Text Input Component
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The text input component is a field where app users can enter text, such as a name or email address.
In this tutorial, we’ll implement text input validation to disable a button until text input conditions are met.
Hint
text
The prompt text the user sees when the text input is empty (eg. Type Email).
Text
text
Populated text of the text input.
Keyboard
select from list [default, email address, numeric, phone pad]
The keyboard style provided to a user when they tap into the text input. If none are selected, it will be the default standard keyboard.
Secure Text Entry
true/false
Toggle whether the input text is obscured as a user types (suitable for entering passwords and other sensitive information).
Font Italic (web app only)
true/false
Select whether hint and text are shown in italics.
Underline (web app only)
true/false
Select whether the hint and text are underlined.
Strikethrough (web app only)
true/false
Apply strikethrough formatting to the hint and text.
Writing Direction (iOS and web app only)
select from icons
Set whether text should be written left-to-right or right-to-left.
Font Size
number in pixels
Set whether text should be written left-to-right or right-to-left.
Letter Spacing
number in pixels
Spacing between letters in pixels.
Editable
true/false
Toggle whether the user can edit the text.
Multiline
true/false
Toggle whether the user can enter multiple lines of text.
Auto Focus
true/false
Toggle whether the text input field is automatically in focus when the screen opens (i.e. the user doesn't need to tap into the field to focus).
Max Length (Android and iOS only)
number
Set the maximum number of lines of text your user can enter.
Clear Button Mode (iOS only)
select from list [never, while-editing, unless-editing, always]
Toggle when an iOS user has the option to clear the text input's text.
Input Color
Color
The color of the text input's text.
Background Color
color
The background color of the text input field.
Hint Text Color
color
The color of the text input's hint.
Selection Color (Android and iOS only)
color
The highlight color when a user selects a section of text.
X
coordinate value
Position of the upper left corner of the text input on the X-axis, where the left side of the screen is X=0.
Y
coordinate value
Position of the upper left corner of the text input on the Y-axis, where the top of the screen is Y=0.
Height
number in pixels
The text input's height is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Width
number in pixels
The text input's width is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Resize Mode
Stretch
Stretches the text input to fit the dimensions of the device's screen.
Resize Mode
Float in Place
Renders the text input in the same aspect ratio as the design, regardless of the device size.
Visible
true/false
Toggle whether users can see the text input.
Border Style
select from list [solid, dotted, dashed]
Style of text input's border.
Border Color
color
Color of text input's border.
Border Width
number in pixels
The width of the text input's border is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Border Radius
number in pixels
The radius of the text input's border’s corners is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Shadow Color
color
The text input's shadow is the color selected.
Shadow Opacity
number between 0 and 100
The opacity of the text input's shadow.
Shadow Radius
number in pixels
The radius of the text input's shadow’s corners is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Shadow Offset
number in pixels
How far the text input's shadow should be offset, in height and width, is defined by a custom number of pixels.
To access the blocks specific to the text input component:
On the Design tab, add a Text Input component to a screen.
Navigate to the Blocks tab.
In the component tree on the left, click the name of the text input component.
A drawer of text input-specific blocks opens.
This event fires when the user clicks on the text input component.
This event fires when the component loses focus, i.e. the user clicks on another component.
This event fires when the enter or submit button is pressed on the device keyboard.
This event fires whenever a character is added to or removed from the text input (i.e. whenever there is a change to the content of the text input).
There are two types of property blocks: dark green "set" and light green "get" blocks. The specific blocks available vary according to the UI component.
The dark green set blocks allow you to change the component's properties using blocks. For example, if you don't want a button to be enabled for a user until they've typed a set number of characters into a text input component, you can use the button's dark green set button's disabled status block.
The light green get blocks allow you to access the properties of a component (e.g. color, font, width, text, etc.).
