Angular Material File Upload

This tool is a simple & configurable file upload component for use with Angular Material.

Live Demo: https://bjsawyer.github.io/mat-file-upload/

Prerequisites

In order to use mat-file-upload in your app, you must have the following dependencies installed:

• Angular
• Angular Material
• Material Icons

Usage

1. Install package from npm (npm i mat-file-upload).
2. Add MatFileUploadModule to your module's imports, like so:

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

3. Add the element to your template, like so:

Basic:

<mat-file-upload></mat-file-upload>

Advanced:

<mat-file-upload
  [labelText]="'Select a file (or multiple) to upload:'"
  [selectButtonText]="'Choose File(s)'"
  [selectFilesButtonType]="button"
  [uploadButtonText]="'Submit'"
  [uploadButtonType]="submit"
  [allowMultipleFiles]="true"
  [showUploadButton]="true"
  [customSvgIcon]="'close_custom'"
  [acceptedTypes]="'.png, .jpg, .jpeg'"
  (uploadClicked)="onUploadClicked($event)"
  (selectedFilesChanged)="onSelectedFilesChanged($event)"
>
</mat-file-upload>

Options

@Input() Properties

Directive	Type	Description	Default Value
[labelText]	string	The text to be displayed for the file upload label	"Select file(s)"
[selectButtonText]	string	The text to be displayed for the button that allows the user to select file(s)	"Select file(s)"
[selectFilesButtonType]	string	The HTML "type" attribute of the "Select Files" button	"button"
[uploadButtonText]	string	The text to be displayed for the button that allows the user to upload file(s)	"Upload File(s)"
[uploadButtonType]	string	The HTML "type" attribute of the "Upload" button	"button"
[allowMultipleFiles]	boolean	True/false representing whether the user can select multiple files at a time	false
[showUploadButton]	boolean	True/false representing whether the "Upload" button is shown in the DOM	true
[customSvgIcon]	string	The name of the custom svgIcon to be used as the "close" button; otherwise defaults to Material's "close" icon	null
[acceptedTypes]	string	The list of file types that are allowed to be uploaded	"*.*"

@Output() Properties

Directive	Type	Description
(uploadClicked)	EventEmitter<FileList>	Event handler that emits the list of selected files whenever the "Upload" button is clicked
(selectedFilesChanged)	EventEmitter<FileList>	Event handler that emits the list of selected files whenever the user changes file selection