React Individual Character Input Boxes

react-individual-character-input-boxes

React Individual Character Input Boxes (RICIBs) are individual inputs that are separate from each other but functionally act similar as a regular input box. Motivation came from Apples similar input boxes used for their two-factor authorization:

Demo

You can view a demo of this component here!

Installation

$ npm i --save react-individual-character-input-boxes

How To Use

Import:

import RICIBs from 'react-individual-character-input-boxes';

Example code:

handleOutput (string) {
    // Do something with the string
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <div>
        <RICIBs
          amount={5}
          handleOutputString={this.handleOutput}
          inputRegExp={/^[0-9]$/}
          password
        />
      </div>
    )
  }

Props:

Prop	Type	Required	Description
amount	Number		sets the number of input boxes. (default is 5)
autoFocus	Boolean		When true, the first input box will automatically be selected on page load. (default false)
handleOutputString	Function	✓	Implement it to handle the string output of the module.
inputRegExp	RegExp		Tells the component which characters to allow as inputs. (default is /^[0-9]$/ which is only numbers)
password	Boolean		Masks in the input if set as true (default is false)

Help, I cant get it to work or I want a feature!

Please feel free to submit an issue if you are running into trouble or have an idea for additional functionality!

TODO

• Highlight selected?
• Allow paste (onPaste) with any input selected
• Fix mobile and IE bugs.

Download Details:

Author: dannyradden

GitHub: https://github.com/dannyradden/single-character-input-boxes

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