@inquirer/expand

Compact single select prompt. Every option is assigned a shortcut key, and selecting h will expand all the choices and their descriptions.

Installation

npm install @inquirer/expand

yarn add @inquirer/expand

Usage

import expand from '@inquirer/expand';

const answer = await expand({
  message: 'Conflict on file.js',
  default: 'y',
  choices: [
    {
      key: 'y',
      name: 'Overwrite',
      value: 'overwrite',
    },
    {
      key: 'a',
      name: 'Overwrite this one and all next',
      value: 'overwrite_all',
    },
    {
      key: 'd',
      name: 'Show diff',
      value: 'diff',
    },
    {
      key: 'x',
      name: 'Abort',
      value: 'abort',
    },
  ],
});

Options

Property	Type	Required	Description
message	string	yes	The question to ask
choices	Array<{ key: string, name: string, value?: string }>	yes	Array of the different allowed choices. The h/help option is always provided by default
default	string	no	Default choices to be selected. (value must be one of the choices key)
expanded	boolean	no	Expand the choices by default

License

Copyright (c) 2019 Simon Boudrias (twitter: @vaxilart) Licensed under the MIT license.