make html text input field grow as I type?

Question

I can set initial text input size in css, like so:

width: 50px;

But I would like it to grow when I type until it reaches for example 200px.

Answer 1

If you are just interested in growing, you can update the width to scrollWidth, whenever the content of the input element changes.

document.querySelectorAll('input[type="text"]').forEach(function(node) {
  node.onchange = node.oninput = function() {
    node.style.width = node.scrollWidth+'px';
  };
});

But this will not shrink the element.