makeup-next-id

Assigns the next id in sequence to an element, if an id property does not already exist.

The id will consist of a configurable prefix (default: 'nid'), followed by three randomly generated chars, then a number in sequence. For example: nid-sdv-1, nid-sdv-2, nid-sdv-3, etc.

Experimental

This module is still in an experimental state, until it reaches v1 you must consider all minor releases as breaking changes.

Example

// import the module
import nextId from "makeup-next-id";

// get NodeList
const widgetEls = document.querySelectorAll(".widget");

// assign next id to each element
widgetEls.forEach((el) => nextId(el));

Markup before:

<div class="widget"></div>
<div class="widget"></div>
<div class="widget"></div>

Markup after:

<div class="widget" id="nid-tCa-1"></div>
<div class="widget" id="nid-tCa-2"></div>
<div class="widget" id="nid-tCa-3"></div>

Custom Events

• None

Dependencies

• nanoid

Polyfills

• None