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The cli-boxes package provides a collection of predefined box styles for use in command-line interfaces. It allows developers to easily add boxes around text in the terminal for improved readability and aesthetic appeal.
Predefined box styles
cli-boxes comes with a set of predefined box styles that can be used to wrap around text. The above code sample logs the 'single' box style to the console.
const cliBoxes = require('cli-boxes');
console.log(cliBoxes.single);
Customizable boxes
Developers can use the predefined box styles to create customizable boxes around their text. The code sample demonstrates how to create a box with padding around the text 'Hello, World!'.
const cliBoxes = require('cli-boxes');
const box = cliBoxes.single;
const text = 'Hello, World!';
const padding = 1;
const lines = text.split('\n');
const maxLength = Math.max(...lines.map(line => line.length));
const top = box.topLeft + box.horizontal.repeat(maxLength + padding * 2) + box.topRight;
const bottom = box.bottomLeft + box.horizontal.repeat(maxLength + padding * 2) + box.bottomRight;
const side = box.vertical;
console.log(top);
lines.forEach(line => {
const paddingLeft = ' '.repeat(padding);
const paddingRight = ' '.repeat(maxLength - line.length + padding);
console.log(side + paddingLeft + line + paddingRight + side);
});
console.log(bottom);
Boxen is a similar package that allows for creating boxes in the terminal. It offers more customization options such as padding, margin, border style, and text alignment compared to cli-boxes, which primarily provides predefined box styles.
Terminal-kit is a full-featured terminal handling library that includes the ability to create boxes. It is more comprehensive than cli-boxes, providing a wide range of terminal manipulation features beyond just boxes.
Drawille is a unique package that uses Braille characters to draw in the terminal, allowing for creating boxes and other shapes with fine-grained detail. It differs from cli-boxes by focusing on drawing capabilities rather than just box styles.
Boxes for use in the terminal
The list of boxes is just a JSON file and can be used anywhere.
npm install cli-boxes
import cliBoxes from 'cli-boxes';
console.log(cliBoxes.single);
/*
{
topLeft: '┌',
top: '─',
topRight: '┐',
right: '│',
bottomRight: '┘',
bottom: '─',
bottomLeft: '└',
left: '│'
}
*/
single
┌────┐
│ │
└────┘
double
╔════╗
║ ║
╚════╝
round
╭────╮
│ │
╰────╯
bold
┏━━━━┓
┃ ┃
┗━━━━┛
singleDouble
╓────╖
║ ║
╙────╜
doubleSingle
╒════╕
│ │
╘════╛
classic
+----+
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+----+
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Boxes for use in the terminal
The npm package cli-boxes receives a total of 10,899,057 weekly downloads. As such, cli-boxes popularity was classified as popular.
We found that cli-boxes demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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