Inquirer.js: Add support for multiline input
I would like to add support for multiple lines of text in the input type. I use the prompt for commit messages and sometimes one line is not enough. The UI could be as simple as pressing shift+enter to move to the next line of input. Feedback from the contributors is welcome and appreciated.
brianweil
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I wonder if we could call the system editor like when you git commit and get the content back afterward.
SBoudrias
on 1 Mar 2014
Just to keep track: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19456184/cli-implement-something-like-git-commit-open-a-text-editor-and-get-value
SBoudrias
on 18 Mar 2014
+1. karma init does this reasonably well
eddiemonge
on 17 Apr 2014
This would be great for doing things like blog posts from the command-line. Hexo would do well to integrate this.
jameswomack
on 8 Jan 2015
Just to make sure this stays on the radar: +1
RonaldTreur
on 14 Oct 2015
+1 Any updates on this? I support the Shift+Enter idea, either as a default to insert newline on any option, or swapped for Enter behavior which instead inserts newline on options explicitly configured as multiline.
AndersDJohnson
on 29 Dec 2015
@adjohnson916 PR welcomed.
SBoudrias
on 29 Dec 2015
This is now shipped with v1.1.0
SBoudrias
on 25 Jun 2016
I know there is editor support, but is there any chance that you will also support multiline?
I prefer would prefer multiline over editor for my application.
Multiline should allow the user to enter multiple lines, and close when it encounters an empty line (or line with only a dot) or when the user presses CTRL+D.
At least that is the standard behaviour across various command line applications I use.
I tried to look at your code to implement it myself, but I don't really understand how to implement a custom prompt... Is there any documentation or tutorial?
0phoff
on 7 Jun 2017
A working (yet untested) implementation: https://github.com/aleclarson/inquirer/commit/16ddf2f497ca7b0929ba252eef875062eebd5e64
It adds a multiline boolean option to input prompts. It probably won't merge cleanly into master, because I've made other changes. But you can take inspiration from it.
The ctrl+d key binding has its own commit: https://github.com/aleclarson/inquirer/commit/e5c844e9ab056e3b17eef94ae05dc211d0656275
aleclarson
on 18 Nov 2018
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I know there is editor support, but is there any chance that you will also support multiline?
I prefer would prefer multiline over editor for my application.
Multiline should allow the user to enter multiple lines, and close when it encounters an empty line (or line with only a dot) or when the user presses CTRL+D.
At least that is the standard behaviour across various command line applications I use.
I tried to look at your code to implement it myself, but I don't really understand how to implement a custom prompt... Is there any documentation or tutorial?