is-potential-custom-element-name

What is is-potential-custom-element-name?

The npm package 'is-potential-custom-element-name' is designed to help developers determine if a string is a valid custom element name according to the Custom Elements specification. This can be particularly useful when creating Web Components, ensuring that the names used for custom elements are compliant with the standards set by the Web Components specification.

What are is-potential-custom-element-name's main functionalities?

Validate Custom Element Name

This feature allows developers to validate if a given string is a valid custom element name. The function returns true if the string meets the naming criteria for custom elements (e.g., containing a hyphen and not starting with a reserved prefix), and false otherwise. This is useful for ensuring that custom elements are named correctly before attempting to define them in the document.

"use strict"; const isPotentialCustomElementName = require('is-potential-custom-element-name'); console.log(isPotentialCustomElementName('my-element')); // true console.log(isPotentialCustomElementName('notValid')); // false

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custom-elements-name

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validate-element-name

This package serves a similar purpose by validating whether a string is a suitable name for a custom element. It might differ in the specific rules or criteria it uses for validation, or in how it handles edge cases, offering an alternative approach to ensuring custom element name validity.