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react-native/docs/Basics-Component-TextInput.md
Eric Nakagawa 4243d682a0 Docs: Basic Components Update
Summary:
This is an improvement to basic components docs.

* I updated the basic components example code to better render components on iOS (added paddingTop).
* I also modified the code to allow reader to easily copy, paste, and then run the code in their project if they followed the 'Getting Started' quick start guide.
* I also added additional copy to clarify suggested usage/guidelines.
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/8292

Differential Revision: D3469943

Pulled By: JoelMarcey

fbshipit-source-id: 21ff6ee13b59741c43d80aab68a38aace0fbfca6
2016-06-22 10:13:27 -07:00

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---
id: basics-component-textinput
title: TextInput
layout: docs
category: Basics
permalink: docs/basics-component-textinput.html
next: basics-component-scrollview
---
Direct text-based user input is a foundation for many apps. Writing a post or comment on a page is a canonical example of this. [`TextInput`](/react-native/docs/textinput.html#content) is a basic component that allows the user to enter text.
This example creates a simple `TextInput` box with the `string` `Type something here` as the placeholder when the `TextInput` is empty.
```JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { AppRegistry, Text, TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
const AwesomeProject = () => {
return (
<View style={{paddingTop: 22}}>
<TextInput
style={{
height: 40,
margin: 5,
paddingLeft: 10,
borderColor: 'black',
borderWidth: 1
}}
placeholder="Type something here"
/>
</View>
);
}
// App registration and rendering
AppRegistry.registerComponent('AwesomeProject', () => AwesomeProject);
```