Text Fields

Text fields allow users to input, edit, and select text.

• Module @rmwc/textfield
• Import styles:
  • Using CSS Loader
    • import '@rmwc/textfield/styles';
  • Or include stylesheets
    • '@material/textfield/dist/mdc.textfield.css'
    • '@material/floating-label/dist/mdc.floating-label.css'
    • '@material/notched-outline/dist/mdc.notched-outline.css'
    • '@material/line-ripple/dist/mdc.line-ripple.css'
    • '@material/ripple/dist/mdc.ripple.css'
    • '@rmwc/icon/icon.css'
• MDC Docs: https://material.io/develop/web/components/input-controls/text-field/

TextField Variants

<TextField label="standard..." />

<TextField outlined label="outlined..." />

<TextField placeholder="No label" />

<>
  {/* Leading and trailing icons can be used.*/}
  <TextField icon="search" trailingIcon="close" label="icon..." />
  {/* If you need full control over the icon, you can pass the icon as options with your own props. Dont forget the TabIndex to make it clickable*/}
  <TextField
    label="trailingIcon..."
    trailingIcon={{
      icon: 'close',
      tabIndex: 0,
      onClick: () => console.log('Clear')
    }}
  />
</>

Textareas

You can make the TextField a textarea. Make sure to include outlined for proper styling You can optionally make help text always visible by passing an object as props with persistent set to true. Textareas can also have an optional character counter which will work with the maxLength property.

<div>
  <TextField
    textarea
    label="textarea..."
    rows={8}
    maxLength={20}
    characterCount
    resizeable
    helpText={{
      persistent: true,
      validationMsg: true,
      children: 'The field is required'
    }}
  />
</div>

Validation

<TextField disabled label="Disabled..." />

<TextField required label="Required..." value="" />

<TextField
  invalid
  label="Invalid..."
  value="#@!$"
  onChange={() => {}}
/>

<TextField label="Validate Pattern" pattern="[A-Za-z]{3}" />

HTML Input Types

A preview of how material-components-web handles styling input types for your browser.

<>
  <TextField label="text" type="text" />
  <TextField label="color" type="color" style={{ width: '6rem' }} />
  <TextField label="date" type="date" />
  <TextField label="datetime-local" type="datetime-local" />
  <TextField label="month" type="month" />
  <TextField label="range" type="range" />
  <TextField label="time" type="time" />
  <TextField label="week" type="week" />
</>

TextField

A TextField component for accepting text input from a user.

Props

Name	Type	Description
align	"start" \| "end"	How to align the text inside the TextField. Defaults to 'start'.
characterCount	undefined \| false \| true	Shows the character count, must be used in conjunction with maxLength.
disabled	undefined \| false \| true	Makes the Textfield disabled.
floatLabel	undefined \| false \| true	The label floats automatically based on value, but you can use this prop for manual control.
foundationRef	React.Ref<MDCTextFieldFoundation \| null>	Advanced: A reference to the MDCFoundation.
helpText	React.ReactNode \| TextFieldHelperTextProps	Adds help text to the field
icon	RMWC.IconPropT	Add a leading icon.
inputRef	React.Ref<HTMLInputElement \| HTMLTextAreaElement \| null>	A reference to the native input or textarea.
invalid	undefined \| false \| true	Makes the TextField visually invalid. This is sometimes automatically applied in cases where required or pattern is used.
label	React.ReactNode	A label for the input.
outlined	undefined \| false \| true	Outline the TextField.
prefix	undefined \| string	Add prefix.
required	undefined \| false \| true	Makes the Textfield required.
resizeable	undefined \| false \| true	Make textarea resizeable
rootProps	Object	By default, props spread to the input. These props are for the component's root container.
suffix	undefined \| string	Add suffix.
textarea	undefined \| false \| true	Makes a multiline TextField.
trailingIcon	RMWC.IconPropT	Add a trailing icon.
type	undefined \| string	The type of input field to render, search, number, etc
value	string \| number	Sets the value for controlled TextFields.