Simple interactive command line prompt to display a list of choices (single select.)

npm install @inquirer/prompts

yarn add @inquirer/prompts

npm install @inquirer/select

yarn add @inquirer/select

import { select, Separator } from '@inquirer/prompts';
// Or
// import select, { Separator } from '@inquirer/select';

const answer = await select({
  message: 'Select a package manager',
  choices: [
    {
      name: 'npm',
      value: 'npm',
      description: 'npm is the most popular package manager',
    },
    {
      name: 'yarn',
      value: 'yarn',
      description: 'yarn is an awesome package manager',
    },
    new Separator(),
    {
      name: 'jspm',
      value: 'jspm',
      disabled: true,
    },
    {
      name: 'pnpm',
      value: 'pnpm',
      disabled: '(pnpm is not available)',
    },
  ],
});

Separator objects can be used in the choices array to render non-selectable lines in the choice list. By default it'll render a line, but you can provide the text as argument (new Separator('-- Dependencies --')). This option is often used to add labels to groups within long list of options.

The Choice object is typed as

type Choice<Value> = {
  value: Value;
  name?: string;
  description?: string;
  short?: string;
  disabled?: boolean | string;
};

Here's each property:

• value: The value is what will be returned by await select().
• name: This is the string displayed in the choice list.
• description: Option for a longer description string that'll appear under the list when the cursor highlight a given choice.
• short: Once the prompt is done (press enter), we'll use short if defined to render next to the question. By default we'll use name.
• disabled: Disallow the option from being selected. If disabled is a string, it'll be used as a help tip explaining why the choice isn't available.

choices can also be an array of string, in which case the string will be used both as the value and the name.

You can theme a prompt by passing a theme object option. The theme object only need to includes the keys you wish to modify, we'll fallback on the defaults for the rest.

type Theme = {
  prefix: string | { idle: string; done: string };
  spinner: {
    interval: number;
    frames: string[];
  };
  style: {
    answer: (text: string) => string;
    message: (text: string, status: 'idle' | 'done' | 'loading') => string;
    error: (text: string) => string;
    help: (text: string) => string;
    highlight: (text: string) => string;
    description: (text: string) => string;
    disabled: (text: string) => string;
  };
  icon: {
    cursor: string;
  };
  helpMode: 'always' | 'never' | 'auto';
};

• auto (default): Hide the help tips after an interaction occurs.
• always: The help tips will always show and never hide.
• never: The help tips will never show.

Copyright (c) 2023 Simon Boudrias (twitter: @vaxilart)
Licensed under the MIT license.