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Text Input

A basic, but highly customizable text field that logs user input from the keyboard. You can use a Text Input component to send messages, form screens, etc.

Style Properties

Style properties allow you to customize the look and feel of the component. Combinations of styles applied to components can be saved as Stylesheets to easily reuse styles throughout your app. Styles can also be set dynamically using Variables. To learn more about all the different styling properties and how they work, take a look at Intro to Styling.

Component Specific Styles

Property	Description
Placeholder Text Color	Allows you to set the color of the placeholder text.Text to appear while the text input is blank.
Underline Color	Android Only. Allows you to set the color of the line that appears under text when the user is finished typing.

Configuration Properties

Basic

Property	Description
Component name	To alter the name of the component. The name is reflected in the Components tree. Defaults to Text Input.
Auto Focus	When enabled, the keyboard will open as soon as the screen loads, and the input will immediately be ready to use.
Disabled	Allows you to disable the input field
Max length	Allows you to set a maximum number of characters that can be entered into the input.
Password Input	When enabled, the user input is hidden on the screen and is displayed with ’●’.
Clear Button Mode	iOS only. When the clear button should appear on the right side of the text view. This property is supported only for single-line TextInput component.
Clear Text on Focus	When enabled, all text in the input will be deleted when the input is focused on.
Enables Return Key Automatically	When enabled, the return key will be disabled until the user inputs text in the field.
Web Outline	By default, web browsers add a colored outline to many input components when they’re focused for accessibility reasons. When enabled, the outline will be shown.
Multiple Lines	When enabled, the text will wrap and extend to multiples lines instead of extending past the screen.
Number of Lines	Only applicable when Multiple Lines is enabled. Allows you to set how many lines the text input will extend to.
Scroll Enabled	Only applicable when Multiple Lines is enabled. When enabled, the user will be able to scroll through the text they’ve entered.
Disable Spell Check	When enabled, a red line will not appear under incorrectly spelled words/words not known to Auto Correct.

Advanced

Property	Description
Text Content Type	Allows you to select a content type which informs the system what to expect which prompts it to suggest proper autofill content.
Auto Correct	When enabled, Auto Correct will check what is being entered in the input.
Allow Font Scaling	When enabled, font sizes in the input will scale to match with the text size the user has set in their accessibility settings.
Auto Capitalize	Allows you to select what type of input will be capitalized. This property is not supported by some keyboard types such as name-phone-pad.
Hide Caret	When enabled, the cursor in the text input will be hidden.
Hide Context Menu	When enabled, the context menu will become hidden.
Editable	Allows you to toggle if the text input is able to be used or not.
Keyboard Appearance	Determines the color of the keyboard.
Keyboard Type	Allows you to select the type of keyboard that will appear when the user focuses on the text input. Examples
Return Key Label	Android only alternative to Return Key Type.
Return Key Type	Allows you to select the type of return key the user will see.
Selection Color	Allows you to change the color of the highlight over selected text in the input.
Select Text on Focus	If enabled, all text will automatically be selected on focus.
Text Break Strategy	Android Only. Allows you to set how paragraphs of multiple lines will be broken up.

Data Properties

Property	Description
Placeholder Text	Text to appear while the text input is blank.
Data Source	Initialize the stateful component with a value from a data source.

Conditional Display

You can conditionally display a component based on a given condition. Learn more about conditionally displaying components in the Conditional Display doc.

Triggers

Trigger name	Description
On Change Text	Starts the action when the text is changed
On Return Key	Starts the action when the Return/Enter key is pressed
On Focus	Starts the action when the element is focused
On Blur	Starts the action when the element is blurred/unfocused
On Change Text Delayed	Starts the action after a given delay from when editing has stopped (debouncing)

Changing placeholder text

Select the Text Input component in the Components tree.
Go to the Data tab (third tab) in the Properties Panel.
Modify the value of Placeholder Text property.

Using Text Input for Password fields

To use a Text Input component as a password field in a form:

Go to the Configs tab (second tab) in the Properties Panel.
Enable the Password Input property.

Using Clear Text Input property

To add the ability to clear the Text Input field when a user is typing:

Go to the Configs tab (second tab) in the Properties Panel.
Set the Clear Button Mode property’s value to while-editing from the dropdown menu.

Disable the Auto Capitalize property

To disable the auto-capitalization on a Text Input when logging a user’s input on form fields (such as email):

Go to the Configs tab (second tab) in the Properties Panel.
Go to Advanced Configuration.
For Auto Capitalize, select none in the dropdown menu.

Reset a Text Input field after a Screen is unfocused

Resetting an input field value when a screen loses its focus from being the current screen to another screen in the app is a UX pattern in a mobile app. The unfocus can happen for a variety of reasons when a user takes an action. The action here can be anything from submitting a form, navigating to a different screen, etc.

Using a Pre-filled Value

To use the Text Input field with an initial value:

Go to the Data tab (third tab) in the Properties Panel.
In the Initial Value property, enter the text.

Styling the Text in the Text Input field

To customize the styles of text in the Text Input field:

Go to the Styles tab (first tab) in the Properties Panel.
Under Style section, you can modify Font, Size, Color, etc.

Customize Text Input

To customize the Text Input field:

Go to the Styles tab (first tab) in the Properties Panel.
You can now modify Background Color, apply padding, change border radius, border color, etc.