react-native-highlightable-text

Highlightable React native Text View component, supports text selection and showing highlights.

Demo

Usage

import { HighlightableText } from '@vikalp_p/react-native-highlightable-text';

// Use normally, it is a drop-in replacement for react-native/Text
<HighlightableText
  value={`Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Sint voluptatibus officiis nisi molestiae officia iure, magnam provident, perspiciatis fugiat ex dolorem! Commodi animi corporis dicta possimus ducimus perferendis, sequi consequuntur?`}
  style={contentStyle}
  highlights={highlights}
  highlightColor={'red'}
  onHighlightPress={onHighlightPress}
  onSelectionChange={onSelectionChange}
/>;

Getting started

$ npm install @vikalp_p/react-native-highlightable-text $ cd ios && pod install

Props

name	description	type	default
value	text content	string	""
style	additional styles to be applied to text	Object
highlights	array of text ranges that should be highlighted with an optional id	array({ id: string, start: int, end: int })	[]
highlightColor	highlight color	string
onSelectionChange	Called when the text selection changes	(event: Selection) => void
onHighlightPress	called when the user taps the highlight	(id: string) => void
appendToChildren	element to be added in the last line of text	ReactNode