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table header background color change dynamically - Angular material


I have followed this example to implement the angular material table.

https://stackblitz.com/angular/jejeknenmgr?file=src%2Fapp%2Ftable-basic-example.ts

Here I changed the heading color using the below CSS code.

.mat-header-cell {
    background: red;
}

I want to pass the heading color from the component instead of the static CSS way. Is there any way to change the heading color dynamically?


Solution

  • One of approach is to use Css Var and change variable value programatically in component.

    Css

    .mat-header-cell {
        background: var(--background-color)
    }
    

    Component

    export class AppComponent {
      constructor()
    
      changeColor() {
        // set new color here
        document.documentElement.style.setProperty(`--background-color`, 'red');
      }
    }
    

    So when you change variable in css, browser will change value in .mat-header-cell class

    Another approach is to use inline style background-color attribute on each mat-header-cell item.

    In html

      <ng-container matColumnDef="position">
        <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef [style.background-color]="color"> No. </th>
        <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element"> {{element.position}} </td>
      </ng-container>
    
    

    In component

    export class TableBasicExample {
      displayedColumns: string[] = ['position', 'name', 'weight', 'symbol'];
      dataSource = ELEMENT_DATA;
      color = 'green'
    
     changeColor() {
       this.color = 'red';
     }
    
    }
    
    

    Example