Set component style from variable in Angular 2

Question

My goal is to set a style (height and width in this case) from a component variable using the \"styles\" attribute. I would think there is a simple data binding method but t

Answer 1

You can style the host element like

@Component({
  selector: '[sidebar]',
  templateUrl: 'app/Nav/sidebar.comp.html',
  host: {
    '[style.height.px]':'0.9 * height',
    '[style.width.px]':'0.21 * width'
  }

})

export class SidebarComp {
    width: number;
    height: number;

    constructor() {
        this.height = window.innerHeight;
        this.width = window.innerWidth;
    }
}

and the content (app/Nav/sidebar.comp.html) like

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