taggingJS is a jQuery plugin to create front-end tag

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taggingJS is a jQuery plugin to create front-end tag

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taggingJS is a jQuery plugin to create front-end tag

taggingJS is a jQuery plugin to create an high customizable front-end tag system. It is less than 2.5 kb andsupport major browsers in the world!

Actual version is 1.2.3.

Getting Started

You can find a working example in Codepen.io or in the project's GitHub page.

Simplest

Download the tagging.min.js file from this repository;
Include <script src="path/to/tagging.min.js"></script> to the bottom of your page;
Optional - Include the basic CSS tag style <link href="tag-basic-style.css" rel="stylesheet"> to the <head> of your page;
Add to your page something like <div data-tags-input-name="tag" id="tagBox">preexisting-tag</div>;
Add to your main JavaScript file $("#tagBox").tagging();;

The data-tags-input-name="tag" is the name attribute used by each input inside the tagBox.

Customize

There are several ways to customize the default behavior of taggingJS:

Use a JavaScript custom_options object to customize the global taggingJS behavior (see First Way);
Use data attributes in the tagBox HTML Markup (see Second Way);
Use a combination of the first two way (see Third Way);

N.B.: Be careful! data attributes have an higher priority than the custom_options object, because each dataattribute overwrite the global behavior. In other words, the global settings work for all tags box captured, unless in these are specified data attributes (which may change the behavior).

First Way - Global Object

Create a custom options object, like this my_custom_options (see Available Options):

var my_custom_options = {
        "no-duplicate": true,
        "no-duplicate-callback": window.alert,
        "no-duplicate-text": "Duplicate tags",
        "type-zone-class": "type-zone",
        "tag-box-class": "tagging",
        "forbidden-chars": [",", ".", "_", "?"]
};

Create a tag box (or multiple tag box) like this:
```
<div id="tagBox">preexisting-tag</div>
```

Add to your main JavaScript file:

$("#tagBox").tagging(my_custom_options);

In this way, we customize the global behavior of taggingJS for all tag box caught with selector.

Second Way - Data Attributes

Create a tag box with some data attributes, like this (see Available Options):

<div
        data-no-duplicate="true"
        data-pre-tags-separator="\n"
        data-no-duplicate-text="Duplicate tags"
        data-type-zone-class="type-zone"
        data-tag-box-class="tagging"
        data-edit-on-delete="true"
id="tagBox">preexisting-tag</div>

Add to your main JavaScript file:
```
$("#tagBox").tagging();
```

N.B.: Use data method with no-duplicate-callback and forbidden-chars can cause some problems. Avoid it.

Third Way - Mixed Way

In this way, we mix data attributes and options object to customize taggingJS behavior for each tag box.

Create a tag box with some data attributes, like this:

<div class="tag-box"
        data-no-duplicate="true"
        data-tags-input-name="tag"
id="tagBox1">preexisting-tag</div>

Create another tag box with no data attributes:

<div id="tagBox1" class="tag-box">preexisting-tag</div>

Create a custom options object, like this my_custom_options (see Available Options):

var my_custom_options = {
        "no-duplicate": false,
        "tags-input-name": "taggone",
        "edit-on-delete": false,
};

Add to your main JavaScript file

$(".tag-box").tagging(my_custom_options);

Now you may see that:

The #tagBox1 has a behavior that overwrite some my_custom_options options:
- Does not accept duplicate tag (for the respective data attribute);
- For each tag, it has tag as input name (for the respective data attribute);
- On delete, the tag is completely removed (for the my_custom_options);

The #tagBox2 has a behavior dictated only by my_custom_options:
- Accept duplicate tag (for the my_custom_options);
- For each tag, it has tag as input name (for the my_custom_options);
- On delete, the tag is completely removed (for the my_custom_options);

Available Options

Below there are the available options to customize taggingJS with a little description, a type and the default value:

case-sensitive

Type: Boolean

Default: false

If false, all text is treated like lowercase.

close-char

Type: String

Default: "×"

Single Tag close character.

close-class

Type: String

Default: "tag-i"

Single Tag close class.

edit-on-delete

Type: Boolean

Default: true

true to edit tag that has just been removed from tag box.

forbidden-chars

Type: Array

Default: [",", ".", "_", "?"]

Array of forbidden characters.

forbidden-chars-callback

Type: Function

Default: window.alert

Function to call when is detected a forbidden character.

forbidden-chars-text

Type: String

Default: "Forbidden character:"

Basic text passed to forbidden-chars-callback.

forbidden-words

Type: Array

Default: []

Array of forbidden words.

forbidden-words-callback

Type: Function

Default: window.alert

Function to call when is detected a forbidden words.

forbidden-words-text

Type: String

Default: "Forbidden word:"

Basic text passed to forbidden-words-callback.

no-backspace

Type: Boolean

Default: false

Backspace key remove last tag by default, true to avoid that.

no-comma

Type: Boolean

Default: false

Comma "," key add a new tag by default, true to avoid that.

no-del

Type: Boolean

Default: false

Del key remove last tag by default, true to avoid that.

no-duplicate

Type: Boolean

Default: true

If true, there will be no duplicate tag's name in the tag box.

no-duplicate-callback

Type: Function

Default: window.alert

Function to call when is detected a duplicate tag.

no-duplicate-text

Type: String

Default: "Duplicate tag:"

Basic text passed to no-duplicate-callback.

no-enter

Type: Boolean

Default: false

Enter key add a new tag by default, true to avoid that.

no-spacebar

Type: Boolean

Default: true

Spacebar key NOT add a new tag by default. false enable.

pre-tags-separator

Type: String

Default: "\n"

This is used to split the initial text and add preexistint-tag. By default, you must put new tags using a new line.

tag-box-class

Type: String

Default: "tagging"

Class of the tag box.

tag-char

Type: String

Default: "#"

Single Tag char.

tag-class

Type: String

Default: "tag"

Single Tag class.

tags-input-name

Type: String

Default: "tag"

Name to use as name="" in single tags' input. By default, all tags being passed as array like tag[].

type-zone-class

Type: String

Default: "type-zone"

Class of the type-zone.

Contribute

Set Up nodeJS and Grunt

Fork the repository;
Open a shell in project's directory;
Type npm install (make sure you have installed nodeJS);
Type grunt to execute the default script (without minification), grunt dist to also minify the script (make sure you have installed Grunt).

JavaScript Style Guide

I follow the jQuery's JavaScript style guide, please follow it you too :D

Requirements

jQuery (1.5.X or more, also 2.X works);

Browser Support

Supports all major browsers in the world (IE 6+, Mozilla Firefox 1+, Google Chrome 1+, Safari 5.1+).

License

Tag: tag input