@inquirer/select

@inquirer/select

Simple interactive command line prompt to display a list of choices (single select.)

Installation

npm install @inquirer/select

yarn add @inquirer/select

Usage

import select from '@inquirer/select';

const answer = await select({
  message: 'Select a package manager',
  choices: [
    {
      name: 'npm',
      value: 'npm',
      description: 'npm is the most popular package manager',
    },
    {
      name: 'yarn',
      value: 'yarn',
      description: 'yarn is an awesome package manager',
    },
    {
      name: 'jspm',
      value: 'jspm',
      disabled: true,
    },
    {
      name: 'pnpm',
      value: 'pnpm',
      disabled: '(pnpm is not available)',
    },
  ],
});

Options

Property	Type	Required	Description
message	string	yes	The question to ask
choices	Array<{ value: string, name?: string, description?: string, disabled?: boolean | string }>	yes	List of the available choices. The value will be returned as the answer, and used as display if no name is defined. Choices who're disabled will be displayed, but not selectable. The description will be displayed under the prompt when the cursor land over the choice.
pageSize	number	no	By default, lists of choice longer than 7 will be paginated. Use this option to control how many choices will appear on the screen at once.

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Simon Boudrias (twitter: @vaxilart) Licensed under the MIT license.