Angular PrimeNG Tag Templating

Last Updated : 26 Apr, 2025

Angular PrimeNG is an open-source framework with a rich set of native Angular UI components that are used for great styling and this framework is used to make responsive websites with very much ease. Tag component: It is used to make a tag in order to categorize the content.

This article will show us the Tag Templating in Angular PrimeNG. Altering the normal behavior by using the tag template where we can define custom content.

Approach: Let us create an Angular project and install the PrimeNG UI module. Then we will create a UI that will showcase Angular PrimeNG Tag Templating.

Syntax:

<p-tag>
    ...
</p-tag>

Creating Angular Application & module installation:

Step 1: To create an angular app, you need to install angular by command line interface through the npm command.

npm install -g angular-cli

Step 2: Now we will create an angular project.

ng new project_name

Step 3: After creating your react project, move into the folder to perform different operations.

cd project_name

Step 4: After creating the Angular application, Install the required module using the following command:

npm install primeng --save
npm install primeicons --save

Project Structure: After running the commands mentioned in the above steps, if you open the project in an editor you can see a similar project structure as shown below. The new component user makes or the code changes, we will be performing will be done in the source folder.

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

ng serve --open

Example 1: We are creating a UI that shows Angular PrimeNG Tag Templating. Here, we are inserting an avatar inside the tag.

app.component.html

HTML

<div style="margin:100px; text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h3>
        Angular PrimeNG Tag Templating
    </h3>
    <p-tag [style]="{width:'100px',height:'100px'}">
        <p-avatar 
            size="xlarge" 
            shape="circle" 
            icon="pi pi-user">
        </p-avatar>
    </p-tag>
</div>

app.module.ts

JavaScript

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AvatarModule } from 'primeng/avatar';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { TagModule } from 'primeng/tag';
@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        AvatarModule,
        TagModule
    ],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:

Example 2: We are creating a UI that shows Angular PrimeNG Tag Templating. Here, we are inserting a progress spinner component inside the tag.

app.component.html

HTML

<div style="margin:100px; text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h3>
        Angular PrimeNG Tag Templating
    </h3>
    <p-tag [style]="{width:'100px',height:'100px'}" 
           severity="success">
        <p-progressSpinner 
            strokeWidth="2" 
            fill="#FAEBD7">
        </p-progressSpinner>
    </p-tag>
</div>

app.module.ts

JavaScript

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from 
    '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { ProgressSpinnerModule } 
    from 'primeng/progressspinner';
import { TagModule } from 'primeng/tag';
@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        ProgressSpinnerModule,
        TagModule
    ],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }