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React MUI Text Field Input

React MUI is a UI library that provides fully-loaded components, bringing our own design system to our production-ready components. MUI is a user interface library that provides predefined and customizable React components for faster and easy web development, these Material-UI components are based on top of Material Design by Google.

React MUI Text Field Input is a text field that allows the users to input the text and edit it. They mostly appear in forms and dialog boxes.

React MUI TextField variants:

  • Basic TextField: This is the default text field which includes label, input, text, etc.
  • Form props: Form attributes like required, disabled, type, etc., and a helperText are used.
  • Validation: Errors are validated through helperText prop.
  • Multiline: It is defined by a prop that transforms the text field into a TextareaAutosize element.
  • Select: It is defined by a prop select that makes the text field use the Select component internally.
  • Icons: It is defined to display the icon within the input field.
  • Sizes: There are two sizes available to change the input field.
  • Margin: It is defined by a prop that is used to change the vertical spacing of the text field.
  • Full width: A prop can be used to make the input take up the full width of its container.
  • Uncontrolled vs. Controlled: An input can be controlled or uncontrolled.
  • Components: TextField is composed of smaller components that can be styled accordingly.
  • Inputs: Input elements are also used to take input as like a textfield.
  • Color: A color of the text field has defined a prop that changes the highlight color of the text field when focused.
  • Customization: Textfield can be customized as per the choice.
  • useFormControl: It is a hook that returns the context value of the parent FormControl component.
  • Limitations: It is used to set the limitations on the input field such as shrink, floating label, type, or helper text.
  • Integration with 3rd party input libraries: The third-party libraries can be added to format an input.
  • Accessibility: To make the text field accessible, the input should be linked to the label and the helper text.
  • Unstyled: An unstyled version of React MUI textfield is also available to use.
  • API: The used APIs are <FilledInput />, <FormControl />, <FormHelperText />, <Input />, <InputAdornment />, <InputBase />, <InputLabel />, <OutlinedInput />, and <TextField />.

 

Syntax:

<TextField label="Enter you input" variant="outlined" />

Creating React Project:

Step 1: To create a react app, you need to install react modules through the npm command.

npm create-react-app project name

Step 2: After creating your react project, move into the folder to perform different operations.

cd project name

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled

Project Structure:

 

Step to Run Application:

npm start

Example 1: Below example demonstrates the React MUI basic text input field of different sizes and colors.

Javascript




import { TextField } from "@mui/material";
import React from "react";
  
function App() {
    return (
        <center>
            <div>
                <h1 style={{ color: "green" }}>
                    neveropen</h1>
                <h2>React MUI Text Field Input</h2>
                <div>
                    <TextField
                        label="Small Outlined Input"
                        variant="outlined"
                        size="small"
                        color="warning"
                        style={{ marginRight: 10 }}
                    />
                    <TextField
                        label="Normal Filled Input"
                        variant="filled"
                        color="secondary"
                        style={{ marginRight: 10 }}
                    />
                    <TextField
                        label="Normal Standard Input"
                        variant="standard"
                        color="success"
                    />
                </div>
            </div>
        </center>
    );
}
  
export default App;


Output:

 

Example 2: Below example demonstrates the React MUI text input field using a full-width select component with icons.

Javascript




import React, { useState } from "react";
import { TextField } from "@mui/material";
import InputAdornment from "@mui/material/InputAdornment";
import { Source } from "@mui/icons-material";
  
const data = [
    {
        value: "Stack",
    },
    {
        value: "Queue",
    },
    {
        value: "Linked List",
    },
    {
        value: "Array",
    },
];
  
function App() {
    const [dataStructure, setDataStructure] = useState("Array");
  
    const handleChange = (e) => {
        setDataStructure(e.target.value);
    };
  
    return (
        <center>
            <div>
                <h1 style={{ color: "green" }}>neveropen</h1>
                <h2>React MUI Text Field Input</h2>
                <div style={{ maxWidth: "98%" }}>
                    <TextField
                        fullWidth
                        select
                        label="Select"
                        value={dataStructure}
                        variant="outlined"
                        onChange={handleChange}
                        SelectProps={{
                            native: true,
                        }}
                        helperText="Select a Data Structure"
                        InputProps={{
                            startAdornment: (
                                <InputAdornment position="start">
                                    <Source />
                                </InputAdornment>
                            ),
                        }}
                    >
                        {data.map((option) => (
                            <option key={option.value} value={option.value}>
                                {option.value}
                            </option>
                        ))}
                    </TextField>
                    <TextField
                        fullWidth
                        select
                        label="Select"
                        value={dataStructure}
                        variant="filled"
                        style={{ marginTop: 10 }}
                        onChange={handleChange}
                        SelectProps={{
                            native: true,
                        }}
                        helperText="Select a Data Structure"
                        InputProps={{
                            startAdornment: (
                                <InputAdornment position="start">
                                    <Source />
                                </InputAdornment>
                            ),
                        }}
                    >
                        {data.map((option) => (
                            <option key={option.value} 
                                value={option.value}>
                                {option.value}
                            </option>
                        ))}
                    </TextField>
                    <TextField
                        fullWidth
                        select
                        label="Select"
                        value={dataStructure}
                        variant="standard"
                        style={{ marginTop: 10 }}
                        onChange={handleChange}
                        SelectProps={{
                            native: true,
                        }}
                        helperText="Select a Data Structure"
                        InputProps={{
                            startAdornment: (
                                <InputAdornment position="start">
                                    <Source />
                                </InputAdornment>
                            ),
                        }}
                    >
                        {data.map((option) => (
                            <option key={option.value}
                                value={option.value}>
                                {option.value}
                            </option>
                        ))}
                    </TextField>
                </div>
            </div>
        </center>
    );
}
  
export default App;


Output:

 

Reference: https://mui.com/material-ui/react-text-field

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