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React Material-UI Cookbook

You're reading from   React Material-UI Cookbook Build captivating user experiences using React and Material-UI

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789615227
Length 534 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Grids - Placing Components on the Page 2. App Bars - The Top Level of Every Page FREE CHAPTER 3. Drawers - A Place for Navigation Controls 4. Tabs - Grouping Content into Tab Sections 5. Expansion Panels - Group Content into Panel Sections 6. Lists - Display Simple Collection Data 7. Tables - Display Complex Collection Data 8. Cards - Display Detailed Information 9. Snackbars - Temporary Messages 10. Buttons - Initiating Actions 11. Text - Collecting Text Input 12. Autocomplete and Chips - Text Input Suggestions for Multiple Items 13. Selection - Make Selections from Choices 14. Pickers - Selecting Dates and Times 15. Dialogs - Modal Screens for User Interactions 16. Menus - Display Actions That Pop Out 17. Typography - Control Font Look and Feel 18. Icons - Enhance Icons to Match Your Look and Feel 19. Themes - Centralize the Look and Feel of Your App 20. Styles - Applying Styles to Components 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Placeholder and helper text

At a minimum, text fields should have a label so that the user knows what to type. But a label on its own can be downright confusing—especially if you have several text fields on the same screen. To help the user understand what to type, you can utilize placeholder and helperText in addition to label.

How to do it...

Let's write some code that showcases various label, placeholder, and helperText configurations you can use with the TextField component:

import React from 'react';

import { withStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import Grid from '@material-ui/core/Grid';
import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';

const styles = theme ...
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