1 | # cliui
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2 |
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3 | ![ci](https://github.com/yargs/cliui/workflows/ci/badge.svg)
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4 | [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/cliui.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cliui)
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5 | [![Conventional Commits](https://img.shields.io/badge/Conventional%20Commits-1.0.0-yellow.svg)](https://conventionalcommits.org)
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6 | ![nycrc config on GitHub](https://img.shields.io/nycrc/yargs/cliui)
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7 |
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8 | easily create complex multi-column command-line-interfaces.
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9 |
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10 | ## Example
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11 |
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12 | ```js
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13 | const ui = require('cliui')()
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14 |
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15 | ui.div('Usage: $0 [command] [options]')
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16 |
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17 | ui.div({
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18 | text: 'Options:',
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19 | padding: [2, 0, 1, 0]
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20 | })
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21 |
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22 | ui.div(
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23 | {
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24 | text: "-f, --file",
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25 | width: 20,
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26 | padding: [0, 4, 0, 4]
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27 | },
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28 | {
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29 | text: "the file to load." +
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30 | chalk.green("(if this description is long it wraps).")
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31 | ,
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32 | width: 20
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33 | },
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34 | {
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35 | text: chalk.red("[required]"),
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36 | align: 'right'
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37 | }
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38 | )
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39 |
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40 | console.log(ui.toString())
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41 | ```
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42 |
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43 | ## Deno/ESM Support
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44 |
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45 | As of `v7` `cliui` supports [Deno](https://github.com/denoland/deno) and
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46 | [ESM](https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#esm_ecmascript_modules):
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47 |
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48 | ```typescript
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49 | import cliui from "https://deno.land/x/cliui/deno.ts";
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50 |
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51 | const ui = cliui({})
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52 |
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53 | ui.div('Usage: $0 [command] [options]')
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54 |
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55 | ui.div({
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56 | text: 'Options:',
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57 | padding: [2, 0, 1, 0]
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58 | })
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59 |
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60 | ui.div({
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61 | text: "-f, --file",
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62 | width: 20,
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63 | padding: [0, 4, 0, 4]
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64 | })
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65 |
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66 | console.log(ui.toString())
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67 | ```
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68 |
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69 | <img width="500" src="screenshot.png">
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70 |
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71 | ## Layout DSL
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72 |
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73 | cliui exposes a simple layout DSL:
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74 |
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75 | If you create a single `ui.div`, passing a string rather than an
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76 | object:
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77 |
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78 | * `\n`: characters will be interpreted as new rows.
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79 | * `\t`: characters will be interpreted as new columns.
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80 | * `\s`: characters will be interpreted as padding.
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81 |
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82 | **as an example...**
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83 |
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84 | ```js
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85 | var ui = require('./')({
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86 | width: 60
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87 | })
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88 |
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89 | ui.div(
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90 | 'Usage: node ./bin/foo.js\n' +
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91 | ' <regex>\t provide a regex\n' +
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92 | ' <glob>\t provide a glob\t [required]'
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93 | )
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94 |
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95 | console.log(ui.toString())
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96 | ```
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97 |
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98 | **will output:**
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99 |
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100 | ```shell
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101 | Usage: node ./bin/foo.js
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102 | <regex> provide a regex
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103 | <glob> provide a glob [required]
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104 | ```
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105 |
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106 | ## Methods
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107 |
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108 | ```js
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109 | cliui = require('cliui')
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110 | ```
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111 |
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112 | ### cliui({width: integer})
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113 |
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114 | Specify the maximum width of the UI being generated.
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115 | If no width is provided, cliui will try to get the current window's width and use it, and if that doesn't work, width will be set to `80`.
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116 |
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117 | ### cliui({wrap: boolean})
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118 |
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119 | Enable or disable the wrapping of text in a column.
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120 |
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121 | ### cliui.div(column, column, column)
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122 |
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123 | Create a row with any number of columns, a column
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124 | can either be a string, or an object with the following
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125 | options:
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126 |
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127 | * **text:** some text to place in the column.
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128 | * **width:** the width of a column.
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129 | * **align:** alignment, `right` or `center`.
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130 | * **padding:** `[top, right, bottom, left]`.
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131 | * **border:** should a border be placed around the div?
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132 |
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133 | ### cliui.span(column, column, column)
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134 |
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135 | Similar to `div`, except the next row will be appended without
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136 | a new line being created.
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137 |
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138 | ### cliui.resetOutput()
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139 |
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140 | Resets the UI elements of the current cliui instance, maintaining the values
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141 | set for `width` and `wrap`.
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