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# Text & Display Components
Components for displaying text content in OpenTUI.
## Text Component
The primary component for displaying styled text.
### Basic Usage
```tsx
// React/Solid
<text>Hello, World!</text>
// With content prop
<text content="Hello, World!" />
// Core
const text = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
id: "greeting",
content: "Hello, World!",
})
```
### Styling (React/Solid)
For React and Solid, use **nested modifier tags** for text styling:
```tsx
<text fg="#FFFFFF" bg="#000000">
<strong>Bold</strong>, <em>italic</em>, and <u>underlined</u>
</text>
```
> **Important**: Do NOT use `bold`, `italic`, `underline`, `dim`, `strikethrough` as props on `<text>` — they don't work. Always use nested tags like `<strong>`, `<em>`, `<u>`, or `<span>` with styling.
### Styling (Core) - Text Attributes
```typescript
import { TextRenderable, TextAttributes } from "@opentui/core"
const text = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
content: "Styled",
attributes: TextAttributes.BOLD | TextAttributes.UNDERLINE,
})
```
**Available attributes:**
- `TextAttributes.BOLD`
- `TextAttributes.DIM`
- `TextAttributes.ITALIC`
- `TextAttributes.UNDERLINE`
- `TextAttributes.BLINK`
- `TextAttributes.INVERSE`
- `TextAttributes.HIDDEN`
- `TextAttributes.STRIKETHROUGH`
### Text Selection
```tsx
<text selectable>
This text can be selected by the user
</text>
<text selectable={false}>
This text cannot be selected
</text>
```
## Text Modifiers
Inline styling elements that must be used inside `<text>`:
### Span
Inline styled text:
```tsx
<text>
Normal text with <span fg="red">red text</span> inline
</text>
```
### Bold/Strong
```tsx
<text>
<strong>Bold text</strong>
<b>Also bold</b>
</text>
```
### Italic/Emphasis
```tsx
<text>
<em>Italic text</em>
<i>Also italic</i>
</text>
```
### Underline
```tsx
<text>
<u>Underlined text</u>
</text>
```
### Line Break
```tsx
<text>
Line one
<br />
Line two
</text>
```
### Link
```tsx
<text>
Visit <a href="https://example.com">our website</a>
</text>
```
### Combined Modifiers
```tsx
<text>
<span fg="#00FF00">
<strong>Bold green</strong>
</span>
and
<span fg="#FF0000">
<em><u>italic underlined red</u></em>
</span>
</text>
```
## Styled Text Template (Core)
The `t` template literal for complex styling:
```typescript
import { t, bold, italic, underline, fg, bg, dim } from "@opentui/core"
const styled = t`
${bold("Bold")} and ${italic("italic")} text.
${fg("#FF0000")("Red text")} with ${bg("#0000FF")("blue background")}.
${dim("Dimmed")} and ${underline("underlined")}.
`
const text = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
content: styled,
})
```
### Style Functions
| Function | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `bold(text)` | Bold text |
| `italic(text)` | Italic text |
| `underline(text)` | Underlined text |
| `dim(text)` | Dimmed text |
| `strikethrough(text)` | Strikethrough text |
| `fg(color)(text)` | Set foreground color |
| `bg(color)(text)` | Set background color |
## ASCII Font Component
Display large ASCII art text banners.
### Basic Usage
```tsx
// React
<ascii-font text="TITLE" font="tiny" />
// Solid
<ascii_font text="TITLE" font="tiny" />
// Core
const title = new ASCIIFontRenderable(renderer, {
id: "title",
text: "TITLE",
font: "tiny",
})
```
### Available Fonts
| Font | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `tiny` | Compact ASCII font |
| `block` | Block-style letters |
| `slick` | Sleek modern style |
| `shade` | Shaded 3D effect |
### Styling
```tsx
// React
<ascii-font
text="HELLO"
font="block"
color="#00FF00"
/>
// Core
import { RGBA } from "@opentui/core"
const title = new ASCIIFontRenderable(renderer, {
text: "HELLO",
font: "block",
color: RGBA.fromHex("#00FF00"),
})
```
### Example Output
```
Font: tiny
╭─╮╭─╮╭─╮╭╮╭╮╭─╮╶╮╶ ╶╮
│ ││─┘├┤ │╰╯││ │ │
╰─╯╵ ╰─╯╵ ╵╰─╯╶╯╶╰─╯
Font: block
█▀▀█ █▀▀█ █▀▀ █▀▀▄
█ █ █▀▀▀ █▀▀ █ █
▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀
```
## Colors
### Color Formats
```tsx
// Hex colors
<text fg="#FF0000">Red</text>
<text fg="#F00">Short hex</text>
// Named colors
<text fg="red">Red</text>
<text fg="blue">Blue</text>
// Transparent
<text bg="transparent">No background</text>
```
### RGBA Class
The `RGBA` class from `@opentui/core` can be used in **all frameworks** (Core, React, Solid) for programmatic color manipulation:
```typescript
import { RGBA } from "@opentui/core"
// From hex string (most common)
const red = RGBA.fromHex("#FF0000")
const shortHex = RGBA.fromHex("#F00") // Short form supported
// From integers (0-255 range for each channel)
const green = RGBA.fromInts(0, 255, 0, 255) // r, g, b, a
const semiGreen = RGBA.fromInts(0, 255, 0, 128) // 50% transparent
// From normalized floats (0.0-1.0 range)
const blue = RGBA.fromValues(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0) // r, g, b, a
const overlay = RGBA.fromValues(0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.7) // Dark semi-transparent
// Common use cases
const backgroundColor = RGBA.fromHex("#1a1a2e")
const textColor = RGBA.fromHex("#FFFFFF")
const borderColor = RGBA.fromInts(122, 162, 247, 255) // Tokyo Night blue
const shadowColor = RGBA.fromValues(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5) // 50% black
```
**When to use each method:**
- `fromHex()` - When working with design specs or CSS colors
- `fromInts()` - When you have 8-bit color values (0-255)
- `fromValues()` - When doing color math or interpolation (normalized 0.0-1.0)
### Using RGBA in React/Solid
```tsx
// React or Solid - RGBA works with color props
import { RGBA } from "@opentui/core"
const primaryColor = RGBA.fromHex("#7aa2f7")
function MyComponent() {
return (
<box backgroundColor={primaryColor} borderColor={primaryColor}>
<text fg={RGBA.fromHex("#c0caf5")}>Styled with RGBA</text>
</box>
)
}
```
Most props that accept color strings (`"#FF0000"`, `"red"`) also accept `RGBA` objects directly.
## Text Wrapping
Text wraps based on parent container:
```tsx
<box width={40}>
<text>
This long text will wrap when it reaches the edge of the
40-character wide parent container.
</text>
</box>
```
## Dynamic Content
### React
```tsx
function Counter() {
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
return <text>Count: {count}</text>
}
```
### Solid
```tsx
function Counter() {
const [count, setCount] = createSignal(0)
return <text>Count: {count()}</text>
}
```
### Core
```typescript
const text = new TextRenderable(renderer, {
id: "counter",
content: "Count: 0",
})
// Update later
text.setContent("Count: 1")
```
## Gotchas
### Text Modifiers Outside Text
```tsx
// WRONG - modifiers only work inside <text>
<box>
<strong>Won't work</strong>
</box>
// CORRECT
<box>
<text>
<strong>This works</strong>
</text>
</box>
```
### Empty Text
```tsx
// May cause layout issues
<text></text>
// Better - use space or conditional
<text>{content || " "}</text>
```
### Color Format
```tsx
// WRONG
<text fg="FF0000">Missing #</text>
// CORRECT
<text fg="#FF0000">With #</text>
```