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Input

Input data using mouse or keyboard.

:::warning

Input is a controlled component, it always shows Vue binding value.

Under normal circumstances, input event should be handled. Its handler should update component's binding value (or use v-model). Otherwise, input box's value will not change.

Do not support v-model modifiers.

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Basic usage

:::demo

input/basic

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Disabled

:::demo Disable the Input with the disabled attribute.

input/disabled

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Clearable

:::demo Make the Input clearable with the clearable attribute.

input/clearable

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Formatter

Display value within it's situation with formatter, and we usually use parser at the same time.

:::demo

input/formatter

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Password box

:::demo Make a toggle-able password Input with the show-password attribute.

input/password

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Input with icon

Add an icon to indicate input type.

:::demo To add icons in Input, you can simply use prefix-icon and suffix-icon attributes. Also, the prefix and suffix named slots works as well.

input/with-icon

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Textarea

Resizable for entering multiple lines of text information. Add attribute type="textarea" to change input into native textarea.

:::demo Control the height by setting the rows prop.

input/textarea

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Autosize Textarea

Setting the autosize prop for a textarea type of Input makes the height to automatically adjust based on the content. An options object can be provided to autosize to specify the minimum and maximum number of lines the textarea can automatically adjust.

:::demo

input/auto-sizing-textarea

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Mixed input

Prepend or append an element, generally a label or a button.

:::demo Use slot to distribute elements that prepend or append to Input.

input/mixed-input

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Sizes

:::demo Add size attribute to change the size of Input. In addition to the default size, there are two other options: large, small.

input/various-size

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Limit length

:::demo maxlength and minlength attributes of input, they declare a limit on the number of characters a user can input. The "number of characters" is measured using JavaScript string length.Setting the maxlength prop for a text or textarea type of Input can limit the length of input value, allows you to show word count by setting show-word-limit to true at the same time.

input/length-limiting

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Input Attributes

Name Description Type Accepted Values Default
type type of input string text, textarea and other native input types text
modelValue / v-model binding value string / number
maxlength the max length string / number
minlength same as minlength in native input number
show-word-limit whether show word count, only works when type is 'text' or 'textarea' boolean false
placeholder placeholder of Input string
clearable whether to show clear button boolean false
formatter specifies the format of the value presented input.(only works when type is 'text') (value: string | number) => string
parser specifies the value extracted from formatter input.(only works when type is 'text') (string) => string
show-password whether to show toggleable password input boolean false
disabled whether Input is disabled boolean false
size size of Input, works when type is not 'textarea' string large / default / small
prefix-icon prefix icon component string | Component
suffix-icon suffix icon component string | Component
rows number of rows of textarea, only works when type is 'textarea' number 2
autosize whether textarea has an adaptive height, only works when type is 'textarea'. Can accept an object, e.g. { minRows: 2, maxRows: 6 } boolean / object false
autocomplete same as autocomplete in native input string off
name same as name in native input string
readonly same as readonly in native input boolean false
max same as max in native input
min same as min in native input
step same as step in native input
resize control the resizability string none / both / horizontal / vertical
autofocus same as autofocus in native input boolean false
form same as form in native input string
label label text string
tabindex input tabindex string / number - -
validate-event whether to trigger form validation boolean - true
input-style the style of the input element or textarea element object - {}

Input Slots

Name Description
prefix content as Input prefix, only works when type is not 'textarea'
suffix content as Input suffix, only works when type is not 'textarea'
prepend content to prepend before Input, only works when type is not 'textarea'
append content to append after Input, only works when type is not 'textarea'

Input Events

Name Description Parameters
blur triggers when Input blurs (event: FocusEvent)
focus triggers when Input focuses (event: FocusEvent)
change triggers when the input box loses focus or the user presses Enter, only if the modelValue has changed (value: string | number)
input triggers when the Input value change (value: string | number)
clear triggers when the Input is cleared by clicking the clear button

Input Methods

Method Description Parameters
focus focus the input element
blur blur the input element
select select the text in input element