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[ardc-shorn]

How come discussions can only be polls? What am I doing wrong?

Anyway.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73930237/is-there-an-output-version-of-the-textfield-input

Using MUI v5.10.3

I need to display a few "output" fields, the user won't be editing the content of the field.

I like the way the MUI TextField looks, but it's meant as an input widget, which means it has a few downsides:

• width is constant, doesn't expand with the content being displayed
• reacts to user input, it has hover highlight and reacts to a click by highlighting the field
• participates in focus traversal (i.e. "tabbing" through fields will highlight these output fields)

I've build my own component out of a fieldset element and a Typography component. But the styling leaves a lot to be desired - it looks wonky on desktop and even worse on mobile.

Is there an equivalent MUI component I can use, that looks similar to TextField but is meant for displaying data?

I've looked through the MUI component doco, but didn't see anything that seemed to fit.

[michaldudak]

Would a read-only Text Input solve your use case? https://mui.com/material-ui/react-text-field/#form-props

[oliviertassinari]

I'm locking the conversation, this space is for polls. You can either open an issue if you believe it's a bug or a general discussion. You can also ask on StackOverflow. Thanks.