textsplitter v9.6.0

TextSplitter 🔪

Description

TextSplitter is a lightweight library designed to split text into individual characters, words, or lines. It also includes a new feature to preserve HTML tags when using the splitLines function.

Installation

You can install TextSplitter using npm or yarn:

npm install textsplitter --save

or

yarn add textsplitter

Usage

Import the required functions from 'textsplitter':

import { splitLetters, splitWords, splitLines } from 'textsplitter';

Use the following functions according to your requirements:

• splitLetters(container, openingtag, closingtag): Splits individual characters.
• splitWords(container, openingtag, closingtag): Splits words.
• splitLines(container, openingtag, closingtag): Splits lines while preserving HTML tags.

React usage example:

useEffect(() => {
  const lines = splitLines(ref.current, openingtag, closingtag);

  // If not calculating correctly, this might be an issue with fonts that are not ready yet
  document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
    splitLines(ref.current, openingtag, closingtag);
  });

  return () => {
    // Destroy lines (return to its initial state)
    lines.destroy();
  };
}, []);

Example

splitLines(document.getElementById("container"), "<span><thisiscoolhuh>", "</thisiscoolhuh></span>");

Output

License

MIT © Niels Reijnders

If you're looking for a lightweight library to split text into characters, words, or lines while preserving HTML tags, TextSplitter is the right choice! Easily integrate it into your projects using npm or yarn.