material-components / material-components/material-components-android
Question: TextInputLayout startIcon support. How to set padding between the icon and text?
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feature request
Widget: TextField
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
There is a new option in this component: `startIcon`.
How to set paddings to it? Like `android:drawablePadding`.
The question is for both startIcon and endIcon.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the TextInputLayout startIcon and endIcon APIs and their existing component documentation. Check how icon-to-text padding is currently exposed; done means documenting the supported configuration or defining the needed behavior for both icons.
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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
- 32/100