Sortable checkbox list for Inquirer.js

Simple interactive command line prompt to display a sortable list of checkboxes (multi select).

Installation

npm install inquirer-sortable-checkbox

yarn add inquirer-sortable-checkbox

Usage

import sortableCheckbox from 'inquirer-sortable-checkbox';

const answer = await sortableCheckbox({
  message: 'Which PRs and in what order would you like to merge?',
  choices: [
    {
      name: 'PR 1',
      value: '#1',
    },
    {
      name: 'PR 2',
      value: '#2',
      disabled: true,
    },
    {
      name: 'PR 3',
      value: '#3',
      checked: true,
    },
  ],
});

Options

Property	Type	Required	Description
message	string	yes	The question to ask
choices	Array<{ value: any, name?: string, disabled?: boolean | string, checked?: boolean }>	yes	List of the available choices. The value will be returned as the answer, and used as display if no name is defined. Choices who're disabled will be displayed, but not selectable.
pageSize	number	no	By default, lists of choice longer than 7 will be paginated. Use this option to control how many choices will appear on the screen at once.
sortingLoop	boolean	no	Defaults to false. When set to true, moving first item up will move it to the end of the list, and moving last item down will move it to the start of the list.
required	boolean	no	When set to true, ensures at least one choice must be selected.
validate	string\[\] => boolean | string | Promise<string | boolean>	no	On submit, validate the choices. When returning a string, it'll be used as the error message displayed to the user. Note: returning a rejected promise, we'll assume a code error happened and crash.
theme	See Theming	no	Customize look of the prompt.

Theming

You can theme a prompt by passing a theme object option. The theme object only need to includes the keys you wish to modify, we'll fallback on the defaults for the rest.

type Theme = {
  prefix: string;
  spinner: {
    interval: number;
    frames: string[];
  };
  style: {
    answer: (text: string) => string;
    message: (text: string) => string;
    error: (text: string) => string;
    defaultAnswer: (text: string) => string;
    help: (text: string) => string;
    highlight: (text: string) => string;
    key: (text: string) => string;
    disabledChoice: (text: string) => string;
    renderSelectedChoices: <T>(
      selectedChoices: ReadonlyArray<Choice<T>>,
      allChoices: ReadonlyArray<Choice<T> | Separator>,
    ) => string;
  };
  icon: {
    checked: string;
    unchecked: string;
    cursor: string;
  };
  helpMode: 'always' | 'never' | 'auto';
};

theme.helpMode

• auto (default): Hide the help tips after an interaction occurs. The scroll tip will hide after any interactions, the selection and sorting tip will hide as soon as a first sorting is done.
• always: The help tips will always show and never hide.
• never: The help tips will never show.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.