Repeatable

A simple, lightweight, and no-dependency library for repeating elements with a button click. Useful for input groups in forms that need to be repeated so the user can submit an arbitrary number of items.

Installation

npm install repeatable

or

yarn add repeatable

Usage

<ul>
	<li class="person-template">
		<input name='people[][firstName]' placeholder='First Name' />
		<input name='people[][lastName]' placeholder='Last Name' />
		<button class="remove-person">Remove person</button>
	</li>
</ul>

<button class="add-person">Add person</button>

import Repeatable from 'repeatable'

new Repeatable({
	template: `.person-template`,
	button: `.add-person`,
	removeButton: `.remove-person`,
	incrementInputs: true,
})

Options

Empty State

If you want to show a message when there are no elements, you can pass an emptyState option. It accepts either a query selector string or an element. This element will show when there are no elements and hide when there are.

<div class="empty-state">No people added yet.</div>

new Repeatable({
	// ...
	emptyState: `.empty-state`,
})

Start Empty

Set startEmpty to true to start with no elements and an empty state.

new Repeatable({
	// ...
	startEmpty: true,
})

Min/Max Elements

Set min and max to limit the number of elements that can be added. If min is set, the remove button will be disabled when there are fewer than that number of elements. If max is set, the add button will be disabled when there are more than that number of elements.

new Repeatable({
	// ...
	min: 3,
	max: 6,
})

Callbacks

You can pass functions to onCreate and onRemove to run when an element is created or removed. The element that was added or removed gets passed so you can manipulate the value, name attribute, etc.

new Repeatable({
	// ...
	onCreate: (element) => {
		console.log(`Added element:`, element)
	},
	onRemove: (element) => {
		console.log(`Removed element:`, element)
	},
})

Increment Input Names

If you have multiple repeatable elements on the same page, you can set incrementInputs to true to increment the [] part of the name attributes in all inputs in the template. This is useful if you want to submit the data as an array of objects.

<ul>
	<li class="person-template">
		<input name='people[][firstName]' placeholder='First Name' />
		<input name='people[][lastName]' placeholder='Last Name' />
		<button class="remove-person">Remove person</button>
	</li>
</ul>

new Repeatable({
	// ...
	incrementInputs: true,
})