microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows
Add ability to create custom TextInput based components
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Area: TextInput
enhancement
help wanted
Needs: Dev Design
New Architecture
Partner: Office
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Currently you cannot create a custom TextInput component.
We'll need to create native APIs to be able to create and customize TextInput behaviors.
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
No files, tests, or entry points are mentioned. Start by locating the existing TextInput implementation and clarifying which native APIs and customizable behaviors are required for custom components. Done means the agreed creation and customization APIs are implemented with documented behavior and coverage for the supported cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, react-native
- Domain
- desktop, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100