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/2.6.12/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: { "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Always grab the latest versions of the package from JSDELIVR, the ones provided in the examples above might be outdated.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 all the existing/valid tags. Include it even if you're not using typeahead.

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' }];
        }
    }
});

Existing And Selected Tags Collections

As you've noticed in the examples above, an item from a tag collection looks like this:

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

In reality, you're not limited to what your tag objects should look like. You can name your fields however you want, just don't forget to tell the component the correct field names. To customize the key field name, set the id-field prop. To customize the value field name, set the text-field prop. For example:

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

Note that the selected tags collection should have the same id and text field names as the existing tags collection.

Your tag options can also have other (extra) fields, for example when you fetch data from your DB and pass it directly to the component as is. This is perfectly fine and won't create any problems.

All Available Props

Events

<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

v-model

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. If you've set custom field names via id-field and text-field props - use those instead of key and value.

Form Data

There's also a hidden text input for each selected tag so that you could easily convert that to FormData. The name and id of the input equal to whatever you set to the element-id prop.

The value of each input equals to a stringified version of a tag object. Note that 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.

If you don't need whole tag objects, you can specify which tag fields you want to be returned with the value-fields prop. Provide a comma-separated list of fields or a single field name. If you specify a single field, you'll get that field values alone instead of stringified objects.

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.

You can also customize selected tags' badges using the selected-tag slot, for example like this:

<tags-input ...>
    <template v-slot:selected-tag="{ tag, index, removeTag }">
        <span v-html="tag.value"></span>

        <a v-show="!disabled"
            href="#"
            class="tags-input-remove"
            @click.prevent="removeTag(index)"></a>
    </template>
</tags-input>

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.

v2.3.0 -> v2.4.0

Multiple hidden fields instead of one, so that your backend treats the selected tags as an array.

Changelog

v.2.4.0

• New options: id-field and text-field
• IMPORTANT: multiple hidden fields instead of one, so that your backend treats the selected tags as an array
• New option: value-fields

v.2.3.0

• Individual selected tags are now wrapped in a <slot>
• Fix: existingTags prop modified directly (#94)
• New option: disabled (disable the element) (#92)

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