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ion-item

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Items are elements that can contain text, icons, avatars, images, inputs, and any other native or custom elements. Generally they are placed in a list with other items. Items can be swiped, deleted, reordered, edited, and more.

Basic Usage

Items left align text and add an ellipsis when the text is wider than the item. We can modify this behavior using the CSS Utilities provided by Ionic Framework, such as using .ion-text-wrap in the below example. See the CSS Utilities Documentation for more classes that can be added to an item to transform the text.

Clickable Items

An item is considered "clickable" if it has an href or button property set. Clickable items have a few visual differences that indicate they can be interacted with. For example, a clickable item receives the ripple effect upon activation in md mode, has a highlight when activated in ios mode, and has a detail arrow by default in ios mode.

Detail Arrows

By default clickable items will display a right arrow icon on ios mode. To hide the right arrow icon on clickable elements, set the detail property to false. To show the right arrow icon on an item that doesn't display it naturally, set the detail property to true.

Item Lines

Items show an inset bottom border by default. The border has padding on the left and does not appear under any content that is slotted in the "start" slot. The lines property can be modified to "full" or "none" which will show a full width border or no border, respectively.

Media Items

Avatars and Thumbnails can be slotted inside of an item. This is useful when making lists of images and text.

Buttons in Items

Buttons are styled smaller inside of items than when they are outside of them. To make the button size match buttons outside of an item, set the size attribute to "default".

Icons in Items

Item Inputs

Helper & Error Text

Helper & error text can be used inside of an item with an input by slotting a note in the "helper" and "error" slots. The error slot will not be displayed unless the ion-invalid class is added to the ion-item. In Angular, this is done automatically through form validation. In JavaScript, React and Vue, the class needs to be manually added based on your own validation.

Item Counter

The item counter is helper text that displays under an input to notify the user of how many characters have been entered out of the total that the input will accept. When adding counter, the default behavior is to format the value that gets displayed as inputLength / maxLength. This behavior can be customized by passing in a formatter function to the counterFormatter property.

Theming

Colors

CSS Shadow Parts

CSS Custom Properties

Input Highlight

Items containing an input will highlight the bottom border of the input with a different color when focused, valid, or invalid. By default, md items have a highlight with a height set to 2px and ios has no highlight (technically the height is set to 0). The height can be changed using the --highlight-height CSS property. To turn off the highlight, set this variable to 0.

The highlight color changes based on the item state, but all of the states use Ionic colors by default. When focused, the input highlight will use the primary color. If the input is valid it will use the success color, and invalid inputs will use the danger color. This can be customized using the provided CSS properties.

Properties

button

DescriptionIf true, a button tag will be rendered and the item will be tappable.
Attributebutton
Typeboolean
Defaultfalse

color

DescriptionThe color to use from your application's color palette. Default options are: "primary", "secondary", "tertiary", "success", "warning", "danger", "light", "medium", and "dark". For more information on colors, see theming.
Attributecolor
Type"danger" | "dark" | "light" | "medium" | "primary" | "secondary" | "success" | "tertiary" | "warning" | string | undefined
Defaultundefined

counter

DescriptionIf true, a character counter will display the ratio of characters used and the total character limit. Only applies when the maxlength property is set on the inner ion-input or ion-textarea.
Attributecounter
Typeboolean
Defaultfalse

counterFormatter

DescriptionA callback used to format the counter text. By default the counter text is set to "itemLength / maxLength".
Attributeundefined
Type((inputLength: number, maxLength: number) => string) | undefined
Defaultundefined

detail

DescriptionIf true, a detail arrow will appear on the item. Defaults to false unless the mode is ios and an href or button property is present.
Attributedetail
Typeboolean | undefined
Defaultundefined

detailIcon

DescriptionThe icon to use when detail is set to true.
Attributedetail-icon
Typestring
DefaultchevronForward

disabled

DescriptionIf true, the user cannot interact with the item.
Attributedisabled
Typeboolean
Defaultfalse

download

DescriptionThis attribute instructs browsers to download a URL instead of navigating to it, so the user will be prompted to save it as a local file. If the attribute has a value, it is used as the pre-filled file name in the Save prompt (the user can still change the file name if they want).
Attributedownload
Typestring | undefined
Defaultundefined

fill

DescriptionThe fill for the item. If 'solid' the item will have a background. If 'outline' the item will be transparent with a border. Only available in md mode.
Attributefill
Type"outline" | "solid" | undefined
Defaultundefined

href

DescriptionContains a URL or a URL fragment that the hyperlink points to. If this property is set, an anchor tag will be rendered.
Attributehref
Typestring | undefined
Defaultundefined

lines

DescriptionHow the bottom border should be displayed on the item.
Attributelines
Type"full" | "inset" | "none" | undefined
Defaultundefined

mode

DescriptionThe mode determines which platform styles to use.
Attributemode
Type"ios" | "md"
Defaultundefined

rel

DescriptionSpecifies the relationship of the target object to the link object. The value is a space-separated list of link types.
Attributerel
Typestring | undefined
Defaultundefined

routerAnimation

DescriptionWhen using a router, it specifies the transition animation when navigating to another page using href.
Attributeundefined
Type((baseEl: any, opts?: any) => Animation) | undefined
Defaultundefined

routerDirection

DescriptionWhen using a router, it specifies the transition direction when navigating to another page using href.
Attributerouter-direction
Type"back" | "forward" | "root"
Default'forward'

shape

DescriptionThe shape of the item. If "round" it will have increased border radius.
Attributeshape
Type"round" | undefined
Defaultundefined

target

DescriptionSpecifies where to display the linked URL. Only applies when an href is provided. Special keywords: "_blank", "_self", "_parent", "_top".
Attributetarget
Typestring | undefined
Defaultundefined

type

DescriptionThe type of the button. Only used when an onclick or button property is present.
Attributetype
Type"button" | "reset" | "submit"
Default'button'

Events

No events available for this component.

Methods

No public methods available for this component.

CSS Shadow Parts

NameDescription
detail-iconThe chevron icon for the item. Only applies when detail="true".
nativeThe native HTML button, anchor or div element that wraps all child elements.

CSS Custom Properties

NameDescription
--backgroundBackground of the item
--background-activatedBackground of the item when pressed. Note: setting this will interfere with the Material Design ripple.
--background-activated-opacityOpacity of the item background when pressed
--background-focusedBackground of the item when focused with the tab key
--background-focused-opacityOpacity of the item background when focused with the tab key
--background-hoverBackground of the item on hover
--background-hover-opacityOpacity of the background of the item on hover
--border-colorColor of the item border
--border-radiusRadius of the item border
--border-styleStyle of the item border
--border-widthWidth of the item border
--colorColor of the item
--color-activatedColor of the item when pressed
--color-focusedColor of the item when focused with the tab key
--color-hoverColor of the item on hover
--detail-icon-colorColor of the item detail icon
--detail-icon-font-sizeFont size of the item detail icon
--detail-icon-opacityOpacity of the item detail icon
--highlight-color-focusedThe color of the highlight on the item when focused
--highlight-color-invalidThe color of the highlight on the item when invalid
--highlight-color-validThe color of the highlight on the item when valid
--highlight-heightThe height of the highlight on the item
--inner-border-widthWidth of the item inner border
--inner-box-shadowBox shadow of the item inner
--inner-padding-bottomBottom padding of the item inner
--inner-padding-endRight padding if direction is left-to-right, and left padding if direction is right-to-left of the item inner
--inner-padding-startLeft padding if direction is left-to-right, and right padding if direction is right-to-left of the item inner
--inner-padding-topTop padding of the item inner
--min-heightMinimum height of the item
--padding-bottomBottom padding of the item
--padding-endRight padding if direction is left-to-right, and left padding if direction is right-to-left of the item
--padding-startLeft padding if direction is left-to-right, and right padding if direction is right-to-left of the item
--padding-topTop padding of the item
--ripple-colorColor of the item ripple effect
--transitionTransition of the item

Slots

NameDescription
``Content is placed between the named slots if provided without a slot.
endContent is placed to the right of the item text in LTR, and to the left in RTL.
errorContent is placed under the item and displayed when an error is detected.
helperContent is placed under the item and displayed when no error is detected.
startContent is placed to the left of the item text in LTR, and to the right in RTL.