How to Install Material Theme in Angular 17

Websolutionstuff | Mar-29-2024 | Categories : Angular

In this article, we'll install the material theme in angular 17. Material Theme brings a polished design and user-friendly components to your Angular applications, making them not only visually appealing but also highly functional.

In this guide, I'll give you step by step process of installing the angular material theme.

So, let's see Angular 17 install material theme, and how to include angular material in angular 17.

Step 1: Creating Angular 17 Application

First, I'll create a new angular 17 application using the following angular command.

ng new angular-material-example

Step 2: Installing Material Design

Then, I'll install material design in the angular 17 application using ng add command. Also, you can install using the npm command. So, run the following command.

ng add @angular/material

Step 3: Adding CSS

After installing the material design in the application, I'll import the CSS design on the style.css file.

src/style.css

.user-form {
  min-width: 150px;
  max-width: 500px;
  width: 100%;
}
  
.btn-success {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 10px;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #bbb
}

Step 4: Use Material Design

Then, I'll create an input form with material design in angular 17. So, add the following code to app.component.ts.

src/app/app.component.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { RouterOutlet } from '@angular/router';
  
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
  
@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [CommonModule, RouterOutlet, FormsModule, MatInputModule, MatButtonModule],
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  title = 'first-app';
}

src/app/app.component.html

<h2>Angular 17 form using the Material Design components - Websolutionstuff</h2>
<form class="example-form">
  <mat-form-field appearance="fill">
    <mat-label>Name</mat-label>
    <input matInput placeholder="Enter your name">
  </mat-form-field>

  <mat-form-field appearance="fill">
    <mat-label>Email</mat-label>
    <input matInput type="email" placeholder="Enter your email">
  </mat-form-field>

  <mat-form-field appearance="fill">
    <mat-label>Password</mat-label>
    <input matInput type="password" placeholder="Enter your password">
  </mat-form-field>

  <button mat-raised-button color="primary">Submit</button>
</form>

Step 5: Running Angular App

Now, run the angular 17 application using the following command.