boxen
Create boxes in the terminal
Install
$ npm install boxen
Usage
const boxen = require('boxen');
console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1}));
/*
┌─────────────┐
│ │
│ unicorn │
│ │
└─────────────┘
*/
console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1, margin: 1, borderStyle: 'double'}));
/*
╔═════════════╗
║ ║
║ unicorn ║
║ ║
╚═════════════╝
*/
API
boxen(text, options?)
text
Type: string
Text inside the box.
options
Type: object
borderColor
Type: string
Values: 'black'
'red'
'green'
'yellow'
'blue'
'magenta'
'cyan'
'white'
'gray'
or a hex value like '#ff0000'
Color of the box border.
borderStyle
Type: string | object
Default: 'single'
Values:
'single'
┌───┐
│foo│
└───┘
'double'
╔═══╗
║foo║
╚═══╝
'round'
('single'
sides with round corners)
╭───╮
│foo│
╰───╯
'bold'
┏━━━┓
┃foo┃
┗━━━┛
'singleDouble'
('single'
on top and bottom,'double'
on right and left)
╓───╖
║foo║
╙───╜
'doubleSingle'
('double'
on top and bottom,'single'
on right and left)
╒═══╕
│foo│
╘═══╛
'classic'
+---+
|foo|
+---+
Style of the box border.
Can be any of the above predefined styles or an object with the following keys:
{
topLeft: '+',
topRight: '+',
bottomLeft: '+',
bottomRight: '+',
horizontal: '-',
vertical: '|'
}
dimBorder
Type: boolean
Default: false
Reduce opacity of the border.
padding
Type: number | object
Default: 0
Space between the text and box border.
Accepts a number or an object with any of the top
, right
, bottom
, left
properties. When a number is specified, the left/right padding is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.
margin
Type: number | object
Default: 0
Space around the box.
Accepts a number or an object with any of the top
, right
, bottom
, left
properties. When a number is specified, the left/right margin is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.
float
Type: string
Default: 'left'
Values: 'right'
'center'
'left'
Float the box on the available terminal screen space.
backgroundColor
Type: string
Values: 'black'
'red'
'green'
'yellow'
'blue'
'magenta'
'cyan'
'white'
'gray'
or a hex value like '#ff0000'
Color of the background.
align
Type: string
Default: 'left'
Values: 'left'
'center'
'right'
Align the text in the box based on the widest line.
Related
- boxen-cli - CLI for this module
- cli-boxes - Boxes for use in the terminal
- ink-box - Box component for Ink that uses this package
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