Angular PrimeNG Form MultiSelect Ellipsis Mode Component

Last Updated : 26 Apr, 2025

Angular PrimeNG is a collection of hundreds of UI components that can be used by developers to speed up the development process of their Applications. It is developed by PrimeTek Informatics also known as PrimeFaces. In this article, we will be discussing Angular PrimeNG Form MultiSelect Ellipsis Mode Component.

The MultiSelect Component allows users to select multiple options from the set of provided options. The Ellipsis mode is enabled by default in the Multiselect. In Ellipsis mode, the overflowed selected options are replaced by ellipsis (three dots). The ellipsis mode can be enabled explicitly by setting the selectedItemsLabel property to “ellipsis”.

Angular PrimeNG Form MultiSelect Ellipsis Mode Properties:

options: This property of MultiSelect accepts an array of objects to display as MultiSelect options.
selectedItemsLabel: This property is used to provide a template to indicate the overflow of the selected options. By default, it is set to “ellipsis” where it shows ellipsis to indicate content overflow.
optionLabel: It is the property of the options object which will be used as the option label.
defaultLabel: It is the placeholder that will get displayed when no item is selected.
display: This property is used to display the selected items as chip by setting its value to “chip”

Syntax:

<p-multiSelect
    [options]="..."
    selectedItemsLabel="ellipsis"
    [(ngModel)]="..."
    optionLabel="..."
    defaultLabel="...">
</p-multiSelect>

Creating the Application and Installing the Required Modules:

Step 1: Create the Angular app using the following command.

ng new my_app

Step 2: After creating the app, move to the project folder using the below command.

cd new_app

Step 3: Finally, Install the following modules in your project directory

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

Project Structure: The project structure will be shown in the picture below.

Project Structure

Example 1: This example illustrates the ellipsis mode of the MultiSelect component. Here, the overflown selected items will be indicated using ellipsis.

app.component.html

HTML

<h2 style="color: green;"> 
    GeeksforGeeks 
</h2> 
<h5> 
    Angular PrimeNG Form MultiSelect  
    Ellipsis Mode Component 
</h5> 
  
<p-multiSelect
    class="custom-ms"
    [options]="items"  
    [(ngModel)]="selectedItems" 
    optionLabel="name"
    defaultLabel="Select Item(s)"> 
</p-multiSelect>

app.component.ts

Javascript

import { Component } from "@angular/core"; 
  
interface Item{ 
    id: number; 
    name: string; 
} 
  
@Component({ 
    selector: "app-root", 
    templateUrl: "./app.component.html", 
    styles: [ 
        ` 
        :host ::ng-deep .custom-ms  
            .p-multiselect-label { 
            width: 200px !important; 
        } 
        ` 
    ] 
}) 
  
export class AppComponent { 
    items: Item[] = []; 
    selectedItems: Item[] = []; 
  
    ngOnInit() 
    { 
        this.items = [ 
            { 
                name: "Wood", 
                id: 1 
            }, 
            { 
                id: 2, 
                name: "Pen"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 3, 
                name: "Smartphone"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 4, 
                name: "Tablet"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 5, 
                name: "Pencil"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 6, 
                name: "Books"
            }, 
        ]; 
    } 
}

app.module.ts

Javascript

import { NgModule } from "@angular/core"; 
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser"; 
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms"; 
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from "@angular/platform-browser/animations"; 
import { AppComponent } from "./app.component"; 
import { MultiSelectModule} from "primeng/multiselect"; 
  
@NgModule({ 
    imports: [ 
        BrowserModule, 
        BrowserAnimationsModule, 
        MultiSelectModule, 
        FormsModule 
    ], 
    declarations: [AppComponent], 
    bootstrap: [AppComponent], 
}) 
  
export class AppModule { }

Output:

Example 2: In this article, we set the display mode of the MultiSelect to chip so the overflow chips will be indicated using ellipsis or three dots.

app.component.html

HTML

<h2 style="color: green;"> 
    GeeksforGeeks 
</h2> 
<h5> 
    Angular PrimeNG Form MultiSelect  
    Ellipsis Mode Component 
</h5> 
  
<p-multiSelect
    class="custom-ms"
    [options]="items" 
    display="chip" 
    selectedItemsLabel="ellipsis"
    [(ngModel)]="selectedItems" 
    optionLabel="name"
    defaultLabel="Select Item(s)"> 
</p-multiSelect>

app.component.ts

Javascript

import { Component } from "@angular/core"; 
  
interface Item{ 
    id: number; 
    name: string; 
} 
  
@Component({ 
    selector: "app-root", 
    templateUrl: "./app.component.html", 
    styles: [ 
        ` 
        :host ::ng-deep .custom-ms  
            .p-multiselect-label { 
            width: 250px !important; 
        } 
        ` 
    ] 
}) 
  
export class AppComponent { 
    items: Item[] = []; 
    selectedItems: Item[] = []; 
  
    ngOnInit() 
    { 
        this.items = [ 
            { 
                name: "Wood", 
                id: 1 
            }, 
            { 
                id: 2, 
                name: "Pen"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 3, 
                name: "Smartphone"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 4, 
                name: "Tablet"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 5, 
                name: "Pencil"
            }, 
            { 
                id: 6, 
                name: "Books"
            }, 
        ]; 
    } 
}

app.module.ts

Javascript

import { NgModule } from "@angular/core"; 
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser"; 
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms"; 
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from "@angular/platform-browser/animations"; 
import { AppComponent } from "./app.component"; 
import { MultiSelectModule} from "primeng/multiselect"; 
  
@NgModule({ 
    imports: [ 
        BrowserModule, 
        BrowserAnimationsModule, 
        MultiSelectModule, 
        FormsModule 
    ], 
    declarations: [AppComponent], 
    bootstrap: [AppComponent], 
}) 
  
export class AppModule { }

Output:

Angular PrimeNG Form MultiSelect Chips Display Component

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