tab-completion v1.0.1

tab-completion

A simple to use utility for tab completion. It will match the user input with a list of possible values, based on the Levenshtein distance. It is made for usage in a browser or with Node.js.

Installation

It is recommended to use yarn or npm to install the library.

$ yarn add tab-completion

It is also possible to copy the lib/tabCompletion.js file and include it in your project.

Usage

If you use a module bundler such as Webpack you can simply use ES6 imports to load the module. If you load the JS file directly in the browser, you can use window.TabCompletion instead.

Example

import { tabComplete } from 'tab-completion';

const values = ['foo bar', 'baz qux'];

const match = tabComplete(values, 'foo');
console.log(match); // foo bar

API

tabComplete(values, input, options);

• values is a string array containing the possible values.
• input is the user input to tab complete.
• options (optional) is an object containing the options.
  • minLength the minimum length for the user input to match a value. Defaults to 3.