Enums in Angular templates

The TypeScript enum can be used directly in your class, but it has to be assigned to a local variable to be used in the template.

Declaration example:

import { Component } from '@angular/core'; 
 
enum LanguageType {Java = 1, 'JavaScript' = 2, "TypeScript" = 3} 
 
@Component({ 
  selector: 'my-app', 
  templateUrl: './app.component.html', 
  styleUrls: [ './app.component.css' ] 
}) 
export class AppComponent  { 
  languageTypeDeclaredInComponent = LanguageType; 
 
constructor() { 
  // this works 
  console.log("Language Java", LanguageType.Java); 
  // this works 
  console.log("Language JavaScript", this.languageTypeDeclaredInComponent.JavaScript) 
  } 
} 

The template can work only with your local variable and not the enum self.
The template can access only objects exposed by the controller or the component.

<p> 
OK, Enum for Java: <i>languageTypeDeclaredInComponent.Java</i>  
</p> 
<p> 
OK, Validity: <i>languageTypeDeclaredInComponent.Java === 1</i> 
</p> 
<p> 
KO, This doesn't work : <i>LanguageType.Java</i> 
</p> 

If you use directly the enum in the template the browser will show the following exception:

ERROR Error: Cannot read property [...] of undefined

Transpilation

enum doesn't exist in JavaScript. During the transpilation it's converted in an array:

enum ExampleType { Java = 1, 'JavaScript' = 2, TypeScript = 3 }; 

var ExampleType; 
(function (ExampleType) { 
    ExampleType[ExampleType["Java"] = 1] = "Java"; 
    ExampleType[ExampleType["JavaScript"] = 2] = "JavaScript"; 
    ExampleType[ExampleType["TypeScript"] = 3] = "TypeScript"; 
})(ExampleType || (ExampleType = {})); 
; 

Example

https://angularenum.stackblitz.io

## References

TypeScript reference

Angular - GitHub: Usage of enums in templates not possible?

Angular - GitHub: Allow constants, enums, functions to be used in templates