I'm trying to generate a dynamic css using values from json, I tried with following code in main component but its not working
@Component({
templateUrl: 'card.html',
styles: [`
.card {
height: 70px;
width: 100px;
color: {{css.cardColor}};
}
`],
})
How to we reference property values inside the styles
declaration?
Edit : can not use ngStyle as its going to be applied on almost all elements as its for whole application and not only for specific element.
Direct approach available in angular is using ngstyle as follows
<div [ngStyle]="{'color': style.colorVal ? style.colorVal : '#000', 'font-size' : style.fontSize ? style.fontSize : '16px' }"></div>
After going through different methods and approached to add dynamic css to all pages on angular app I ended up with following solutions.
Requirement : generate dynamic css based on values returned from and API to change design and styling.
Solution :
Code sample
import { CssService} from './Css.service';
@Component({
selector: 'DynamicCss',
templateUrl: './DynamicCss.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./DynamicCss.component.scss']
})
export class ServiceProviderComponent implements OnInit {
cssVariables: any;
constructor(private cssService:CssService){
/* call the service/api to get the css variable values in cssVariables */
}
}
Now apply css using jquery or javascript to append css with help of function like following
appendCss(customData)
{
let text = '.custom-form-1 {
background-image: url("`+customData.background_image+`");
}';
$(document).ready(function(){
$("style").append(text);
});
}
and call this function after loading custom data from service or other variable like I did it ngOnInit
ngOnInit(){
this.appendCss(this.customizeFormData);
}
Its using jquery but can be done with javascript/typescript as well if you dont want to use jquery in your angular app
Other useful resource https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/9343#issuecomment-312035896