Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor 1.0.0

.NET Standard 2.0

dotnet add package Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor --version 1.0.0

NuGet\Install-Package Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor -Version 1.0.0

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor" Version="1.0.0" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor" Version="1.0.0" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor --version 1.0.0

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#r "nuget: Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor, 1.0.0"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor@1.0.0

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor&version=1.0.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor&version=1.0.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor

Multiline text editor prompt for Spectre.Console with in-console editing and optional external editor handoff.

Preview

Example console output while editing git commit notes (caret shown as | on the active line):

Enter time entry notes:

╭─ Edit text ────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Fix login timeout handling|                                │
│ Add retry logic for OAuth                                  │
│ Update unit tests                                          │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Line 1, Col 28 | Enter: new line | Ctrl+Enter: save | Ctrl+N: external editor | `: back | Esc: back

The prompt renders a Spectre panel with line-aware editing, a visible caret on the active line, and a hint row for key bindings. Context above the prompt (project, task, hours, etc.) stays visible when ClearScreen is false.

Installation

<PackageReference Include="Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor" Version="1.0.0" />

Or reference the project directly during development.

Usage

using Mindfire.Console.MultilineEditor;

var notes = MultilineEditorPrompt.Show(options: new MultilineEditorOptions
{
	Title = "[bold cyan]Enter notes[/]",
	DefaultText = "Line one\nLine two",
	AllowEmpty = false,
	CancelKeyChar = "`",
	ExternalEditorPath = "notepad.exe"
});

if (notes == null)
	Console.WriteLine("Cancelled");
else
	Console.WriteLine(notes);

Key bindings

Key	Action
Enter	Insert new line
Ctrl+Enter	Submit
Ctrl+N	Open external editor; reload text when editor closes
Arrow keys, Home, End	Move cursor
Backspace / Delete	Edit text
` or Esc	Cancel (returns null)

Options

Option	Default	Description
`Title`	null	Optional Spectre markup title shown above the editor
`DefaultText`	`""`	Initial buffer content
`AllowEmpty`	false	Allow Ctrl+Enter on blank text
`CancelKeyChar`	`	Additional cancel key; null for Escape only
`ExternalEditorPath`	`notepad.exe`	Executable for Ctrl+N handoff
`ExternalEditorArguments`	null	Argument template; `{path}` replaced with temp file path
`ClearScreen`	false	Clear entire console before each redraw; false keeps content above the prompt

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 was computed. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 was computed. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 was computed. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.
.NET Core	netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed.
.NET Standard	netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed.
.NET Framework	net461 was computed. net462 was computed. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed.
MonoAndroid	monoandroid was computed.
MonoMac	monomac was computed.
MonoTouch	monotouch was computed.
Tizen	tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed.
Xamarin.iOS	xamarinios was computed.
Xamarin.Mac	xamarinmac was computed.
Xamarin.TVOS	xamarintvos was computed.
Xamarin.WatchOS	xamarinwatchos was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

.NETStandard 2.0
- Spectre.Console (>= 0.49.1)

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
1.0.0	92	5/27/2026