taggify

Small library to create tags by typing

How to use it?

The usage is simple:

1. Create container element where taggify will be installed, like:

   <div class="taggify"></div>

2. Include Taggify library script to your HTML code:

   <script src="taggify.min.js"></script>

3. Then start using in your JS script:

   <script>
   (function () {
       'use strict';
   
       new window.Taggify();
   })();
   </script>

Configuration

Taggify library uses a configuration object containing following properties:

containerSelector {String}

Container selector to find HTML node to initialize taggify element. By default: '.taggify'

containerNode {HTMLElement}

Container node to initialize taggify element. Will be used instead of containerSelector, if defined.

autocomplete {Boolean}

Indicator whether to use autocomplete callback. By default: false

autocompleteCallback {Function}

The autocomplete callback. It takes 2 params:

• value - the taggify input value,
• callback - the callback where data should be provided in order to generate tags

inputDelay {Number}

The input event callback delay. After this time, the tags are created. It's used to increase performance of the solution. By default: 100

inputLabel {String}

The text to display to a user as a label. By default: 'Start typing ...'

allowDuplicates {Boolean}

Indicator whether to allow duplicated tags. Used when autocomplete is turned off. By default: false

hotKeys {Array}

List of hot keys which generate tags when autocomplete is off. The list contains key codes, like - coma is 188, but enter is 13. By default: [13, 188]

displayLabel {Boolean}

Flag indicating whether an input label should be displayed

Methods

updateTags

The method allows to create tags based on provided array of strings

const tags = ['a','b','c'];

taggify.updateTags(tags);