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Programming language: JavaScript
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boxen

Create boxes in the terminal

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Install

npm install boxen

Usage

import boxen from 'boxen';

console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1}));
/*
โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
โ”‚             โ”‚
โ”‚   unicorn   โ”‚
โ”‚             โ”‚
โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜
*/

console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1, margin: 1, borderStyle: 'double'}));
/*

   โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•—
   โ•‘             โ•‘
   โ•‘   unicorn   โ•‘
   โ•‘             โ•‘
   โ•šโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•

*/

console.log(boxen('unicorns love rainbows', {title: 'magical', titleAlignment: 'center'}));
/*
โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€ magical โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
โ”‚unicorns love rainbowsโ”‚
โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜
*/

API

boxen(text, options?)

text

Type: string

Text inside the box.

options

Type: object

borderColor

Type: string\ Values: 'black' 'red' 'green' 'yellow' 'blue' 'magenta' 'cyan' 'white' 'gray' or a hex value like '#ff0000'

Color of the box border.

borderStyle

Type: string | object\ Default: 'single'\ Values:

  • 'single' โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ” โ”‚fooโ”‚ โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜
  • 'double' โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•— โ•‘fooโ•‘ โ•šโ•โ•โ•โ•
  • 'round' ('single' sides with round corners) โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ โ”‚fooโ”‚ โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ
  • 'bold' โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”“ โ”ƒfooโ”ƒ โ”—โ”โ”โ”โ”›
  • 'singleDouble' ('single' on top and bottom, 'double' on right and left) โ•“โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•– โ•‘fooโ•‘ โ•™โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•œ
  • 'doubleSingle' ('double' on top and bottom, 'single' on right and left) โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•• โ”‚fooโ”‚ โ•˜โ•โ•โ•โ•›
  • 'classic' +---+ |foo| +---+
  • 'arrow' โ†˜โ†“โ†“โ†“โ†™ โ†’fooโ† โ†—โ†‘โ†‘โ†‘โ†–

Style of the box border.

Can be any of the above predefined styles or an object with the following keys:

{
    topLeft: '+',
    topRight: '+',
    bottomLeft: '+',
    bottomRight: '+',
    top: '-',
    bottom: '-',
    left: '|',
    right: '|'
}
dimBorder

Type: boolean\ Default: false

Reduce opacity of the border.

title

Type: string

Display a title at the top of the box. If needed, the box will horizontally expand to fit the title.

Example:

console.log(boxen('foo bar', {title: 'example'}));
/*
โ”Œ example โ”
โ”‚foo bar  โ”‚
โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜
*/
titleAlignment

Type: string\ Default: 'left'

Align the title in the top bar.

Values:

  • 'left' js /* โ”Œ example โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ” โ”‚foo bar foo barโ”‚ โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜ */
  • 'center' js /* โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€ example โ”€โ”€โ”€โ” โ”‚foo bar foo barโ”‚ โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜ */
  • 'right' js /* โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€ example โ” โ”‚foo bar foo barโ”‚ โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜ */
width

Type: number

Set a fixed width for the box.

Note: This disables terminal overflow handling and may cause the box to look broken if the user's terminal is not wide enough.

import boxen from 'boxen';

console.log(boxen('foo bar', {width: 15}));
// โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
// โ”‚foo bar      โ”‚
// โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜
height

Type: number

Set a fixed height for the box.

Note: This option will crop overflowing content.

import boxen from 'boxen';

console.log(boxen('foo bar', {height: 5}));
// โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
// โ”‚foo barโ”‚
// โ”‚       โ”‚
// โ”‚       โ”‚
// โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜
fullscreen

Type: boolean | (width: number, height: number) => [width: number, height: number]

Whether or not to fit all available space within the terminal.

Pass a callback function to control box dimensions:

import boxen from 'boxen';

console.log(boxen('foo bar', {
    fullscreen: (width, height) => [width, height - 1],
}));
padding

Type: number | object\ Default: 0

Space between the text and box border.

Accepts a number or an object with any of the top, right, bottom, left properties. When a number is specified, the left/right padding is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.

margin

Type: number | object\ Default: 0

Space around the box.

Accepts a number or an object with any of the top, right, bottom, left properties. When a number is specified, the left/right margin is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.

float

Type: string\ Default: 'left'\ Values: 'right' 'center' 'left'

Float the box on the available terminal screen space.

backgroundColor

Type: string\ Values: 'black' 'red' 'green' 'yellow' 'blue' 'magenta' 'cyan' 'white' 'gray' or a hex value like '#ff0000'

Color of the background.

textAlignment

Type: string\ Default: 'left'\ Values: 'left' 'center' 'right'

Align the text in the box based on the widest line.

Maintainer

Related

  • boxen-cli - CLI for this module
  • cli-boxes - Boxes for use in the terminal
  • ink-box - Box component for Ink that uses this package

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