I m aware that Materials textfields are somewhat large but t

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I m aware that Materials textfields are somewhat large but this looks like I ve enabled retiree mode somehow

S. · Answer

is this really the norm and if does anybody actually use this

Colton Idle · Answer

that does looks larger than im used to show some code

Colton Idle · Answer

I also believe that text fields now have a condensed mode where you can make them a bit more compact

S. · Answer

```OutlinedTextField value = inputLanguage onValueChange = inputLanguage = it label = Text stringResource id = R string language ```

S. · Answer

this is said textfield I couldn t find anything relevant in the theming files is there anything you could adjust for Shapes I only have RoundedCornerShape but that does nt seem to be it

Colton Idle · Answer

< Chris Sinco G > sorry for the ping but anything you can think of in terms of some CompositionLocal or something

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

I believe we ll need to look at your code since in both Compose Material2 and Material3 the size of the text field looks to spec which is the min height set to 56 dp

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

In theory the API allows the min height to change through `Modifier heightIn` also noted in the source but that doesn t seem to work that well since when I use it to set to say 40 dp the field only shrinks by 3 dp using Layout Inspector to see the runtime measurements There s inner padding in the TextField of 16 dp which doesn t seem configurable via modifiers so may be contributing to the size

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

< Louis Pullen Freilich G > or < Anastasia G > have any other thoughts on this May also be case that if one wants a smaller TextField then rebuilding a custom one with `BasicTextField` is always an option

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

gt I also believe that text fields now have a condensed mode where you can make them a bit more compact < Colton Idle> not sure this exists in M3 it s certainly not in M2

Anastasia [G] · Answer

We have an experimental API called TextFieldDecorationBox where you can change the content padding

S. · Answer

I don t know exactly which part of the code I should share with you I don t remember doing anything special The text fields looked like this from the beginning afaik changing the height doesn t really work due to the inner padding eating up the text

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

< Anastasia G > oh I see you mean this one

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

I think that partly solves the issue Using this experimental API looks like only available in M3 is useful if you are constructing the widget from scratch via BasicTextField but it can t be used with the Material component So seems one does have to recreate it overall if they want it to be more condensed

S. · Answer

right and I ended up making my own since you can t touch the layout or decoration box but according to the specs <https material io components text fields specs> there really seems to be something wrong on my end though in the pictures it doesn t look much smaller than mine however red bar here is 56 dp in height

Anastasia [G] · Answer

I wouldn t say that using this API is the same as constructing the text field from scratch You essentially get all the functionality just need to pass this box as a parameter of the basic text field In the future material team could add part of that functionality into text field directly but to learn the best shape of it they should be getting feedback about that experimental decoration box API As for the availability of the API it was introduced in both M2 and M3

Colton Idle · Answer

< S > do you have any code to show Something that minimally reproduces your issue Kinda hard to help without that

S. · Answer

no I actually don t because it turned out to be the font I m using

S. · Answer

same typography settings but left is a noto combination and right is google sans medium

S. · Answer

just checked with the official files from <https fonts google com noto specimen Noto+Sans> but they are fine the merged file I m using seems to be the issue sorry for bothering everyone

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

Interesting yes font metrics would affect it since it decides the innerTextField height

Colton Idle · Answer

the merged file I m using What s a merged file

S. · Answer

Sorry merged fonts I think i got it from here <https github com satbyy go noto universal|https github com satbyy go noto universal> Can check tomorrow to be sure