TextInput

A foundational component for inputting text into the app via a keyboard. Props provide configurability for several features, such as auto-correction, auto-capitalization, placeholder text, and different keyboard types, such as a numeric keypad.

The most basic use case is to plop down a TextInput and subscribe to the onChangeText events to read the user input. There are also other events, such as onSubmitEditing and onFocus that can be subscribed to. A minimal example:

Two methods exposed via the native element are .focus() and .blur() that will focus or blur the TextInput programmatically.

Note that some props are only available with multiline={true/false}. Additionally, border styles that apply to only one side of the element (e.g., borderBottomColor, borderLeftWidth, etc.) will not be applied if multiline=true. To achieve the same effect, you can wrap your TextInput in a View:

TextInput has by default a border at the bottom of its view. This border has its padding set by the background image provided by the system, and it cannot be changed. Solutions to avoid this are to either not set height explicitly, in which case the system will take care of displaying the border in the correct position, or to not display the border by setting underlineColorAndroid to transparent.

Note that on Android performing text selection in an input can change the app's activity windowSoftInputMode param to adjustResize. This may cause issues with components that have position: 'absolute' while the keyboard is active. To avoid this behavior either specify windowSoftInputMode in AndroidManifest.xml ( https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html ) or control this param programmatically with native code.

Reference

Props

View Props

Inherits View Props.

`allowFontScaling`

Specifies whether fonts should scale to respect Text Size accessibility settings. The default is true.

Type
bool

`autoCapitalize`

Tells TextInput to automatically capitalize certain characters. This property is not supported by some keyboard types such as name-phone-pad.

characters: all characters.
words: first letter of each word.
sentences: first letter of each sentence (default).
none: don't auto capitalize anything.

Type
enum('none', 'sentences', 'words', 'characters')

`autoComplete`

Specifies autocomplete hints for the system, so it can provide autofill. On Android, the system will always attempt to offer autofill by using heuristics to identify the type of content. To disable autocomplete, set autoComplete to off.

The following values work across platforms:

additional-name
address-line1
address-line2
birthdate-day (iOS 17+)
birthdate-full (iOS 17+)
birthdate-month (iOS 17+)
birthdate-year (iOS 17+)
cc-csc (iOS 17+)
cc-exp (iOS 17+)
cc-exp-day (iOS 17+)
cc-exp-month (iOS 17+)
cc-exp-year (iOS 17+)
cc-number
country
current-password
email
family-name
given-name
honorific-prefix
honorific-suffix
name
new-password
off
one-time-code
postal-code
street-address
tel
username

iOS

The following values work on iOS only:

cc-family-name (iOS 17+)
cc-given-name (iOS 17+)
cc-middle-name (iOS 17+)
cc-name (iOS 17+)
cc-type (iOS 17+)
nickname
organization
organization-title
url

Android

The following values work on Android only:

gender
name-family
name-given
name-middle
name-middle-initial
name-prefix
name-suffix
password
password-new
postal-address
postal-address-country
postal-address-extended
postal-address-extended-postal-code
postal-address-locality
postal-address-region
sms-otp
tel-country-code
tel-device
tel-national
username-new

Type
enum('additional-name', 'address-line1', 'address-line2', 'birthdate-day', 'birthdate-full', 'birthdate-month', 'birthdate-year', 'cc-csc', 'cc-exp', 'cc-exp-day', 'cc-exp-month', 'cc-exp-year', 'cc-number', 'country', 'current-password', 'email', 'family-name', 'given-name', 'honorific-prefix', 'honorific-suffix', 'name', 'new-password', 'off', 'one-time-code', 'postal-code', 'street-address', 'tel', 'username', 'cc-family-name', 'cc-given-name', 'cc-middle-name', 'cc-name', 'cc-type', 'nickname', 'organization', 'organization-title', 'url', 'gender', 'name-family', 'name-given', 'name-middle', 'name-middle-initial', 'name-prefix', 'name-suffix', 'password', 'password-new', 'postal-address', 'postal-address-country', 'postal-address-extended', 'postal-address-extended-postal-code', 'postal-address-locality', 'postal-address-region', 'sms-otp', 'tel-country-code', 'tel-device', 'tel-national', 'username-new')

Type

enum('additional-name', 'address-line1', 'address-line2', 'birthdate-day', 'birthdate-full', 'birthdate-month', 'birthdate-year', 'cc-csc', 'cc-exp', 'cc-exp-day', 'cc-exp-month', 'cc-exp-year', 'cc-number', 'country', 'current-password', 'email', 'family-name', 'given-name', 'honorific-prefix', 'honorific-suffix', 'name', 'new-password', 'off', 'one-time-code', 'postal-code', 'street-address', 'tel', 'username', 'cc-family-name', 'cc-given-name', 'cc-middle-name', 'cc-name', 'cc-type', 'nickname', 'organization', 'organization-title', 'url', 'gender', 'name-family', 'name-given', 'name-middle', 'name-middle-initial', 'name-prefix', 'name-suffix', 'password', 'password-new', 'postal-address', 'postal-address-country', 'postal-address-extended', 'postal-address-extended-postal-code', 'postal-address-locality', 'postal-address-region', 'sms-otp', 'tel-country-code', 'tel-device', 'tel-national', 'username-new')

`autoCorrect`

If false, disables auto-correct. The default value is true.

Type
bool

`autoFocus`

If true, focuses the input on componentDidMount or useEffect. The default value is false.

Type
bool

`blurOnSubmit`

If true, the text field will blur when submitted. The default value is true for single-line fields and false for multiline fields. Note that for multiline fields, setting blurOnSubmit to true means that pressing return will blur the field and trigger the onSubmitEditing event instead of inserting a newline into the field.

Type
bool

`caretHidden`

If true, caret is hidden. The default value is false.

Type
bool

`clearButtonMode`
iOS

When the clear button should appear on the right side of the text view. This property is supported only for single-line TextInput component. The default value is never.

Type
enum('never', 'while-editing', 'unless-editing', 'always')

`clearTextOnFocus`
iOS

If true, clears the text field automatically when editing begins.

Type
bool

`contextMenuHidden`

If true, context menu is hidden. The default value is false.

Type
bool

`dataDetectorTypes`
iOS

Determines the types of data converted to clickable URLs in the text input. Only valid if multiline={true} and editable={false}. By default no data types are detected.

You can provide one type or an array of many types.

Possible values for dataDetectorTypes are:

'phoneNumber'
'link'
'address'
'calendarEvent'
'none'
'all'

Type
enum('phoneNumber', 'link', 'address', 'calendarEvent', 'none', 'all'), ,array of enum('phoneNumber', 'link', 'address', 'calendarEvent', 'none', 'all')

`defaultValue`

Provides an initial value that will change when the user starts typing. Useful for use-cases where you do not want to deal with listening to events and updating the value prop to keep the controlled state in sync.

Type
string

`cursorColor`
Android

When provided it will set the color of the cursor (or "caret") in the component. Unlike the behavior of selectionColor the cursor color will be set independently from the color of the text selection box.

Type
color

`disableFullscreenUI`
Android

When false, if there is a small amount of space available around a text input (e.g. landscape orientation on a phone), the OS may choose to have the user edit the text inside of a full screen text input mode. When true, this feature is disabled and users will always edit the text directly inside of the text input. Defaults to false.

Type
bool

`editable`

If false, text is not editable. The default value is true.

Type
bool

`enablesReturnKeyAutomatically`
iOS

If true, the keyboard disables the return key when there is no text and automatically enables it when there is text. The default value is false.

Type
bool

`enterKeyHint`

Determines what text should be shown to the return key. Has precedence over the returnKeyType prop.

The following values work across platforms:

enter
done
next
search
send

Android Only

The following values work on Android only:

previous

Type
enum('enter', 'done', 'next', 'previous', 'search', 'send')

`importantForAutofill`
Android

Tells the operating system whether the individual fields in your app should be included in a view structure for autofill purposes on Android API Level 26+. Possible values are auto, no, noExcludeDescendants, yes, and yesExcludeDescendants. The default value is auto.

auto: Let the Android System use its heuristics to determine if the view is important for autofill.
no: This view isn't important for autofill.
noExcludeDescendants: This view and its children aren't important for autofill.
yes: This view is important for autofill.
yesExcludeDescendants: This view is important for autofill, but its children aren't important for autofill.

Type
enum('auto', 'no', 'noExcludeDescendants', 'yes', 'yesExcludeDescendants')

`inlineImageLeft`
Android

If defined, the provided image resource will be rendered on the left. The image resource must be inside /android/app/src/main/res/drawable and referenced like

<TextInput
 inlineImageLeft='search_icon'
/>

Type
string

`inlineImagePadding`
Android

Padding between the inline image, if any, and the text input itself.

Type
number

`inputAccessoryViewID`
iOS

An optional identifier which links a custom InputAccessoryView to this text input. The InputAccessoryView is rendered above the keyboard when this text input is focused.

Type
string

`inputMode`

Works like the inputmode attribute in HTML, it determines which keyboard to open, e.g. numeric and has precedence over keyboardType.

Support the following values:

none
text
decimal
numeric
tel
search
email
url

Type
enum('decimal', 'email', 'none', 'numeric', 'search', 'tel', 'text', 'url')

`keyboardAppearance`
iOS

Determines the color of the keyboard.

Type
enum('default', 'light', 'dark')

`keyboardType`

Determines which keyboard to open, e.g.numeric.

See screenshots of all the types here.

The following values work across platforms:

default
number-pad
decimal-pad
numeric
email-address
phone-pad
url

iOS Only

The following values work on iOS only:

ascii-capable
numbers-and-punctuation
name-phone-pad
twitter
web-search

Android Only

The following values work on Android only:

visible-password

Type
enum('default', 'email-address', 'numeric', 'phone-pad', 'ascii-capable', 'numbers-and-punctuation', 'url', 'number-pad', 'name-phone-pad', 'decimal-pad', 'twitter', 'web-search', 'visible-password')

`maxFontSizeMultiplier`

Specifies largest possible scale a font can reach when allowFontScaling is enabled. Possible values:

null/undefined (default): inherit from the parent node or the global default (0)
0: no max, ignore parent/global default
>= 1: sets the maxFontSizeMultiplier of this node to this value

Type
number

`maxLength`

Limits the maximum number of characters that can be entered. Use this instead of implementing the logic in JS to avoid flicker.

Type
number

`multiline`

If true, the text input can be multiple lines. The default value is false.

note

It is important to note that this aligns the text to the top on iOS, and centers it on Android. Use with textAlignVertical set to top for the same behavior in both platforms.

Type
bool

`numberOfLines`
Android

Sets the number of lines for a TextInput. Use it with multiline set to true to be able to fill the lines.

Type
number

`onBlur`

Callback that is called when the text input is blurred.

Note: If you are attempting to access the text value from nativeEvent keep in mind that the resulting value you get can be undefined which can cause unintended errors. If you are trying to find the last value of TextInput, you can use the onEndEditing event, which is fired upon completion of editing.

Type
function

`onChange`

Callback that is called when the text input's text changes.

Type
(`{nativeEvent: {eventCount, target, text}}`) => void

`onChangeText`

Callback that is called when the text input's text changes. Changed text is passed as a single string argument to the callback handler.

Type
function

`onContentSizeChange`

Callback that is called when the text input's content size changes.

Only called for multiline text inputs.

Type
(`{nativeEvent: {contentSize: {width, height} }}`) => void

`onEndEditing`

Callback that is called when text input ends.

Type
function

`onPressIn`

Callback that is called when a touch is engaged.

Type
`({nativeEvent: PressEvent}) => void`

`onPressOut`

Callback that is called when a touch is released.

Type
`({nativeEvent: PressEvent}) => void`

`onFocus`

Callback that is called when the text input is focused.

Type
`({nativeEvent: LayoutEvent}) => void`

`onKeyPress`

Callback that is called when a key is pressed. This will be called with object where keyValue is 'Enter' or 'Backspace' for respective keys and the typed-in character otherwise including ' ' for space. Fires before onChange callbacks. Note: on Android only the inputs from soft keyboard are handled, not the hardware keyboard inputs.

Type
(`{nativeEvent: {key: keyValue} }`) => void

`onLayout`

Invoked on mount and on layout changes.

Type
`({nativeEvent: LayoutEvent}) => void`

`onScroll`

Invoked on content scroll. May also contain other properties from ScrollEvent but on Android contentSize is not provided for performance reasons.

Type
(`{nativeEvent: {contentOffset: {x, y} }}`) => void

`onSelectionChange`

Callback that is called when the text input selection is changed.

Type
(`{nativeEvent: {selection: {start, end} }}`) => void

`onSubmitEditing`

Callback that is called when the text input's submit button is pressed.

Type
(`{nativeEvent: {text, eventCount, target}}`) => void

Note that on iOS this method isn't called when using keyboardType="phone-pad".

`placeholder`

The string that will be rendered before text input has been entered.

Type
string

`placeholderTextColor`

The text color of the placeholder string.

Type
color

`readOnly`

If true, text is not editable. The default value is false.

Type
bool

`returnKeyLabel`
Android

Sets the return key to the label. Use it instead of returnKeyType.

Type
string

`returnKeyType`

Determines how the return key should look. On Android you can also use returnKeyLabel.

Cross platform

The following values work across platforms:

done
go
next
search
send

Android Only

The following values work on Android only:

none
previous

iOS Only

The following values work on iOS only:

default
emergency-call
google
join
route
yahoo

Type
enum('done', 'go', 'next', 'search', 'send', 'none', 'previous', 'default', 'emergency-call', 'google', 'join', 'route', 'yahoo')

`rejectResponderTermination`
iOS

If true, allows TextInput to pass touch events to the parent component. This allows components such as SwipeableListView to be swipeable from the TextInput on iOS, as is the case on Android by default. If false, TextInput always asks to handle the input (except when disabled). The default value is true.

Type
bool

`rows`
Android

Sets the number of lines for a TextInput. Use it with multiline set to true to be able to fill the lines.

Type
number

`scrollEnabled`
iOS

If false, scrolling of the text view will be disabled. The default value is true. Only works with multiline={true}.

Type
bool

`secureTextEntry`

If true, the text input obscures the text entered so that sensitive text like passwords stay secure. The default value is false. Does not work with multiline={true}.

Type
bool

`selection`

The start and end of the text input's selection. Set start and end to the same value to position the cursor.

Type
object: `{start: number,end: number}`

`selectionColor`

The highlight and cursor color of the text input.

Type
color

`selectTextOnFocus`

If true, all text will automatically be selected on focus.

Type
bool

`showSoftInputOnFocus`

When false, it will prevent the soft keyboard from showing when the field is focused. The default value is true.

Type
bool

`spellCheck`
iOS

If false, disables spell-check style (i.e. red underlines). The default value is inherited from autoCorrect.

Type
bool

`textAlign`

Align the input text to the left, center, or right sides of the input field.

Possible values for textAlign are:

left
center
right

Type
enum('left', 'center', 'right')

`textContentType`
iOS

Give the keyboard and the system information about the expected semantic meaning for the content that users enter.

note

autoComplete, provides the same functionality and is available for all platforms. You can use Platform.select for differing platform behaviors.

Avoid using both textContentType and autoComplete. For backwards compatibility, textContentType takes precedence when both properties are set.

You can set textContentType to username or password to enable autofill of login details from the device keychain.

newPassword can be used to indicate a new password input the user may want to save in the keychain, and oneTimeCode can be used to indicate that a field can be autofilled by a code arriving in an SMS.

To disable autofill, set textContentType to none.

Possible values for textContentType are:

none
addressCity
addressCityAndState
addressState
birthdate (iOS 17+)
birthdateDay (iOS 17+)
birthdateMonth (iOS 17+)
birthdateYear (iOS 17+)
countryName
creditCardExpiration (iOS 17+)
creditCardExpirationMonth (iOS 17+)
creditCardExpirationYear (iOS 17+)
creditCardFamilyName (iOS 17+)
creditCardGivenName (iOS 17+)
creditCardMiddleName (iOS 17+)
creditCardName (iOS 17+)
creditCardNumber
creditCardSecurityCode (iOS 17+)
creditCardType (iOS 17+)
emailAddress
familyName
fullStreetAddress
givenName
jobTitle
location
middleName
name
namePrefix
nameSuffix
newPassword
nickname
oneTimeCode
organizationName
password
postalCode
streetAddressLine1
streetAddressLine2
sublocality
telephoneNumber
URL
username

Type

enum('none', 'addressCity', 'addressCityAndState', 'addressState', 'birthdate', 'birthdateDay', 'birthdateMonth', 'birthdateYear', 'countryName', 'creditCardExpiration', 'creditCardExpirationMonth', 'creditCardExpirationYear', 'creditCardFamilyName', 'creditCardGivenName', 'creditCardMiddleName', 'creditCardName', 'creditCardNumber', 'creditCardSecurityCode', 'creditCardType', 'emailAddress', 'familyName', 'fullStreetAddress', 'givenName', 'jobTitle', 'location', 'middleName', 'name', 'namePrefix', 'nameSuffix', 'newPassword', 'nickname', 'oneTimeCode', 'organizationName', 'password', 'postalCode', 'streetAddressLine1', 'streetAddressLine2', 'sublocality', 'telephoneNumber', 'URL', 'username')

`passwordRules`
iOS

When using textContentType as newPassword on iOS we can let the OS know the minimum requirements of the password so that it can generate one that will satisfy them. In order to create a valid string for PasswordRules take a look to the Apple Docs.

If passwords generation dialog doesn't appear please make sure that:

AutoFill is enabled: Settings → Passwords & Accounts → toggle "On" the AutoFill Passwords,

iCloud Keychain is used: Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Keychain → toggle "On" the iCloud Keychain.

Type
string

`style`

Note that not all Text styles are supported, an incomplete list of what is not supported includes:

borderLeftWidth
borderTopWidth
borderRightWidth
borderBottomWidth
borderTopLeftRadius
borderTopRightRadius
borderBottomRightRadius
borderBottomLeftRadius

see Issue#7070 for more detail.

Styles

Type
Text

`textBreakStrategy`
Android

Set text break strategy on Android API Level 23+, possible values are simple, highQuality, balanced The default value is highQuality.

Type
enum('simple', 'highQuality', 'balanced')

`underlineColorAndroid`
Android

The color of the TextInput underline.

Type
color

`value`

The value to show for the text input. TextInput is a controlled component, which means the native value will be forced to match this value prop if provided. For most uses, this works great, but in some cases this may cause flickering - one common cause is preventing edits by keeping value the same. In addition to setting the same value, either set editable={false}, or set/update maxLength to prevent unwanted edits without flicker.

Type
string

`lineBreakStrategyIOS`
iOS

Set line break strategy on iOS 14+. Possible values are none, standard, hangul-word and push-out.

Type	Default
enum(`'none'`, `'standard'`, `'hangul-word'`, `'push-out'`)	`'none'`

Methods

`.focus()`

focus();

Makes the native input request focus.

`.blur()`

blur();

Makes the native input lose focus.

`clear()`

clear();

Removes all text from the TextInput.

`isFocused()`

isFocused(): boolean;

Returns true if the input is currently focused; false otherwise.

Known issues

react-native#19096: Doesn't support Android's onKeyPreIme.
react-native#19366: Calling .focus() after closing Android's keyboard via back button doesn't bring keyboard up again.
react-native#26799: Doesn't support Android's secureTextEntry when keyboardType="email-address" or keyboardType="phone-pad".

Props
Methods

Reference

Props​

View Props​

allowFontScaling​

autoCapitalize​

autoComplete​

autoCorrect​

autoFocus​

blurOnSubmit​

caretHidden​

clearButtonMode iOS​

clearTextOnFocus iOS​

contextMenuHidden​

dataDetectorTypes iOS​

defaultValue​

cursorColor Android​

disableFullscreenUI Android​

editable​

enablesReturnKeyAutomatically iOS​

enterKeyHint​

importantForAutofill Android​

inlineImageLeft Android​

inlineImagePadding Android​

inputAccessoryViewID iOS​

inputMode​

keyboardAppearance iOS​

keyboardType​

maxFontSizeMultiplier​

maxLength​

multiline​

numberOfLines Android​

onBlur​

onChange​

onChangeText​

onContentSizeChange​

onEndEditing​

onPressIn​

onPressOut​

onFocus​

onKeyPress​

onLayout​

onScroll​

onSelectionChange​

onSubmitEditing​

placeholder​

placeholderTextColor​

readOnly​

returnKeyLabel Android​

returnKeyType​

rejectResponderTermination iOS​

rows Android​

scrollEnabled iOS​

secureTextEntry​

selection​

selectionColor​

selectTextOnFocus​

showSoftInputOnFocus​

spellCheck iOS​

textAlign​

textContentType iOS​

passwordRules iOS​

style​

textBreakStrategy Android​

underlineColorAndroid Android​

value​

lineBreakStrategyIOS iOS​

Methods​

.focus()​

.blur()​

clear()​

isFocused()​

Known issues

Props

View Props

`allowFontScaling`

`autoCapitalize`

`autoComplete`

`autoCorrect`

`autoFocus`

`blurOnSubmit`

`caretHidden`

`clearButtonMode`
iOS

`clearTextOnFocus`
iOS

`contextMenuHidden`

`dataDetectorTypes`
iOS

`defaultValue`

`cursorColor`
Android

`disableFullscreenUI`
Android

`editable`

`enablesReturnKeyAutomatically`
iOS

`enterKeyHint`

`importantForAutofill`
Android

`inlineImageLeft`
Android

`inlineImagePadding`
Android

`inputAccessoryViewID`
iOS

`inputMode`

`keyboardAppearance`
iOS

`keyboardType`

`maxFontSizeMultiplier`

`maxLength`

`multiline`

`numberOfLines`
Android

`onBlur`

`onChange`

`onChangeText`

`onContentSizeChange`

`onEndEditing`

`onPressIn`

`onPressOut`

`onFocus`

`onKeyPress`

`onLayout`

`onScroll`

`onSelectionChange`

`onSubmitEditing`

`placeholder`

`placeholderTextColor`

`readOnly`

`returnKeyLabel`
Android

`returnKeyType`

`rejectResponderTermination`
iOS

`rows`
Android

`scrollEnabled`
iOS

`secureTextEntry`

`selection`

`selectionColor`

`selectTextOnFocus`

`showSoftInputOnFocus`

`spellCheck`
iOS

`textAlign`

`textContentType`
iOS

`passwordRules`
iOS

`style`

`textBreakStrategy`
Android

`underlineColorAndroid`
Android

`value`

`lineBreakStrategyIOS`
iOS

Methods

`.focus()`

`.blur()`

`clear()`

`isFocused()`