highlight-matches-utils

Utility functions to mark and highlight character matches in text

See an online example in CodeSandbox on how it can be used.

API

For more in-depth examples, check the test file.
For more in-depth documentation, check the TypeScript definition file.

highlightChars

Calls the given functions on matching and non-matching characters of the given text. Useful when you want to highlight matching characters in a UI.

export function highlightChars<T>(
  text: string,
  chars: string,
  matchesWrapper: (
    s: string,
    index: number,
    array: {
      isMatch: boolean
      str: string
    }[]
  ) => T,
  noMatchesWrapper?: (
    s: string,
    index: number,
    array: {
      isMatch: boolean
      str: string
    }[]
  ) => T
): T[]

Example:

import React from 'react'
import chalk from 'chalk'
import { highlightChars } from 'highlight-matches-utils'
 
highlightChars('How are you?', 'are', s => `(${s})`)
// => ['How ', '(are)', ' you?']
 
highlightChars('How are you?', 'are', (s, i) => <mark key={i}>{s}</mark>)
// => ['How ', <mark>are</mark>, ' you?']
 
highlightChars('How are you?', 'are', chalk.reset, chalk.gray)
// =>
// [
//   "How ",
//   "are",
//   " you?",
// ]
// (useful for highlighting CLI output)

highlightMatches

Calls the given functions on matching and non-matching characters of the given text. Useful when you want to highlight matching characters in a UI.

NOTE: You can get the matches by calling fuzzaldrin-plus's .match() function.

export function highlightMatches<T>(
  text: string,
  matches: number[],
  matchesWrapper: (
    s: string,
    index: number,
    array: {
      isMatch: boolean
      str: string
    }[]
  ) => T,
  noMatchesWrapper?: (
    s: string,
    index: number,
    array: {
      isMatch: boolean
      str: string
    }[]
  ) => T
): T[]

splitMatches

Splits the given text in separate chunks grouping together all the characters that are matches and not matches.

NOTE: You can get the matches by calling fuzzaldrin-plus's .match() function.

export function splitMatches(
  text: string,
  matches: number[]
): Array<{| isMatch: boolean, str: string |}>

Prior Art

• https://github.com/bvaughn/react-highlight-words
• https://github.com/bvaughn/highlight-words-core
• https://github.com/desktop/desktop/blob/23ddc3aceae0e051a125a934cc322d5ea0db0ebb/app/src/ui/lib/highlight-text.tsx
• https://markjs.io/