React Chips

A controlled React input for arrays of data.

Chip

A chip is a component used to represent an arbitrary data object.

Getting Started

npm install --save react-chips

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Chips, { Chip } from '../src'

class YourComponent extends Component {

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      chips: []
    }
  }

  onChange = chips => {
    this.setState({ chips });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <Chips
          value={this.state.chips}
          onChange={this.onChange}
          suggestions={["Your", "Data", "Here"]}

        />
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Chips

Property	Type	Required	Description
value	Array	✓	An array of data that represents the value of the chips
onChange	Function	✓	A function called when the value of chips changes, passes the chips value as an argument.
placeholder	String		The placeholder to populate the input with
theme	Object		A react-themeable theme
chipTheme	Object		A react-themeable theme that will override the default chip theme,
suggestions	Array		Data to fill the autocomplete list with
fetchSuggestions	Function		Delegate expecting to recive autocomplete suggestions (callback or promise)
fetchSuggestionsThrushold	Number		Maximum calls to fetchSuggestions per-second
fromSuggestionsOnly	Boolean		Only allow chips to be added from the suggestions list
uniqueChips	Boolean		Only allow one chip for each object
renderChip	Function		For custom chip usage. A function that passes the value of the chip as an argument, must return an element that will be rendered as each chip.
suggestionsFilter	Function		A function that is passed an autoCompleteData item, and the current input value as arguments. Must return a boolean for if the item should be shown.
getChipValue	Function		A function used to change the value that is passed into each chip.
createChipKeys	Array		An array of keys/keyCodes that will create a chip with the current input value when pressed. (Will not work of fromSuggestionsOnly is true).
getSuggestionValue	Function		The value to show in the input when a suggestion is selected
renderSuggestion	Function		For custom autocomplete list item usage. A function that passes the value as an argument, must return an element to render for each list item.
shouldRenderSuggestions	Function		See AutoSuggest
alwaysRenderSuggestions	Boolean		See AutoSuggest
highlightFirstSuggestion	Boolean		See AutoSuggest
focusInputOnSuggestionClick	Boolean		See AutoSuggest
multiSection	Boolean		See AutoSuggest
renderSectionTitle	Function	✓ when multiSection={true}	See AutoSuggest
getSectionSuggestions	Function	✓ when multiSection={true}	See AutoSuggest

Styles

This project uses react-themeable and Radium for styling. The Chips, and default Chip components both accept a theme prop. The theme structure, and default theme can be found here

Custom Chip Component

You may use a custom chip component, simply return the custom component to the renderChip prop function. This component will receive the following additional props from the Chips component.

<Chips
  ...
  renderChip={value => <CustomChip>{value}</CustomChip>}
/>

Property	Type	Description
selected	bool	A boolean that tells the chip if it is currently selected.
onRemove	func	A function to be invoked when the chip should be removed

Async Suggestions

To fetch asynchronous suggestions use fetchSuggestions.

<Chips
  ...
  fetchSuggestions={(value, callback) => {
    someAsynCall(callback)
  }}
/>

// or with a Promise

<Chips
  ...
  fetchSuggestions={(value) => someAsyncCallThatReturnsPromise}
/>