@Mention Autocomplete For Text Field – js-mention

Preview:

Description:

js-mention is a small JavaScript plugin that adds the @mention autocomplete functionality to a text field you specify. Can be used to mention someone in a text message.

How to use it:

Insert the main JavaScript file ‘mention.js’ into the document when needed.

<script src="mention.js"></script>

Create a normal textarea element where you want to append the @mention autocomplete list to.

<textarea></textarea>

Specify the suggestions for the autocomplete list.

var myMention = new Mention({
    selector: 'textarea',
    options: ['CSS', 'Script', '.Com']
})

Style the autocomplete list in the CSS.

.mention-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}
.mention-wrapper textarea { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); }
.mention-display {
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
  position: absolute;
  display: inline-block;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  pointer-events: none;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0px;
  left: 0px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  word-break: break-word;
  -moz-appearance: textfield-multiline;
  -webkit-appearance: textarea;
  font: medium -moz-fixed;
  font: -webkit-small-control;
  border: 3px solid transparent;
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 16px;
}
.mention-options {
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  opacity: 0;
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
  width: 100%;
  border: 3px solid transparent;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.mention-options.show {
  pointer-events: initial;
  opacity: 1;
}
.mention-options .mention-option {
  padding: 5px 10px;
  background: #FFF;
  position: relative;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: none;
}
.mention-options .mention-option:hover:after, .mention-options .mention-option.active:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: 0px;
  left: 0px;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
  pointer-events: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.mention-options .mention-option.show { display: block; }