolean

}
<table role="table"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>hideFlag</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to hide flag from country list or selected country</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>hideCode</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to hide country code </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>hideName</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to hide country name </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>hideSearch</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to hide search field from country list </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>hideDialCode</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to hide dial code </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>displayCapital</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to display country capital </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>displayLanguageCode</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to display country language code </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>displayLanguageName</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to display country language name </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>displayCurrencyCode</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to display country currency code </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>displayCurrencyName</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to display country currency name </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>displayCurrencySymbol</b> </td> <td>Boolean, Default value: false </td> <td>to display country currency symbol </td> </tr> </tbody></table>

Output on country selection

On country selection output of ICountry type will be emitted. Handle country change event

<lib-country-list (onCountryChange)="onCountryChange($event)"></lib-country-list>
  onCountryChange(country: ICountry){
    console.log(country);
  }

output in console

{
    "name": "Afghanistan (‫افغانستان‬‎)",
    "code": "AF",
    "capital": "Kabul",
    "region": "AS",
    "currency": {
        "code": "AFN",
        "name": "Afghan afghani",
        "symbol": "؋"
    },
    "language": {
        "code": "ps",
        "name": "Pashto"
    },
    "dialling_code": "+93",
    "isoCode": "004"
}

exported ICountry interface

export interface ICountry {
  name?: string;
  code?: string;
  capital?: string;
  region?: string;
  currency?: ICurrency
  language?: ILanguage
  dialling_code?: string;
  isoCode?: string;
  demonym?: string;
}

export interface ICurrency {
  code?: string | null;
  name?: string;
  symbol?: string | null;
}

export interface ILanguage {
    code?: string;
    name?: string;
    iso639_2?: string,
    nativeName?: string
}

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