Sometimes, we want to use an EventEmitter with Angular.
In this article, we’ll look at how to use an EventEmitter with Angular.
How to use an EventEmitter with Angular?
To use an EventEmitter with Angular, we can use it to emit an event from the child component to the parent.
For instance, we write
@Component({
selector: "child",
template: ` <button (click)="sendNotification()">Notify my parent!</button> `,
})
class Child {
@Output() notifyParent: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
sendNotification() {
this.notifyParent.emit("hello parent");
}
}
to create the notifyParent
EventEmitter
object.
Then we call notifyParent.emit
in the sendNotification
method that’s called when we click the button.
Then in the parent component, we write
@Component({
selector: "parent",
template: ` <child (notifyParent)="getNotification($event)"></child> `,
})
class Parent {
getNotification(evt) {
// Do something with the notification (evt) sent by the child!
}
}
to listen for the notifyParent
event emitted by the child component.
And we get the argument we call emit
with in getNotification
.
Conclusion
To use an EventEmitter with Angular, we can use it to emit an event from the child component to the parent.