visionmediaterm-list
Renders an interactive list to the terminal that users can navigate using the arrow keys. Developers can bind to "keypress" events to support removal or opening of items etc.
Installation
$ npm install term-listExample
A fully interactive list demonstrating removal via backspace, and opening of the websites via the return key.
var List = require('term-list');
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
var list = new List({ marker: '\033[36m› \033[0m', markerLength: 2 });
list.add('http://google.com', 'Google');
list.add('http://yahoo.com', 'Yahoo');
list.add('http://cloudup.com', 'Cloudup');
list.add('http://github.com', 'Github');
list.start();
setTimeout(function(){
list.add('http://cuteoverload.com', 'Cute Overload');
list.draw();
}, 2000);
setTimeout(function(){
list.add('http://uglyoverload.com', 'Ugly Overload');
list.draw();
}, 4000);
list.on('keypress', function(key, item){
switch (key.name) {
case 'return':
exec('open ' + item);
list.stop();
console.log('opening %s', item);
break;
case 'backspace':
list.remove(list.selected);
break;
}
});
list.on('empty', function(){
list.stop();
});API
- List()
- List.prototype.proto
- List.add()
- List.remove()
- List.at()
- List.select()
- List.draw()
- List.up()
- List.down()
- List.stop()
- List.start()
List()
Initialize a new List with opts:
markeroptional marker string defaulting to '› 'markerLengthoptional marker length, otherwise marker.length is used
List.prototype.proto
Inherit from Emitter.prototype.
List.add(id:String, label:String)
Add item id with label.
List.remove(id:String)
Remove item id.
List.at(i:Number)
Return item at i.
List.select(id:String)
Select item id.
List.draw()
Re-draw the list.
List.up()
Select the previous item if any.
List.down()
Select the next item if any.
List.stop()
Reset state and stop the list.
List.start()
Start the list.
License
MIT