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