<url-input>

A Web Component to add a protocol to URL inputs.

Demo | Further reading

Usage

General usage example

<script type="module" src="url-input.js"></script>

<url-input><input type="url"></url-input>

Installation

You have a few options (choose one of these):

1. Install via npm: npm install @chrisburnell/url-input
2. Download the source manually from GitHub into your project.
3. Skip this step and use the script directly via a 3rd party CDN (not recommended for production use)

Usage

Make sure you include the <script> in your project (choose one of these):

<!-- Host yourself -->
<script type="module" src="url-input.js"></script>

<!-- 3rd party CDN, not recommended for production use -->
<script
  type="module"
  src="https://www.unpkg.com/@chrisburnell/url-input/url-input.js"
></script>

<!-- 3rd party CDN, not recommended for production use -->
<script
  type="module"
  src="https://esm.sh/@chrisburnell/url-input"
></script>

Credit

With thanks to the following people:

• David Darnes for creating this Web Component repo template
• Aaron Parecki for creating the addDefaultScheme function that this Web Component uses