[FIXED] How to align text in TextInput for react-native-paper

Issue

I am using "react-native-paper": "^4.12.5" & "react-native": "0.70.4"

I want to transform the layout on the left to the one on the right using react-native-paper. But I have found a problem. I don't know how to center the input, and the placeholder of a TextInput. I would also like to hide the cursor.

I have tried to inject "textAlign" using the style prop of the paper component, but it does not seem to work, and the native props of paper do not allow this transformation. Do you know how I can adapt the paper component, or do you think I have to design my own?

import * as React from 'react';
import {StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
import {TextInput} from 'react-native-paper';
import {useTheme} from 'react-native-paper';

type textInputProps = {
  placeholder: string;
  style: object;
};

const CustomInput = ({placeholder, style}: textInputProps) => {
  const {colors} = useTheme();

  return (
    <TextInput
      mode="outlined"
      placeholder={placeholder}
      outlineColor={colors.border}
      style={(styles.custom, style)} // Here is the error!
      // style={[styles.custom, style]} This is how to do it
      theme={{roundness: 30}}
    />
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  custom: {
    textAlign: 'center',
  },
});

export default CustomInput;

----- Edit -----

As pointed out by Vu and Nitin, it is perfectly possible to style a paper TextInput to center the cursor using the style prop and the textAlign property. My error was in the way I was passing the style prop, not the style itself.

Solution

Syntax error found: style={(styles.custom, style)}

textAlign still work.

Change to: style={[styles.custom, style]} or style={{...styles.custom, ...style}} to resolve.

Answered By - Vu Phung
Answer Checked By - - Cary Denson (ReactFix Admin)