Angular @Mentions Component forked from @flxng/mentions with some fixes and improvements

@dzik/mentions

Flexible, lightweight, easy-to-use, without external dependencies - Mentions component for Angular.

Docs and Demo

https://flxng.codeeve.com/#/mentions

Getting Started

Installation:

$ npm i @dzik/mentions

After importing the module the lib is ready to use:

import { MentionsModule } from '@dzik/mentions';

@NgModule({
  imports: [MentionsModule],
  declarations: [],
})
export class DemoModule {}

Usage

Check also Docs and Demo.

@Inputs

Name | Description | Type | Default --- | --- | --- | --- textInputElement | Reference to the text input element. | HTMLTextAreaElement | Required menuTemplate | Reference to the menu template (used to display the search results). | TemplateRef | Required getChoiceLabel | A function that formats the selected choice once selected. The result (label) is also used as a choice identifier (e.g. when editing choices). | (choice: any) => string | Required triggerCharacter | The character which will trigger the search. | string | @ searchRegexp | The regular expression that will match the search text after the trigger character. No match will hide the menu. | RegExp | /^\w*$/ closeMenuOnBlur | Whether to close the menu when the host textInputElement loses focus. | boolean | false selectedChoices | Pre-set choices for edit text mode, or to select/mark choices from outside the mentions component. | any[] | [] tagCssClass | The CSS class to add to highlighted tags. | string | ''

@Outputs

Name | Description | Output type --- | --- | --- search | Called on user input after entering trigger character. Emits search term to search by. | string menuShow | Called when the choices menu is shown. | void menuHide | Called when the choices menu is hidden. | void choiceSelected | Called when a choice is selected. | ChoiceWithIndices choiceRemoved | Called when a choice is removed. | ChoiceWithIndices selectedChoicesChange | Called when a choice is selected, removed, or if any of the choices' indices change. | ChoiceWithIndices[] tagClick | Called when the area over a tag is clicked. | TagMouseEvent tagMouseEnter | Called when the area over a tag is moused over. | TagMouseEvent tagMouseLeave | Called when the area over the tag has the mouse removed from it. | TagMouseEvent

Basic example

<div class="relative-block-container">
  <textarea cols="42"
            rows="6"
            #textareaRef
            placeholder="Enter '@' and start typing..."
            [(ngModel)]="text"></textarea>

  <flx-mentions [textInputElement]="textareaRef"
                [menuTemplate]="menuTemplate"
                [triggerCharacter]="'@'"
                [getChoiceLabel]="getChoiceLabel"
                [searchRegexp]="'^([-&.\\w]+ *){0,3}$'"
                (search)="loadChoices($event)"
                (selectedChoicesChange)="onSelectedChoicesChange($event)"
                (menuShow)="onMenuShow()"
                (menuHide)="onMenuHide()"></flx-mentions>

  <ng-template #menuTemplate
               let-selectChoice="selectChoice">
    <ul class="flx-selectable-list">
      <li *ngFor="let user of choices"
          class="flx-selectable-list-item"
          (click)="selectChoice(user)">
        <span title="{{user.name}}">{{user.name}}</span>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </ng-template>
</div>

More examples here.

Support

All suggestions and improvements are welcome and appreciated.

License

The MIT License.