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imesh
imesh

Reputation: 1644

React Material UI Label Overlaps with Text

I'm using Material UI in a React application and trying to implement an entity update page. In this, we would need to set the exiting values of the entity to let the user update them. The existing values have been set using the defaultValue attribute of the input fields:

<div className="input-field">
   <input type="text" name="name" ref="name" defaultValue={this.state.name} />
   <label htmlFor="name" >Name</label>
</div>

With this approach, the intended functionality works fine. However, the labels of all text fields overlaps with their values. Please see below screenshot:

enter image description here

If I click on each field, the label moves up as expected. However, at the page load, labels do not move up. I tried using the value attribute of the input fields together with the onChange() event handler but experienced the same problem. Really, appreciate your thoughts on this.

The complete source code of this application can be found here: https://github.com/imesh/react-examples/tree/master/meetups/meetups-web-client

This particular page can be found here: https://github.com/imesh/react-examples/blob/master/meetups/meetups-web-client/src/components/UpdateMeetup.js

Github Issue: https://github.com/Dogfalo/materialize/issues/5995

Upvotes: 90

Views: 72527

Answers (17)

ALL IN ONE
ALL IN ONE

Reputation: 1

If you are using Material UI's TextField and the label overlaps with the value when the field is filled, it is usually because the variant of the TextField is not set. By default, the label is positioned above the field for the "outlined" or "filled" variants.

To fix this, simply add the variant prop to your TextField:

  variant="outlined" // Use "outlined" or "filled" variant to prevent label overlap

Upvotes: 0

M455
M455

Reputation: 139

10/2024 answer

Your label doesn't move up because the label can't determine whether it should move out of the way (shrink). To tell the label to shrink, you can assign the truthiness of this.state.name to the shrink prop like this:

<div className="input-field">
  <input type="text" name="name" ref="name" defaultValue={this.state.name} />
  <label htmlFor="name" shrink={!!this.state.name}>Name</label>
</div>

Assuming Materialize is converting label to InputLabel this will work.

The !! is a common way to get the truthiness of a value (the first ! (logical NOT) operator converts the value to its boolean opposite, the second ! (logical NOT) operator converts it back to the original boolean value).

More info on label shrinking in the Material UI docs: https://mui.com/material-ui/react-text-field/#shrink

If you were using Material UI directly (which is a more common scenario), you would have a TextField component and tell the label to move in the same way as above:

<TextField
  label="Name"
  variant="outlined"
  name="name"
  defaultValue={this.state.name}
  slotProps={{ inputLabel: { shrink: !!this.state.name } }}
/>

You may be wondering what slotProps is. Because the TextField component is made up of sub-components (Input, InputLabel, FormHelperText etc), you have to specify that it's the InputLabel that you want to add the shrink prop to. Each sub-component of TextField is referred to as a 'slot', hence the name slotProps. This is the current recommended way to pass props to Material UI sub-components.

More info on slotProps in the Material UI docs: https://mui.com/material-ui/api/text-field/#text-field-prop-slotProps

Upvotes: 0

Sultan Aslam
Sultan Aslam

Reputation: 6238

InputLabel has a prop shrink. you can use in TextField like below:

<TextField
  // ... rest
  InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}  
/>

OR

<TextField
  // ... rest
  InputLabelProps={{ shrink: !!this.state.name }}
/>

Upvotes: 81

Nasibullah Safai
Nasibullah Safai

Reputation: 21

I had this problem but I solved it by adding shrink

return (
    <Controller
      name={name}
      control={control}
      defaultValue={defaultValue || ''}
      render={({ field, fieldState: { error } }) => (
        <TextField
          {...field}
          select
          fullWidth
          label={label}
          value={field.value || ''}
          SelectProps={{ native: true, defaultValue: defaultValue || '' }}
          InputLabelProps={{ shrink: field.value }}
          error={!!error}
          helperText={error?.message}
          {...other}
        >
          {children}
        </TextField>
      )}
    />
  );

Upvotes: 2

Mayur Jadhav
Mayur Jadhav

Reputation: 1

After lot research I found solution. In input styles please use marginTop:10, Below I have added code snippet.

    <TextInput
      label="Description"
      variant="standard"
      value={descTextValue}
      inputStyle={{            
        marginTop:10
      }}
      onChangeText={value => setDescTextValue(value)}
      color="#B3B3B3"
      multiline
      numberOfLines={4}
      maxLength={250}
    />

I hope it will works.

Upvotes: 0

Tanya Sharma
Tanya Sharma

Reputation: 41

I have been trying to resolve this for my login page and it got resolved using these. Just add : For Username :

<TextField
// ... rest
 InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}
 />

For Password Feild :

<InputLabel shrink={true}
>Password</InputLabel>

Upvotes: 3

Md. Nazrul Islam
Md. Nazrul Islam

Reputation: 3017

I solved this by using a condition if it is not null && undefined then assign the value otherwise "". Here use the Formik

<TextField
  type="text"
  label="Ending Month"
  variant="outlined"
  fullWidth
  size="small"
  name="endingMonth"
  value={values.endingMonth ?? ""}
  helperText={touched.endingMonth && errors.endingMonth}
  error={Boolean(touched.endingMonth && errors.endingMonth)}
/>

Upvotes: 9

Sanzhar Dan
Sanzhar Dan

Reputation: 393

I made it work by setting the value to null for the first render when the state value is undefined.

Here's an example:

          <TextField
              label={errors.email || "Email"}
              name={'adminEmail'}
              error={!!errors.email}
              onChange={handleChange}
              value={values.email || null}
              variant="outlined"
              className={`mb-8 `}
              autoComplete="new-password"
          />

Upvotes: 0

w3core
w3core

Reputation: 139

My RHF hook for MUI:

// hooks.js
function useMUI(useFormObject) {
  const register = (name, options) => ({
    ...useFormObject.register(name, options),
    InputLabelProps:{ shrink:!!useFormObject.watch(name) }
  });
  return {
    ...useFormObject,
    register
  };
}

Usage example:

const { register, handleSubmit } = useMUI(useForm());

return (
  <TextField label="First name" {...register('firstName')} />
);

Result: enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

archana leela
archana leela

Reputation: 11

**Solution 1:** Set Shrink Attribute Based on Field Value if you want to move the label to outline only when it has value

  <TextField
   **key="title"**
   required
   id="title"
   label="Story Title"
   name="title"
   fullWidth
   value={this.state.title}
   InputLabelProps={{
   shrink: this.state.title?true:false,
   }}
/>

Solution 2: Set Shrink attribute as true If you are fine to display the label always at the outline of TextBox 

<TextField
          id="outlined-number"
          label="Number"
          type="number"
          **InputLabelProps={{
            shrink: true,
          }}**
        />

Upvotes: 1

Taha Farooqui
Taha Farooqui

Reputation: 757

I fixed it by adding the condition on shrink based on a text field value.

Just add this code in the text field: Updated (2022)

InputLabelProps={{ shrink: field.value }}

Example:

<Controller
name="formatted_phone_number"
control={control}
render={({ field }) => (
  <TextField
    {...field}
    className=""
    id="formatted_phone_number"
    label="Phone"
    type="text"
    variant="outlined"
    fullWidth
    InputLabelProps={{ shrink: field.value }}  
  />
)}
/>

Upvotes: 24

RoniDoni
RoniDoni

Reputation: 77

It's 2022 and I still have this error; I have changed the wrapper element around TextField component from grid to div and it solved the issues for me.

Upvotes: 3

Tyler Petri
Tyler Petri

Reputation: 1

Utilizing InputLabelProps={{shrink: true}}, you can add a state and an onSelect to toggle the shrink state

const [shrink1, setShrink1] = useState(false)

<TextField
            fullWidth
            id='filled-basic'
            label='Name'
            variant='filled'
            value={formState.name}
            onChange={(event) => setFormState({ name: event.target.value })}
            onSelect={() => setShrink1(true)}
            InputLabelProps={{ shrink: shrink1 }}
          />

Upvotes: 0

Manohar Reddy Poreddy
Manohar Reddy Poreddy

Reputation: 27495

Below worked:

<InputLabel shrink={true}>Select A Role</InputLabel>

InputLabelProps gave error in functional component in react.

Upvotes: 0

DataGuru
DataGuru

Reputation: 837

I had the same issue; however it was inconsistent - meaning sometimes I have the labels displayed properly and sometimes overlapped

I tried the following and it worked fine. Basically the form is first rendered empty without data; then the useEffect was fetching the data and populating the data. I set a isLoading state variable - this will be initially set to true and set to false after the data is fetched by API.

Display all the data only after isLoading is false - this works well.

Code Snippet

export default function UserProfile(props) {
const classes = useStyles();
const [user, setUser] = React.useState({});
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = React.useState(true);

const getUser = async () => {
    const requestOptions = {
        method: 'GET',
        cache: 'no-cache',
        headers: { 
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        },
        redirect: 'follow',
        referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer',            
    };

    const response = await axios.request(
        "/api/userprofile",
        requestOptions
    );

    const responseData = await response.data;
    
    setUser( responseData.userProfile );
    setIsLoading(false);
}

React.useEffect(() =>{
    getUser();
    console.log(user);
})

return(
    <div style={{padding:"10px"}}>
        <Grid container className={classes.card}>
            <Container component="main" maxWidth="xs">
            <>{ isLoading ? <div> </div> : 
            <div className={classes.paper}>
                <Typography variant="h6">User Profile</Typography>
                <TextField
                    key="Name"
                    variant="outlined"
                    margin="normal"
                    fullWidth
                    id="Name"
                    label="Name"
                    value={user.name}
                    InputProps={{
                        readOnly: true,
                    }}
                />
                <TextField
                    variant="outlined"
                    margin="normal"
                    fullWidth
                    id="email"
                    label="Email Address"
                    value={user.email}
                    InputProps={{
                        readOnly: true,
                    }}
                />
                <TextField
                    variant="outlined"
                    margin="normal"
                    fullWidth
                    id="phone"
                    label="Phone"
                    value={user.phone_number}
                    InputProps={{
                        readOnly: true,
                    }}
                />
            </div>
            }</>
            </Container>
        </Grid>
    </div>
);

}

Upvotes: 5

Hrishikesh Baidya
Hrishikesh Baidya

Reputation: 567

I can say whatever works for me try this out .

This is for Functional based Component.

 const Example = () =>{
   const [name, setName] = useState("");
    const editName = (name) =>{
    setName(name);
  }

        return(
          <TextField
            required
            variant="outlined"
            margin="normal"
            fullWidth
            value={name}
            onChange={e => setName(e.target.value)}
            label="Enter Name"
          />
      )
  }

Upvotes: 0

jdGhuman
jdGhuman

Reputation: 1666

This is due to the undefined state of the value.

This workaround works for me as a fallback:

value= this.state.name || '';

e.g. for Material-UI

<div className="input-field">
   <input type="text" name="name" ref="name" value={this.state.name || ''} />
   <label htmlFor="name">Name</label>
</div>

Upvotes: 133

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