@imvora/searchhighlighter v1.1.0

Search Highlighter

A lightweight JavaScript library for highlighting search terms within the specified container.

Features

• Highlights search terms in text content.
• Supports case sensitivity for search terms.
• Customizable highlight styles (background color and text color).

Installation

You can install the package via npm:

npm i @imvora/searchhighlighter

Usage

<!-- Include the SearchHighlighter script -->
<script src="path/to/search-highlighter.js"></script>

<!-- HTML content to be searched and highlighted -->
<div id="content">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
  <p>Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</p>
  <p>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
</div>

<!-- Search input -->
<input type="text" id="searchInput" placeholder="Search...">

<!-- Initialize SearchHighlighter -->
<script>
  SearchHighlighter.setContentElementId('content');

  var searchInput = document.getElementById('searchInput');
  var content = document.getElementById(SearchHighlighter.options.contentElementId);

  searchInput.addEventListener('input', function() {
    var query = this.value;
    SearchHighlighter.highlight(query, content);
  });
</script>

API

SearchHighlighter.search(query, container)

Searches for the specified query in the content of the container element. Returns an array of elements containing the search results.

SearchHighlighter.highlight(query, container)

Highlights the occurrences of the query in the content of the container element with the custom styles defined in the SearchHighlighter.options object.

SearchHighlighter.setContentElementId(elementId)

Sets the contentElementId to the specified elementId. This is the ID of the HTML element containing the content to be searched and highlighted.

Options

The SearchHighlighter object has the following customizable options:

SearchHighlighter.options = {
  backgroundColor: 'red',
  textColor: 'white',
  contentElementId: 'content'
};

• backgroundColor: Specifies the background color of the highlighted text.
• textColor: Specifies the text color of the highlighted text.
• contentElementId: Specifies the ID of the HTML element containing the content to be searched and highlighted.

License

This project is licensed under the ISC License.