Returns a text box with the given text and style options. Text boxes are returned in List form, which can be printed.

To convert to a string, use IO.iodata_to_binary.

Options

border_color

Color of the box border.

Values: :black :red :green :yellow :blue :magenta :cyan :white :gray :grey

background_color

Color of the background.

Values: :black :red :green :yellow :blue :magenta :cyan :white

border_style

Style of the box border.

Default: :single

Values: :single :double :round :single_double :double_single :classic

padding

Space between the text and box border.

Default: 0

Accepts a number or an Keyword List with any of the top, right, bottom, left properties. When a number is specified, the left/right padding is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.

margin

Space around the box.

Default: 0

Accepts a number or an Keyword List with any of the top, right, bottom, left properties. When a number is specified, the left/right padding is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.

align

Align the text in the box based on the widest line.

Default: :left

Values: :left :center :right

float

Float the box on the available terminal screen space.

Default: :left

Values: :right :center :left

Examples:

"hello" |> ExBox.get

"hello" |> ExBox.get(padding: 5, border_color: :red)