Text

Add a Text property to your component for designers to input plain text content.

Syntax

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// Prop definition
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props.Text({
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    name: string,
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    group?: string,
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    tooltip?: string,
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    defaultValue?: string,
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})
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// Prop value
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string

Prop Definition

Define the Text prop in your Webflow code component with a name. Optionally, you can add a default value, group, and tooltip text.

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props.Text({
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    name: string,
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    group?: string,
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    tooltip?: string,
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    defaultValue?: string,
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})

Properties

• name: The name for the property.
• group: The group for this property. (optional)
• tooltip: The tooltip for the property. (optional)
• defaultValue: Default value for all component instances. (optional)

Example

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import { declareComponent } from '@webflow/react';    
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import { props } from '@webflow/data-types';
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import { MyComponent } from "./MyComponent";
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export default declareComponent(MyComponent, {
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    name: "MyComponent",
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    description: "A component with a Text property",
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    props: {
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        title: props.Text({
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            name: "Title",
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            group: "Content",
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            defaultValue: "Hello World!"
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        })
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    }
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});

Prop Value

The Text prop provides a string value to your React component.

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string

Properties

• n/a

Webflow properties panel

Example

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import React from "react";
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interface MyComponentProps {
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title?: string;
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}
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export const MyComponent = ({ title }: MyComponentProps) => {
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return (
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    <h1 className="title">
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    {title}
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    </h1>
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);
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}

When to use

Use a Text prop when you want designers to:

• Input simple text content
• Set titles, labels, or descriptions

Best practices

• Provide meaningful default values so the component renders when added to the canvas
• Use descriptive prop names