Voerro Vue Tags Input v2

A simple tags input with typeahead built with Vue.js 2.

Live Demo

Installation via NPM

npm i @voerro/vue-tagsinput --save-dev

or

npm i @voerro/vue-tagsinput --save

Then register the component with Vue:

import VoerroTagsInput from '@voerro/vue-tagsinput';

Vue.component('tags-input', VoerroTagsInput);

Include the dist/style.css file on your page to apply the styling. You can use CDN, require() it inside your JS code, or @include it inside your (S)CSS assets. Read the Styling section to learn how to customize the appearance.

Installation via CDN

If you're not using NPM, you can include the required files into your page manually from a CDN. Don't forget to include Vue as well. For example:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.5.13/vue.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@voerro/[email protected]/dist/voerro-vue-tagsinput.js"></script>

<script>
    new Vue({
        el: '#app',
        components: { "v-tags-input": VoerroTagsInput },
    });
</script>

Include the CSS file on your page to apply the styling. Read the Styling section to learn how to customize the appearance.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@voerro/[email protected]/dist/style.css">

IMPORTANT: Always grab the latest versions of the package from JSDELIVR, the ones provided in the examples above might be outdated. Same goes for Vue.js.

Usage

<tags-input element-id="tags"
    v-model="selectedTags"
    :existing-tags="[
        { key: 'web-development', value: 'Web Development' },
        { key: 'php', value: 'PHP' },
        { key: 'javascript', value: 'JavaScript' },
    ]"
    :typeahead="true"></tags-input>

<tags-input element-id="tags"
    v-model="selectedTags"
    :existing-tags="[
        { key: 1, value: 'Web Development' },
        { key: 2, value: 'PHP' },
        { key: 3, value: 'JavaScript' },
    ]"
    :typeahead="true"></tags-input>

element-id will be applied to id and name attributes of the hidden input that contains the list of the selected tags as its value. Optionally you can also use the v-model directive to bind a variable to the array of selected tags.

existing-tags is the list of the existing on your website tags. Include it even if you're not using typeahead.

Remove the typeahead property to disable this functionality.

Setting Selected Tags Programmatically

If you need to programmatically (manually) set or change the list of selected tags from "outside" - just set the required value to the variable bound with the component via v-model.

For example, the variable name is selectedTags:

<tags-input element-id="tags" 
    v-model="selectedTags"></tags-input>

You can pre-set the value of this variable:

new Vue({
    el: '#app',

    components: { VoerroTagsInput },

    data: {
        selectedTags: [
            { key: 'web-development', value: 'Web Development' },
            { key: 'php', value: 'PHP' },
            { key: 'javascript', value: 'JavaScript' },
        ],
    }
});

... or change it whenever you need to:

new Vue({
    el: '#app',

    components: { VoerroTagsInput },

    data: {
        selectedTags: [],
    },

    methods: {
        setSelectedTags() {
            this.selectedTags = [{ key: 'php', value: 'PHP' }];
        }
    }
});

All Available Props

Prop | Type | Default | Description --- | --- | --- | --- elementId | String | - | id & name for the hidden input. existing-tags | Array | [] | An array with existing tags in the following format: [{ key: 'id-or-slug-of-the-tag', value: 'Tag\'s text representation' }, {...}, ...] typeahead | Boolean | false | Whether the typeahead (autocomplete) functionality should be enabled. typeahead-style | String | 'badges' | The autocomplete prompt style. Possible values: badges, dropdown. typeahead-max-results | Number | 0 | Maximum number of typeahead results to be shown. 0 - unlimited. typeahead-activation-threshold | Number | 1 | Show typeahead results only after at least this many characters were entered. When set to 0, typeahead with all the available tags will be displayed on input focus. typeahead-always-show | Boolean | false | Always show typeahead, even if not focused or under typeahead-activation-threshold. typeahead-show-on-focus | Boolean | true | Show typeahead on input field focus. typeahead-hide-discard | Boolean | false | Hides the 'Discard Search Results' option. placeholder | String | 'Add a tag' | The placeholder of the tag input. typeahead-url | String | '' | If the option is set, the URL will be used for AJAX search/typeahead. Use the :search wildcard wherever you want the search query to go, for example http://example.com/tags?search=:search. The returned data must be in the existing-tags format. discard-search-text | String | 'Discard Search Results' | The 'Discard Search Results' button text. limit | Number | 0 | Limit the number of tags that can be chosen. 0 = no limit. hide-input-on-limit | Boolean | false | Hide the input field when the tags limit is reached. only-existing-tags | Boolean | false | Only existing tags can be added/chosen. New tags won't be created. case-sensitive-tags | Boolean | false | Determines whether tags are case sensitive. Setting this to true would allow tags like php, PHP, PhP, and so on to be added at the same time. delete-on-backspace | Boolean | true | Whether deleting tags by pressing Backspace is allowed. allow-duplicates | Boolean | false | Allow users to add the same tags multiple times. validate | Function | text => true | Callback to validate tags' text with. add-tags-on-comma | Boolean | false | Add new tags when comma is pressed. The search (typeahead) results are ignored. add-tags-on-space | Boolean | false | Add new tags when space is pressed. The search (typeahead) results are ignored. add-tags-on-blur | Boolean | false | Add new tags when on the input is blur. The search (typeahead) results are ignored. sort-search-results | Boolean | true | Whether the search results should be sorted. before-adding-tag | Function | tag => true | Callback to perform additional checks and actions before a tag is added. Return true to allow a tag to be added or false to forbid the action. before-removing-tag | Function | tag => true | Callback to perform additional checks and actions before a tag is removed. Return true to allow a tag to be added or false to forbid the action.

Events

Event | Description --- | --- @initialized | Fired when the component is completely ready to be worked with. Fired from the Vue.js' mounted() method. @tag-added | Fired when a new tag is added. The slug of the tag is passed along. @tag-removed | Fired when a tag is removed. The slug of the tag is passed along. @tags-updated | Fired when a tag is added or removed. @limit-reached | Fired when the limit of tags is reached @keydown | Fires on a keydown event @keyup | Fires on a keyup event @focus | Fired when the input is focused @blur | Fired when the input is blurred @change | Fired when the input text changes

<voerro-tags-input
    ...
    @initialized="onInitialized"
    @tag-added="onTagAdded"
    @tag-removed="onTagRemoved"
    @tags-updated="onTagsUpdated"
    @limit-reached="onLimitReached"
    @keydown="onKeyDown"
    @keyup="onKeyUp"
    @focus="onFocus"
    @blur="onBlur"
    @change="onChange"
></voerro-tags-input>

<script>
new Vue({
    ...

    methods: {
        onInitialized() {
            console.log('Initialized');
        },

        onTagAdded(slug) {
            console.log(`Tag added: ${slug}`);
        },

        onTagRemoved(slug) {
            console.log(`Tag removed: ${slug}`);
        },

        onTagsUpdated() {
            console.log('Tags updated');
        },
        
        onLimitReached() {
            console.log('Max Reached');
        },

        onKeyDown() {
            console.log('Key down');
        },

        onKeyUp() {
            console.log('Key up');
        },

        onFocus() {
            console.log('Input focused');
        },

        onBlur() {
            console.log('Input blurred');
        },

        onChange(value) {
            console.log(`Input changed: ${value}`);
        }
    }
});
</script>

Data

You can bind the array of selected tags to a variable via v-model. A tag object within the array looks like this:

{ key: 'web-development', value: 'Web Development' }

key is whatever unique key you use for the tags in your project. It could be a unique slug, it could be a unique numeric id, it could be something else. value is the text representation of a tag.

There's also a hidden text input, which has the stringified version of the array of selected tags as its value. The name and id of the input equal to whatever you set to the element-id prop.

The tags that don't exist in the existing-tags array will have its key equal to an empty string ''. In your backend you can consider these tags as to be created.

Styling

If you want to completely re-style the component - write your own styles from scratch using dist/style.css as a reference. Alternatively you can override specific parts of dist/style.css using !important.

Certain classes/styles can be overridden via component props on a per instance basis in case you just want to make minor changes, e.g. you just want to change colors.

Prop | Default class | Area --- | --- | --- wrapper-class | tags-input-wrapper-default | Outer appearance of the input - a wrapper providing a border and padding around the selected tags. If you're using CSS frameworks, you could use the frameworks' native classes, e.g. form-control for Bootstrap or input for Bulma.

Using Typeahead (Autocomplete)

When search results are displayed underneath the input, use the arrow down and arrow up keys on the keyboard to move the selection. Press Enter to select a tag. Press Esc to discard the search results and then Enter to add a new tag the way you've typed it.

Breaking Changes

v1.0.0 ... v1.5.0 -> v1.5.1

See the v1 branch for details.

v1.5.1 and above -> v2.*

A pretty serious bug (#53) was fixed in v2.0.0. The data format for the existing-tags prop and the v-model directive has been changed. You can find the new format in this documentation, see above.

Changelog

v.2.2.0

• New option: hide-input-on-limit
• New option: typeahead-show-on-focus. It is enabled by default and will make the typeahead (badges or dropdown) visible whenever the input field is focused and if there are any tags suggestions.
• Adding active class to the wrapper element when the input field is focused. If you're using the default (provided) style.css file, note that your tags input will now get a "glow" around it when focused.
• Fix: #50
• Fix: Incorrect check for duplicate tags
• Added AJAX search with the typeahead-url option. Solves #60.

v.2.1.0

• New option: typeahead-always-show
• New option: typeahead-hide-discard
• New option: add-tags-on-space
• New event: change
• "Discard Search Results" string (option text) is now customizable
• Fixed a minor bug with removing tags on backspace press

v.2.2.0

• Fix: #43
• Fix: #62

v.2.0.1

• Fix: broken dropdown
• Fix: typeahead/autocomplete doesn't show up on Android
• Fix: Add Tags on Comma doesn't work on Android
• Fix: Mobil users cannot press Esc to discard search results, so added a "Discard search results" button which seemlessly blends into the typeahead (both badges and dropdown).
• New: limit-reached prop

v.2.0.0

• The data format for the existing-tags prop and the v-model directive has been changed

Contribution

Everyone is welcome to contribute. When making a contribution, please base your branch off of dev and merge it into dev as well. Thank you!

Support

This software is absolutely free to use and is developed in the author's free time. If you found this software useful and would like to say thank you to the author, please consider making a donation. It's not the amount, it's the gesture.

• PayPal: https://paypal.me/AlexanderZavyalov