Inquirer.js

• Fix issue with plugins relying on internal inquirer packages file structure.

• Added required option.

• Now includes a new number prompt.

• Small breaking change: type InquirerReadline is now part of the @inquirer/type library and should be imported from there if needed.

First release of our brand new number prompt.

• Fix risk of prototype injection.

• Replace chalk with picolors (in 9.3.2 went to yoctocolors to stay with Sindre's packages and reduce amount of provenance.)
• Drop many dependencies in favour of native functions when possible.

No impact expected, but it's a large changes in dependencies. Let us know if you run into any issues upgrading!

• Replace chalk with picolors (in 5.1.0 went to yoctocolors to stay with Sindre's packages and reduce amount of provenance.)
• TS 5.5 (no impact expected on package users)

• Performance improvements to usePrefix() when switched to loading mode. There's now a little delay of 300ms before displaying the loader to avoid flickering when fast validation occurs.

• Fix whitespace inconsistencies #1411

• editor prompt: Fixed compatibility issue between default and waitUserInput options. #1405

• makeTheme now performs deep merges of the theme objects.

• [Typescript] useState doesn't require a default value anymore; in which case it'll default to undefined
• [Typescript] useRef doesn't require a default value anymore; in which case it'll default to undefined

Examples:

const [value, setValue] = useState<number>();
// value: number | undefined;

const [value, setValue] = useState<number>(1);
// value: number;

• Fix: breaking change wrongly removed the Separator export.

• Help tip behaviors are now customizable through theme options.

• Help tip behaviors are now customizable through theme options.

• [Breaking #1384] @inquirer/core isn't exported from @inquirer/prompts anymore. If you want to create custom prompts, import from the core package. This decision was made to disambiguate what breaks in each package - with prompts re-exporting core, any core breaking change (no matter how minor) caused a major version bump. Now only prompts interfaces breaking changes will be major on prompts. We're hoping this will simplify your usage of @inquirer/* packages.

• [Breaking] usePagination() doesn't return help tips anymore (and also doesn't take a theme argument anymore.) Help tips are now solely the responsibility of prompt implementation.

• Fork of figures to get new features and CJS support. We plan on maintaining it ourselves for now.

• On windows, we will now use unicode characters whenever possible