growfield v0.1.1

GrowField

A tiny, dependency-free JavaScript module for making textarea elements grow with their content.

A Five Fifteen Project

Demo

Visit https://growfield.js.org

Installation

Manual Download

Download dist/growfield.min.js and place the following HTML in your page's head element:

<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/growfield.min.js"></script>

CDN (Courtesy of jsDelivr)

Place the following HTML in your page's head element (check to make sure the version in the URL is the version you want):

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fivefifteen/growfield@0.1/dist/growfield.min.js"></script>

NPM

npm install growfield --save

// ES6
import growfield from 'growfield'

// CommonJS
const growfield = require('growfield')

Fetcher

fetcher install fivefifteen/growfield --save

Bower

bower install fivefifteen/growfield --save

Usage

growfield Function

growfield([selector], [options])

Initializes GrowField.

Parameters

• selector (Optional) - A query string for textareas that you would like to use growfield on.

• options (Optional) - An object of options.

Examples

window.addEventListener('load', function () {
  growfield()
})

Options

{
  maxRows: null, // The maximum number of rows to grow the field to before normal scrolling happens
  minRows: null  // The minimum number of rows to start with (Defaults to 1)
}

Credit

A special thanks to Rick Kukiela for posting this StackOverflow answer which is where the base code of this module came from.

Related

• ColorTap - A tiny, dependency-free, color input field helper that utilizes the native color picker.

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• HashJump - A tiny, dependency-free JavaScript module for handling anchor links and scrolling elements into view.

• Kloner - A tiny, dependency-free JavaScript module for cloning/repeating elements.

License

MIT. See the license file for more info.