material-components / material-components/material-components-android
[TextInputLayout] Scrollable prefix
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
When using long `textPrefix`, prefix does not scroll.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
I would like to prefix and text scroll together, when text content is bigger than screen size.
Currently only text scrolls, prefix position is fixed.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
I've managed to create a solution, that fits my needs, but includes:
- filtering text with InputFilter
- manipulating cursor (position, selection)
- using Spanned to color text
It's a bit annoying to implement on it's own.
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Research direction
Start by locating the TextInputLayout implementation and its existing textPrefix and scrolling behavior. Reproduce the long-prefix case, then verify that the prefix and text scroll together when the content exceeds the screen size.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100