gistfile1.js

var blessed = require('blessed');

// Create a screen object.
var screen = blessed.screen();

var form = blessed.form({
  width: 40,
  height: 8,
  border: {
    type: "line"
  }
});

var cbx1 = new blessed.Checkbox({
  width: 20,
  left: 2,
  top: 1,
  text: "Check me 1"
});
form.append(cbx1);

var cbx2 = new blessed.Checkbox({
  width: 20,
  left: 2,
  top: 2,
  text: "Check me 2"
});
form.append(cbx2);

var input = blessed.Textarea({
  height: 2,
  width: 20,
  left: 2,
  top: 4,
  inputOnFocus: true
});
form.append(input);

screen.append(form);
input.focus();

screen.key('q', function(ch, key) {
  return process.exit(0);
});

screen.key('tab', function(ch, key) {
  if (!key.shift) {
    screen.focusNext();
  } else {
    screen.focusPrev();
  }
  screen.render();
});

screen.render();