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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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Autocomplete

You can get some recommended tips based on the current input.

:::demo Autocomplete component provides input suggestions. The fetch-suggestions attribute is a method that returns suggested input. In this example, querySearch(queryString, cb) returns suggestions to Autocomplete via cb(data) when suggestions are ready.

input/autocomplete

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Custom template

Customize how suggestions are displayed.

:::demo Use scoped slot to customize suggestion items. In the scope, you can access the suggestion object via the item key.

input/autocomplete-template

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Search data from server-side.

:::demo

input/remote-search

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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

Attribute 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 countonly 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') function(value: string / number): string
parser specifies the value extracted from formatter input.(only works when type is 'text') function(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 'text'
suffix content as Input suffix, only works when type is 'text'
prepend content to prepend before Input, only works when type is 'text'
append content to append after Input, only works when type is 'text'

Input Events

Event Name Description Parameters
blur triggers when Input blurs (event: Event)
focus triggers when Input focuses (event: Event)
change triggers only when the input box loses focus or the user presses Enter (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

Autocomplete Attributes

Attribute Description Type Accepted Values Default
placeholder the placeholder of Autocomplete string
clearable whether to show clear button boolean false
disabled whether Autocomplete is disabled boolean false
value-key key name of the input suggestion object for display string value
icon icon component string / Component
model-value / v-model binding value string
debounce debounce delay when typing, in milliseconds number 300
placement placement of the popup menu string top / top-start / top-end / bottom / bottom-start / bottom-end bottom-start
fetch-suggestions a method to fetch input suggestions. When suggestions are ready, invoke callback(data:[]) to return them to Autocomplete Function(queryString, callback)
popper-class custom class name for autocomplete's dropdown string
trigger-on-focus whether show suggestions when input focus boolean true
name same as name in native input string
select-when-unmatched whether to emit a select event on enter when there is no autocomplete match boolean false
label label text string
prefix-icon prefix icon class string / Component
suffix-icon suffix icon class string / Component
hide-loading whether to hide the loading icon in remote search boolean false
popper-append-to-body(deprecated) whether to append the dropdown to body. If the positioning of the dropdown is wrong, you can try to set this prop to false boolean - false
teleported whether select dropdown is teleported to the body boolean true / false true
highlight-first-item whether to highlight first item in remote search suggestions by default boolean false

Autocomplete Slots

Name Description
prefix content as Input prefix
suffix content as Input suffix
prepend content to prepend before Input
append content to append after Input

Autocomplete Scoped Slot

Name Description
Custom content for input suggestions. The scope parameter is { item }

Autocomplete Events

Event Name Description Parameters
select triggers when a suggestion is clicked suggestion being clicked
change triggers when the icon inside Input value change (value: string | number)

Autocomplete Methods

Method Description Parameters
focus focus the input element