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# Master/Detail Components
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At the moment, the `HeroesComponent` displays both the list of heroes and the selected hero's details.
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Keeping all features in one component as the application grows will not be maintainable.
You'll want to split up large components into smaller sub-components, each focused on a specific task or workflow.
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In this page, you'll take the first step in that direction by moving the hero details into a separate, reusable `HeroDetailsComponent` .
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The `HeroesComponent` will only present the list of heroes.
The `HeroDetailsComponent` will present details of a selected hero.
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## Make the _HeroDetailComponent_
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Use the Angular CLI to generate a new component named `hero-detail` .
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< code-example language = "sh" class = "code-shell" >
ng generate component hero-detail
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< / code-example >
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The command scaffolds the `HeroDetailComponent` files and declares the component in `AppModule` .
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### Write the template
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Cut the HTML for the hero detail from the bottom of the `HeroesComponent` template and paste it over the generated boilerplate in the `HeroDetailComponent` template.
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The pasted HTML refers to a `selectedHero` .
The new `HeroDetailComponent` can present _any_ hero, not just a selected hero.
So replace "selectedHero" with "hero" everywhere in the template.
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When you're done, the `HeroDetailComponent` template should look like this:
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.html" title = "src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.html" linenums = "false" >
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< / code-example >
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### Add the *@Input() hero* property
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The `HeroDetailComponent` template binds to the component's `hero` property
which is of type `Hero` .
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Open the `HeroDetailComponent` class file and import the `Hero` symbol.
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts"
region="import-hero" title="src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts (import Hero)">
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< / code-example >
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The `hero` property
[must be an _Input_ property ](guide/template-syntax#inputs-outputs "Input and Output properties" ),
annotated with the `@Input()` decorator,
because the _external_ `HeroesComponent` [will bind to it ](#heroes-component-template ) like this.
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.html" region = "hero-detail-binding" >
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< / code-example >
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Amend the `@angular/core` import statement to include the `Input` symbol.
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts" region = "import-input" title = "src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts (import Input)" linenums = "false" >
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< / code-example >
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Add a `hero` property, preceded by the `@Input()` decorator.
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts" region = "input-hero" linenums = "false" >
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< / code-example >
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That's the only change you should make to the `HeroDetailComponent` class.
There are no more properties. There's no presentation logic.
This component simply receives a hero object through its `hero` property and displays it.
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## Show the _HeroDetailComponent_
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The `HeroesComponent` is still a master/detail view.
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It used to display the hero details on its own, before you cut that portion of the template. Now it will delegate to the `HeroDetailComponent` .
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The two components will have a parent/child relationship.
The parent `HeroesComponent` will control the child `HeroDetailComponent`
by sending it a new hero to display whenever
the user selects a hero from the list.
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You won't change the `HeroesComponent` _class_ but you will change its _template_ .
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{@a heroes-component-template}
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### Update the _HeroesComponent_ template
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The `HeroDetailComponent` selector is `'app-hero-detail'` .
Add an `<app-hero-detail>` element near the bottom of the `HeroesComponent` template, where the hero detail view used to be.
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Bind the `HeroesComponent.selectedHero` to the element's `hero` property like this.
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.html" region = "hero-detail-binding" title = "hero-detail.component.html (HeroDetail binding)" >
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< / code-example >
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`[hero]="selectedHero"` is an Angular [property binding ](guide/template-syntax#property-binding ).
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It's a _one way_ data binding from
the `selectedHero` property of the `HeroComponent` to the `hero` property of the target element, which maps to the `hero` property of the `HeroDetailComponent` .
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Now when the user clicks a hero in the list, the `selectedHero` changes.
When the `selectedHero` changes, the _property binding_ updates `hero`
and the `HeroDetailComponent` displays the new hero.
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The revised `HeroesComponent` template should look like this:
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< code-example path = "toh-pt3/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.html"
title="heroes.component.html" linenums="false">
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< / code-example >
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The browser refreshes and the app starts working again as it did before.
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## What changed?
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As [before ](tutorial/toh-pt2 ), whenever a user clicks on a hero name,
the hero detail appears below the hero list.
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Now the `HeroDetailComponent` is presenting those details instead of the `HeroesComponent` .
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Refactoring the original `HeroesComponent` into two components yields benefits, both now and in the future:
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1. You simplified the `HeroesComponent` by reducing its responsibilities.
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1. You can evolve the `HeroDetailComponent` into a rich hero editor
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without touching the parent `HeroesComponent` .
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1. You can evolve the `HeroesComponent` without touching the hero detail view.
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1. You can re-use the `HeroDetailComponent` in the template of some future component.
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## Final code review
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Here are the code files discussed on this page and your app should look like this < live-example > < / live-example > .
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< code-tabs >
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< code-pane title = "src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts" path = "toh-pt3/src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.ts" >
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< / code-pane >
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< code-pane title = "src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.html" path = "toh-pt3/src/app/hero-detail/hero-detail.component.html" >
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< / code-pane >
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< code-pane title = "src/app/heroes/heroes-component.html" path = "toh-pt3/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.html" >
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< / code-pane >
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## Summary
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* You created a separate, reusable `HeroDetailComponent` .
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* You used a [property binding ](guide/template-syntax#property-binding ) to give the parent `HeroesComponent` control over the child `HeroDetailComponent` .
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* You used the [`@Input` decorator ](guide/template-syntax#inputs-outputs )
to make the `hero` property available for binding
by the external `HeroesComponent` .