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Layout

If you are starting a new project, please try gluestack-ui for better performance and new design.

Text

Text allows the rendering of text and paragraphs within an interface.


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const Example = () => {
  return <Text>This is Text.</Text>;
};const Example = () => {
  return <Text>This is Text.</Text>;
};

Examples

ChangingFontSize


Playground
const Example = () => {
  return <VStack space={1} alignItems="center">
      <Text fontSize="xs">xs</Text>
      <Text fontSize="sm">sm</Text>
      <Text fontSize="md">md</Text>
      <Text fontSize="lg">lg</Text>
      <Text fontSize="xl">xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="2xl">2xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="3xl">3xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="4xl">4xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="5xl">5xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="6xl">6xl</Text>
    </VStack>;
};const Example = () => {
  return <VStack space={1} alignItems="center">
      <Text fontSize="xs">xs</Text>
      <Text fontSize="sm">sm</Text>
      <Text fontSize="md">md</Text>
      <Text fontSize="lg">lg</Text>
      <Text fontSize="xl">xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="2xl">2xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="3xl">3xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="4xl">4xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="5xl">5xl</Text>
      <Text fontSize="6xl">6xl</Text>
    </VStack>;
};

Truncated


Playground
const Example = () => {
  return <Text isTruncated maxW="300" w="80%">
      NativeBase gives you a contrasting color based on your theme. You can also
      customise it using the useAccessibleColors hook.
    </Text>;
};const Example = () => {
  return <Text isTruncated maxW="300" w="80%">
      NativeBase gives you a contrasting color based on your theme. You can also
      customise it using the useAccessibleColors hook.
    </Text>;
};

Nested


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const Example = () => {
  return <Text italic>
      <Text bold>Taj Mahal</Text> is in Agra.
    </Text>;
};const Example = () => {
  return <Text italic>
      <Text bold>Taj Mahal</Text> is in Agra.
    </Text>;
};

Overridden


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const Example = () => {
  return <VStack space={2} alignItems="center">
      <Text bold>Bold</Text>
      <Text italic>Italic</Text>
      <Text underline>Underline</Text>
      <Text highlight _dark={{
      color: "coolgray.800"
    }}>
        Highlighted
      </Text>
      <Text>
        H<Text sub>2</Text>O
      </Text>
      <Text underline>Underline</Text>
      <Text strikeThrough>StrikeThrough</Text>
      <Text bold italic underline>
        Bold, Italic & Underline
      </Text>
    </VStack>;
};const Example = () => {
  return <VStack space={2} alignItems="center">
      <Text bold>Bold</Text>
      <Text italic>Italic</Text>
      <Text underline>Underline</Text>
      <Text highlight _dark={{
      color: "coolgray.800"
    }}>
        Highlighted
      </Text>
      <Text>
        H<Text sub>2</Text>O
      </Text>
      <Text underline>Underline</Text>
      <Text strikeThrough>StrikeThrough</Text>
      <Text bold italic underline>
        Bold, Italic & Underline
      </Text>
    </VStack>;
};

Props

Text implements

children

Renders components as Text children. Accepts a JSX.Element or an array of JSX.Element.

Type: ReactNode

fontSize

The size of font

Type: ResponsiveValue<number | "sm" | "2xs" | "xs" | "md" | "xl" | "3xl" | "5xl" | "lg" | "6xl" | "7xl" | "4xl" | "2xl" | (string & {}) | "8xl" | "9xl">

letterSpacing

Letter spacing

Type: ResponsiveValue<number | "sm" | "xs" | "md" | "xl" | "lg" | "2xl" | (string & {})>

lineHeight

Line height

Type: ResponsiveValue<number | "sm" | "2xs" | "xs" | "md" | "xl" | "3xl" | "5xl" | "lg" | "4xl" | "2xl" | (string & {})>

fontWeight

Font weight

Type: ResponsiveValue<number | "bold" | "medium" | (string & {}) | "hairline" | "thin" | "light" | "normal" | "semibold" | "extrabold" | "black" | "extraBlack">

font

Fonts

Type: ResponsiveValue<IFont>

noOfLines

Used to truncate text at a specific number of lines

Type: number

bold

Used to make the text bold.

Type: boolean

isTruncated

If true, it will render an ellipsis when the text exceeds the width of the viewport or maxWidth set.

Type: boolean