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A Vue.js 3 search input component, inspired by the global search input of Storybook and GitHub.

The SearchInput component displays a search input with some additional features built-in.

Features:

Important: It is advisable that you include the SearchInput component only once on each page.
In case multiple SearchInput components are present, the first one being displayed will take focus precedence upon the / keypress.

Demo with examples

https://vue-search-input.vercel.app

Installation

npm i vue-search-input

Usage

<template>
  <SearchInput v-model="searchVal" />
</template>

<script>
import { ref } from 'vue'
import SearchInput from 'vue-search-input'
// Optionally import default styling
import 'vue-search-input/dist/styles.css'

const searchVal = ref('')

export default {
  components: {
    SearchInput
  },
  setup() {
    return {
      searchVal
    }
  }
}
</script>

Styling

vue-search-input includes default styling (dist/styles.css) with that you can use as a base to create your own CSS. All the component's elements are inside a div which acts a wrapper for the icons and the input. The default class for the wrapper div is search-input-wrapper you can override it by providing class(es) to the SearchInput component.

Class and styles bound to the SearchInput component will be added to the wrapper div.

Events

Events bound to the SearchInput component will be passed to the input element.

NameDescriptionReturned value
update:modelValueThe updated bound modelstring

Props

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
typestringThe type of the input field. Allowed types are search and textsearch
modelValue (v-model)stringThe input's value''
wrapperClassstringThe default CSS class of the wrapper divsearch-input-wrapper
searchIconbooleanDisplays the "search" icontrue
shortcutIconbooleanDisplays the "shortcut" icontrue
clearIconbooleanDisplays the "clear text" icontrue
hideShortcutIconOnBlurbooleanWhether to hide the shortcut icon when the input loses focustrue
clearOnEscbooleanWhether to clear the input field when the esc key is pressedtrue
blurOnEscbooleanWhether to takes the focus out of the input field when the esc key is pressedtrue
selectOnFocusbooleanSelects the input's text upon / keypresstrue
shortcutListenerEnabledbooleanEnables the functionality for the / keypresstrue
shortcutKeystringThe key for the shortcut functionality/

Slots

vue-search-input includes some default icons but you can also customize them to suit your needs using the available slots.

NameDescriptionDefault content
search-iconSlot for the search icon<i class="search-icon search"></i>
shortcut-iconSlot for the shortcut icon<i class="search-icon shortcut" title='Press "/" to search'></i>
clear-iconSlot for the clear icon <br />{ clear: () => void } the function that clears the input<button class="search-icon clear" aria-label="Clear" @mousedown="clear" @keydown.space.enter="clear"></button>
appendAdds an item inside the input wrapper, before the search icon-
append-innerAdds an item inside the input wrapper, after the search icon-
prependAdds an item inside the input wrapper directly after the input element-
prepend-outerAdds an item inside the input wrapper directly after the clear icon-