{"id":9574,"date":"2024-02-12T05:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2024-02-12T05:34:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:34:45","slug":"react-native-textinput-onsubmit-callback-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/react-native\/react-native-textinput-onsubmit-callback-function","title":{"rendered":"I Know React-native&#8217;s TextInput Has an onsubmit Callback Function, But How Do I Actually Make That Submit Button?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In React Native, returnKeyType and onSubmitEditing are two useful features when working with text input.<\/p>\n<h3>returnKeyType:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This is like giving instructions to the keyboard&#8217;s return key.<\/li>\n<li>It lets you change the text on the return key to match what you want it to do.<\/li>\n<li>For example, if you set it to &#8220;send,&#8221; it&#8217;s like telling the keyboard, &#8220;When someone taps this, think of it as sending something.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>onSubmitEditing:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You can use onSubmitEditing to specify a function that gets triggered when the return key is pressed.<\/li>\n<li>This function can do things like handle the submitted text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a example: <\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"r\">&lt;TextInput\r\n     style={styles.input}\r\n     placeholder=\"Type something\"\r\n     returnKeyType=\"send\" \/\/you can set this value as per your requirement\r\n     onSubmitEditing={event =&gt; {\r\n       \/\/ Handle the submission logic here using event.nativeEvent.text\r\n       console.log('Submitted:', event.nativeEvent.text);\r\n     }}\r\n \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/react-screen-473x1024.png\" alt=\"react-screen-text\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/react-screen-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/react-screen-138x300.png 138w, https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/react-screen-768x1664.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/react-screen-709x1536.png 709w, https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/react-screen.png 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><br \/>\nSo, in simple terms, returnKeyType customizes the return key&#8217;s label, and onSubmitEditing lets you control what happens when that key is pressed. 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