EasyUI jQuery tagbox Widget

Last Updated : 07 Apr, 2021

EasyUI is a HTML5 framework for using user interface components based on jQuery, React, Angular, and Vue technologies. It helps in building features for interactive web and mobile applications saving a lot of time for developers.

In this article, we will learn how to design a tagbox using jQuery EasyUI. Tagbox allows the user to display tag labels instead of displaying values on the inputting box.

Downloads EasyUI for jQuery:

https://www.jeasyui.com/download/index.php

Syntax:

<input class="easyui-tagbox">

Properties:

hasDownArrow: It returns boolean value true to show a down arrow button otherwise return false.
tagFormatter: The function to return the formatted value.
tagStyler: The tag styler function.

Event:

onClickTag: Fires when the tag is clicked.
onBeforeRemoveTag: Fires before removing a tag.
onRemoveTag: Fires when you remove a tag.

Approach: First, add jQuery Easy UI scripts needed for your project.

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"> </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.easyui.min.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.easyui.mobile.js"> </script>

Example:

HTML

<!doctype html>
<html>

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content=
        "initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, 
        user-scalable=no">

    <!-- EasyUI specific stylesheets-->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
        href="themes/metro/easyui.css">

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
        href="themes/mobile.css">

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
        href="themes/icon.css">

    <!-- jQuery library -->
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jquery.min.js">
    </script>

    <!-- jQuery libraries of EasyUI -->
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jquery.easyui.min.js">
    </script>

    <!-- jQuery library of EasyUI Mobile -->
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jquery.easyui.mobile.js">
    </script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $('#gfg').tagbox({
                hasDownArrow: true
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>EasyUI jQuery tagbox widget</h3>

    <input id="gfg" class="easyui-tagbox" 
        value="jQuery,JavaScript,HTML" 
        label="Add a tag">
</body>

</html>