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TagInput

Forms

TagInput — chip-style multi-value text entry.

import { TagInput } from "@elabs-ai/components-ui";
Install
npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui

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Add the brand-ui TagInput component (from @elabs-ai/components-ui) to this project.

1. Read https://elabs-ai.com/llms.txt first: it maps every package and the rules. If you can use MCP servers, connect https://elabs-ai.com/mcp and use its search, docs and tokens tools. If not, run the same lookups in the terminal: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli search "<what you need>"` and `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs <Component>`.
2. Look TagInput up before writing code: `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli docs TagInput` prints its real props, variants, what it pairs with and what to avoid.
3. If @elabs-ai/components-ui is not installed yet: `pnpm add @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui` (or `npm install @elabs-ai/components-tokens @elabs-ai/components-ui`). If this is the first brand-ui package in the project, wire it once: import `@elabs-ai/components-tokens/styles.css` plus the `themes/light.css` and `themes/dark.css` stylesheets in the CSS entry, add one Tailwind `@source` line per installed @elabs-ai package (Tailwind does not scan node_modules, so without it everything renders unstyled), and wrap the app root in `ThemeProvider` from `@elabs-ai/components-tokens`.
4. Use it here: [the screen or file, and what it should show]
5. Rules: use only @elabs-ai/components-* components and the semantic tokens — no raw colours, no raw font sizes, no arbitrary Tailwind values. Look up each component's real props with the docs tool before you use it; never guess a prop.
6. Done means: the typecheck passes, `npx -y @elabs-ai/components-cli audit src --strict` reports nothing, and you have opened the app and looked at every screen you touched in the light and the dark theme.

Examples

8 live examples

Controlled

With Max

With Validation

Allow Duplicates

Disabled

Empty

Addresses

An address list: space and semicolon add too, everything is lower-cased, a tag that is not an e-mail gets a flag and the `destructive` badge, and the field commits on blur.

API

TagInput

PropTypeDescription
valuestring[]Controlled tag list.
defaultValuestring[]Uncontrolled initial tag list.
onValueChange(value: string[]) => voidCalled when the tag list changes.
maxnumberMaximum number of tags allowed.
validate(tag: string) => boolean | stringValidate a candidate tag before it is added. Return `true` to accept, `false` to silently reject, or a string to reject and show as an inline error message.
delimiterstring[]Characters (or strings) that trigger tag creation in addition to Enter. Defaults to `[","]`.
allowDuplicatesbooleanAllow duplicate tags (default false).
placeholderstringPlaceholder text for the entry field.
disabledbooleanWhether the input is disabled.
idstringid for the underlying text input (useful for external <label>).
namestringName forwarded to the underlying input.
inputModeInputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement>["inputMode"]`inputMode` of the underlying text input (`"email"` for an address list).
normalize(tag: string) => stringCanonical form of a tag before it is compared and stored — lower-casing an e-mail address, say. Runs after trimming.
addOnBlurbooleanCommit whatever is typed when the field loses focus (default false).
renderTag(tag: string, index: number) => ReactNodeThe chip's content. Default: the tag text. Use it to put a control beside the tag (a role picker per address); the remove button stays the input's.
tagVariant(tag: string, index: number) => Pick<BadgeProps, "variant" | "appearance">The chip's `Badge` look per tag — a flagged address can read `{ variant: "destructive", appearance: "tint" }`. Default: `secondary`.

Also accepts: Omit< HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>, "defaultValue" | "onChange" >