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boxen

Create boxes in the terminal

Build Status

Install

$ npm install boxen

Usage

const boxen = require('boxen');

console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1}));
/*
┌─────────────┐
│             │
│   unicorn   │
│             │
└─────────────┘
*/

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

   ╔═════════════╗
   ║             ║
   ║   unicorn   ║
   ║             ║
   ╚═════════════╝

*/

API

boxen(input, [options])

input

Type: string

Text inside the box.

options

borderColor

Type: string
Values: black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white gray

Color of the box border.

borderStyle

Type: string object
Default: single
Values:

  • single ┌───┐ │foo│ └───┘
  • double ╔═══╗ ║foo║ ╚═══╝
  • round (single sides with round corners) ╭───╮ │foo│ ╰───╯
  • single-double (single on top and bottom, double on right and left) ╓───╖ ║foo║ ╙───╜
  • double-single (double on top and bottom, single on right and left) ╒═══╕ │foo│ ╘═══╛
  • classic +---+ |foo| +---+

Style of the box border.

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

{
    topLeft: '+',
    topRight: '+',
    bottomLeft: '+',
    bottomRight: '+',
    horizontal: '-',
    vertical: '|'
}
dimBorder

Type: boolean
Default: false

Reduce opacity of the border.

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
Values: right center left
Default: left

Float the box on the available terminal screen space.

backgroundColor

Type: string
Values: black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white

Color of the background.

align

Type: string
Default: left
Values: left center right

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

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License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus