# Input

Inputs let users enter and edit text.

![](/files/-MGxGqRQ5Z7LOUAmCEzq)

```jsx
import { Input } from '../components'

<Input
    placeholder={'Place your Text'}
/>
```

Input can be dark on the bright screen.

```jsx
import { Input } from '../components'

<Input
    dark
    placeholder={'Place your Text'}
/>
```

Input can be disabled:

```jsx
import { Input } from '../components/'

<Input
    disabled
    placeholder={'Place your Text'}
/>
```

You can make input bordered:

```jsx
import { Input } from '../components/'

<Input
    type="bordered"
    placeholder={'Place your Text'}
/>
```

You can make the input with a caption:

```jsx
import { Input } from '../components/'

<Input
    caption="Simple caption text"
    placeholder={'Place your Text'}
/>
```

You can make the input with a label:

```jsx
import { Input } from '../components/'

<Input
    label="Simple label text"
    placeholder={'Place your Text'}
/>
```

## Properties

| Name        | Type                                       | Description                                                                                                             |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| placeholder | `string`                                   | A string to be displayed when there is no value.                                                                        |
| dark        | `bool`                                     | Makes input dark.                                                                                                       |
| disabled    | `bool`                                     | Makes input disabled.                                                                                                   |
| label       | `ReactText \| (TextProps) => ReactElement` | String, number or a function component to render above the input field. If it is a function, expected to return a Text. |
| caption     | `ReactText \| (TextProps) => ReactElement` | String, number or a function component to render below the input field. If it is a function, expected to return a Text. |
| value       | `string`                                   | A value displayed in input field.                                                                                       |


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