TouchableHighlight

If you're looking for a more extensive and future-proof way to handle touch-based input, check out the Pressable API.

A wrapper for making views respond properly to touches. On press down, the opacity of the wrapped view is decreased, which allows the underlay color to show through, darkening or tinting the view.

The underlay comes from wrapping the child in a new View, which can affect layout, and sometimes cause unwanted visual artifacts if not used correctly, for example if the backgroundColor of the wrapped view isn't explicitly set to an opaque color.

TouchableHighlight must have one child (not zero or more than one). If you wish to have several child components, wrap them in a View.

function MyComponent(props: MyComponentProps) {
  return (
    <View {...props} style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#fff'}}>
      <Text>My Component</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

<TouchableHighlight
  activeOpacity={0.6}
  underlayColor="#DDDDDD"
  onPress={() => alert('Pressed!')}>
  <MyComponent />
</TouchableHighlight>;

Example

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Reference

Props

TouchableWithoutFeedback Props

Inherits TouchableWithoutFeedback Props.

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activeOpacity

Determines what the opacity of the wrapped view should be when touch is active. The value should be between 0 and 1. Defaults to 0.85. Requires underlayColor to be set.

Type
number

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onHideUnderlay

Called immediately after the underlay is hidden.

Type
function

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onShowUnderlay

Called immediately after the underlay is shown.

Type
function

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style

Type
View.style

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underlayColor

The color of the underlay that will show through when the touch is active.

Type
color

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hasTVPreferredFocus

iOS

(Apple TV only) TV preferred focus (see documentation for the View component).

Type
bool

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nextFocusDown

Android

TV next focus down (see documentation for the View component).

Type
number

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nextFocusForward

Android

TV next focus forward (see documentation for the View component).

Type
number

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nextFocusLeft

Android

TV next focus left (see documentation for the View component).

Type
number

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nextFocusRight

Android

TV next focus right (see documentation for the View component).

Type
number

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nextFocusUp

Android

TV next focus up (see documentation for the View component).

Type
number

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testOnly_pressed

Handy for snapshot tests.

Type
bool