react-tagsinput

Simple React component for inputing tags.

Demo

Install

npm install react-tagsinput --save

or

bower install react-tagsinput --save

Example

Controlled usage:

var TagsInput = require('react-tagsinput');

var App = React.createClass({
  mixins: [React.addons.LinkedStateMixin],

  getInitialState: function () {
    return { tags: [] };
  },

  saveTags: function () {
    console.log('tags: ', this.refs.tags.getTags().join(', '));
  },

  render: function () {
    return (
      <div>
        <TagsInput ref='tags' valueLink={this.linkState('tags')} />
        <button onClick={this.saveTags}>Save</button>
      </div>
    );
  }
});

Uncontrolled usage:

var TagsInput = require('react-tagsinput');

var App = React.createClass({
  saveTags: function () {
    console.log('tags: ', this.refs.tags.getTags().join(', '));
  },

  render: function () {
    return (
      <div>
        <TagsInput ref='tags' />
        <button onClick={this.saveTags}>Save</button>
      </div>
    );
  }
});

More examples in example/.

API

Props

value

An array of tags. This prop or valueLink is required.

valueLink

A ReactLink object.

defaultValue

Initialize the component with a value. This is only used when value is null (i.e when the component is uncontrolled.)

placeholder

Placeholder text for the add a tag input, default is "Add a tag".

classNamespace

Namespace for CSS classes, default is react i.e CSS classes are react-tagsinput.

addOnBlur

Boolean whether a tag should be added when the input field blurs, default is true.

validate or validateAsync

A function which returns true if a tag is valid, default function returns true for non-empty strings and unique tags. The validation is asynchronous if the validate function takes two arguments tag and a callback cb or if the prop validateAsync is set. validateAsync is always asynchronous and takes two arguments tag and cb.

transform

A function which transforms a tag before it is added, the default function trims the tag of whitespaces.

addKeys

An array of key codes that add a tag, default is [9, 13] (Tab and Enter).

removeKeys

An array of key codes that remove a tag, default is [8] (Backspace).

onChange

Callback when the tag input changes, the argument is an array of the current tags and the tag which was added or removed.

onChangeInput

Callback when the input changes, the argument is the value of the input.

onBlur

Callback when input field blurs.

onKeyDown

Callback when a key down event is triggered on the tag input which is not in the removeKeys or addKeys.

onKeyUp

Callback when a key up event is triggered on the tag input.

onTagAdd

Callback when a tag is added, argument is the added tag.

onTagRemove

Callback when a tag is removed, argument is the removed tag.

Methods

focus()

Focus on the tag input.

clear()

Clear the tag input.

getTags()

Returns an array of the current tags.

addTag(tag)

Adds a tag.

removeTag(tag)

Removes a tag.

Styles

Look at react-tagsinput.css for an idea on how to style this component.

Addendum: Input completion

An example of how to add input completion to the TagsInput component can be found in examples/completion.html.

Addendum: Components instead of strings as tags

An example of how to use React components instead of strings as tags can be found in examples/component.html.

Contributors

• Ola Holmström (@olahol)
• Dmitri Voronianski (@voronianski)
• Artem Vovsya (@avovsya)
• scott c (@scoarescoare)
• junk (@jedverity)
• Buz Carter (@buzcarter)

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MIT Licensed