Update-Input-Width

A function that given an input element, updates its width to fit its content.

tl;dr

• Install by executing npm install update-input-width or yarn add update-input-width.
• Import by adding import updateInputWidth from 'update-input-width'.
• Use it by calling it with input element as an argument.

User guide

updateInputWidth(element: HTMLInputElement)

A function that given an input element, updates its width to fit its content by setting inline width CSS property.

Sample usage

import updateInputWidth from 'update-input-width';

updateInputWidth(myInput); // 42

or

import { updateInputWidth } from 'update-input-width';

updateInputWidth(myInput); // 42

getFontShorthand(element: HTMLElement)

A function that given HTML element returns font CSS shorthand property. Equal to Chrome-only code:

window.getComputedStyle(element).font;

Sample usage

import { getFontShorthand } from 'update-input-width';

getFontShorthand(myInput); // 'normal normal 600 normal 20px / 25px Arial, sans-serif'

measureText(text: string, font: string)

A function that given text and font CSS shorthand property returns text width in pixels.

Sample usage

import { measureText } from 'update-input-width';

measureText('hello', 'normal normal 600 normal 20px / 25px Arial, sans-serif'); // 42

License

The MIT License.

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