React Tag Autocomplete

React Tag Autocomplete is a simple tagging component ready to drop in your React projects. Originally based on the React Tags project by Prakhar Srivastav this version removes the drag-and-drop re-ordering functionality, adds appropriate roles and ARIA states and introduces a resizing text input.

Version 6 of this component is in beta! Please take a look here ✨

Installation

This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry. Before installing, download and install Node.js.

Installation is done using the npm install command:

npm install --save react-tag-autocomplete

Usage

Here's a sample implementation that initializes the component with a list of preselected tags and a suggestions list. For further customization details, see options.

import React from 'react'
import ReactTags from 'react-tag-autocomplete'

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor (props) {
    super(props)

    this.state = {
      tags: [
        { id: 1, name: "Apples" },
        { id: 2, name: "Pears" }
      ],
      suggestions: [
        { id: 3, name: "Bananas" },
        { id: 4, name: "Mangos" },
        { id: 5, name: "Lemons" },
        { id: 6, name: "Apricots" }
      ]
    }
  }

  handleDelete (i) {
    const tags = this.state.tags.slice(0)
    tags.splice(i, 1)
    this.setState({ tags })
  }

  handleAddition (tag) {
    const tags = [].concat(this.state.tags, tag)
    this.setState({ tags })
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <ReactTags
        tags={this.state.tags}
        suggestions={this.state.suggestions}
        handleDelete={this.handleDelete.bind(this)}
        handleAddition={this.handleAddition.bind(this)} />
    )
  }
}

React.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'))

Options

• tags
• suggestions
• suggestionsFilter
• placeholder
• autofocus
• autoresize
• delimiters
• delimiterChars
• minQueryLength
• maxSuggestionsLength
• classNames
• handleAddition
• handleDelete
• handleInputChange
• handleFocus
• handleBlur
• handleValidate
• addOnBlur
• allowNew
• allowBackspace
• clearInputOnDelete
• tagComponent
• inputAttributes

tags (optional)

An array of selected tags. Each tag is an object which must have an id and a name property. Defaults to [].

const tags =  [
  { id: 1, name: 'Apples' },
  { id: 2, name: 'Pears' }
]

suggestions (optional)

An array of tag suggestions. Each suggestion is an object which must have an id and a name property and an optional disabled property to make the suggestion non-selectable. Defaults to [].

const suggestions = [
  { id: 3, name: 'Bananas' },
  { id: 4, name: 'Mangos' },
  { id: 5, name: 'Lemons' },
  { id: 6, name: 'Apricots', disabled: true }
]

suggestionsFilter (optional)

A callback function to filter suggestion items with. The callback receives two arguments; a suggestion and the current query and must return a boolean value.

If no function is supplied the default filter is applied. Defaults to null.

placeholder (optional)

The placeholder string shown for the input. Defaults to 'Add new tag'.

autofocus (optional)

Boolean parameter to control whether the text-input should be autofocused on mount. Defaults to true.

autoresize (optional)

Boolean parameter to control whether the text-input should be automatically resized to fit its value. Defaults to true.

delimiters (optional)

An array of numbers matching KeyboardEvent.keyCode values. When a corresponding key is pressed it will trigger tag selection or creation. Defaults to [9, 13] (Tab and return keys).

delimiterChars (optional)

Array of characters matching KeyboardEvent.key values. This is useful when needing to support a specific character irrespective of the keyboard layout. Defaults to [].

minQueryLength (optional)

Minimum query length required to show the suggestions list. Defaults to 2.

maxSuggestionsLength (optional)

Maximum number of suggestions to display. Defaults to 6.

classNames (optional)

Override the default class names used by the component. Defaults to:

{
  root: 'react-tags',
  rootFocused: 'is-focused',
  selected: 'react-tags__selected',
  selectedTag: 'react-tags__selected-tag',
  selectedTagName: 'react-tags__selected-tag-name',
  search: 'react-tags__search',
  searchInput: 'react-tags__search-input',
  suggestions: 'react-tags__suggestions',
  suggestionActive: 'is-active',
  suggestionDisabled: 'is-disabled'
}

handleAddition (required)

Function called when the user wants to add a tag. Receives the tag.

function handleAddition(tag) {
  const tags = [...this.state.tags, tag]
  this.setState({ tags })
}

handleDelete (required)

Function called when the user wants to delete a tag. Receives the tag index.

function handleDelete(i) {
  const tags = this.state.tags.slice(0)
  tags.splice(i, 1)
  this.setState({ tags })
}

handleInputChange (optional)

Optional event handler when the input value changes. Receives the current query.

function handleInputChange(query) {
  if (!this.state.busy) {
    this.setState({ busy: true })

    return fetch(`query=${query}`).then((result) => {
      this.setState({ busy: false })
    })
  }
}

handleFocus (optional)

Optional callback function for when the input receives focus. Receives no arguments.

handleBlur (optional)

Optional callback function for when focus on the input is lost. Receives no arguments.

handleValidate (optional)

Optional validation function that determines if tag should be added. Receives the tag object and must return a boolean.

function handleValidate(tag) {
  return tag.name.length >= 5;
}

addOnBlur (optional)

Creates a tag from the current input value when focus on the input is lost. Defaults to false.

allowNew (optional)

Enable users to add new (not suggested) tags. Defaults to false.

allowBackspace (optional)

Enable users to delete selected tags when backspace is pressed while focussed on the text input when empty. Defaults to true.

clearInputOnDelete (optional)

Clear the text input when a tag is deleted. Defaults to true.

tagComponent (optional)

Provide a custom tag component to render. Defaults to null.

inputAttributes (optional)

An object containing additional attributes that will be applied to the text input. Please note that this prop cannot overwrite existing attributes, it can only add new ones. Defaults to {}.

Styling

It is possible to customize the appearance of the component, the included styles found in /example/styles.css are only an example.

Development

The component is written in ES6 and uses Webpack as its build tool.

npm install
npm run dev # open http://localhost:8080

Upgrading from 4.x to 5.x

1. The delimiters option has been removed, any references to this will now be ignored.
2. The classNames option has been updated:

{
-  root: 'ReactTags',
-  tagInput: 'ReactTags__tagInput',
-  selected: 'ReactTags__selected',
-  tag: 'ReactTags__tag',
-  tagName: 'ReactTags__tagName',
-  suggestions: 'ReactTags__suggestions',
-  isActive: 'is-active',
-  isDisabled: 'is-disabled'
+  root: 'react-tags',
+  rootFocused: 'is-focused',
+  selected: 'react-tags__selected',
+  selectedTag: 'react-tags__selected-tag',
+  selectedTagName: 'react-tags__selected-tag-name',
+  search: 'react-tags__search',
+  searchInput: 'react-tags__search-input',
+  suggestions: 'react-tags__suggestions',
+  suggestionActive: 'is-active',
+  suggestionDisabled: 'is-disabled'
}

For smaller changes refer to the changelog.