---
title: "Text"
description: "High level element that displays text and provides semantics / accessibility information."
type: "component"
---

<div class='type'>Composable Component</div>



High level element that displays text and provides semantics / accessibility information.

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<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


```kotlin
@Composable
fun Text(
    text: String,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    color: Color = Color.Unspecified,
    fontSize: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    fontStyle: FontStyle? = null,
    fontWeight: FontWeight? = null,
    fontFamily: FontFamily? = null,
    letterSpacing: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    textDecoration: TextDecoration? = null,
    textAlign: TextAlign? = null,
    lineHeight: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    overflow: TextOverflow = TextOverflow.Clip,
    softWrap: Boolean = true,
    maxLines: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE,
    minLines: Int = 1,
    onTextLayout: ((TextLayoutResult) -> Unit)? = null,
    style: TextStyle = LocalTextStyle.current,
)
```


#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| text | The text to be displayed. |
| modifier | `Modifier` to apply to this layout node. |
| color | `Color` to apply to the text. If `Color.Unspecified`, and `style` has no color set, this will be `LocalContentColor`. |
| fontSize | The size of glyphs to use when painting the text. See `TextStyle.fontSize`. |
| fontStyle | The typeface variant to use when drawing the letters (e.g., italic). See `TextStyle.fontStyle`. |
| fontWeight | The typeface thickness to use when painting the text (e.g., `FontWeight.Bold`). |
| fontFamily | The font family to be used when rendering the text. See `TextStyle.fontFamily`. |
| letterSpacing | The amount of space to add between each letter. See `TextStyle.letterSpacing`. |
| textDecoration | The decorations to paint on the text (e.g., an underline). See `TextStyle.textDecoration`. |
| textAlign | The alignment of the text within the lines of the paragraph. See `TextStyle.textAlign`. |
| lineHeight | Line height for the `Paragraph` in `TextUnit` unit, e.g. SP or EM. See `TextStyle.lineHeight`. |
| overflow | How visual overflow should be handled. |
| softWrap | Whether the text should break at soft line breaks. If false, the glyphs in the text will be positioned as if there was unlimited horizontal space. If `softWrap` is false, `overflow` and TextAlign may have unexpected effects. |
| maxLines | An optional maximum number of lines for the text to span, wrapping if necessary. If the text exceeds the given number of lines, it will be truncated according to `overflow` and `softWrap`. It is required that 1 <= `minLines` <= `maxLines`. |
| minLines | The minimum height in terms of minimum number of visible lines. It is required that 1 <= `minLines` <= `maxLines`. |
| onTextLayout | Callback that is executed when a new text layout is calculated. A `TextLayoutResult` object that callback provides contains paragraph information, size of the text, baselines and other details. The callback can be used to add additional decoration or functionality to the text. For example, to draw selection around the text. |
| style | Style configuration for the text such as color, font, line height etc. |




<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


> **Deprecated** Maintained for binary compatibility. Use version with minLines instead

```kotlin
@Composable
fun Text(
    text: String,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    color: Color = Color.Unspecified,
    fontSize: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    fontStyle: FontStyle? = null,
    fontWeight: FontWeight? = null,
    fontFamily: FontFamily? = null,
    letterSpacing: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    textDecoration: TextDecoration? = null,
    textAlign: TextAlign? = null,
    lineHeight: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    overflow: TextOverflow = TextOverflow.Clip,
    softWrap: Boolean = true,
    maxLines: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE,
    onTextLayout: (TextLayoutResult) -> Unit = {},
    style: TextStyle = LocalTextStyle.current,
)
```


<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


```kotlin
@Composable
fun Text(
    text: AnnotatedString,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    color: Color = Color.Unspecified,
    fontSize: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    fontStyle: FontStyle? = null,
    fontWeight: FontWeight? = null,
    fontFamily: FontFamily? = null,
    letterSpacing: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    textDecoration: TextDecoration? = null,
    textAlign: TextAlign? = null,
    lineHeight: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    overflow: TextOverflow = TextOverflow.Clip,
    softWrap: Boolean = true,
    maxLines: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE,
    minLines: Int = 1,
    inlineContent: Map<String, InlineTextContent> = mapOf(),
    onTextLayout: (TextLayoutResult) -> Unit = {},
    style: TextStyle = LocalTextStyle.current,
)
```


#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| text | The text to be displayed. |
| modifier | `Modifier` to apply to this layout node. |
| color | `Color` to apply to the text. If `Color.Unspecified`, and `style` has no color set, this will be `LocalContentColor`. |
| fontSize | The size of glyphs to use when painting the text. See `TextStyle.fontSize`. |
| fontStyle | The typeface variant to use when drawing the letters (e.g., italic). See `TextStyle.fontStyle`. |
| fontWeight | The typeface thickness to use when painting the text (e.g., `FontWeight.Bold`). |
| fontFamily | The font family to be used when rendering the text. See `TextStyle.fontFamily`. |
| letterSpacing | The amount of space to add between each letter. See `TextStyle.letterSpacing`. |
| textDecoration | The decorations to paint on the text (e.g., an underline). See `TextStyle.textDecoration`. |
| textAlign | The alignment of the text within the lines of the paragraph. See `TextStyle.textAlign`. |
| lineHeight | Line height for the `Paragraph` in `TextUnit` unit, e.g. SP or EM. See `TextStyle.lineHeight`. |
| overflow | How visual overflow should be handled. |
| softWrap | Whether the text should break at soft line breaks. If false, the glyphs in the text will be positioned as if there was unlimited horizontal space. If `softWrap` is false, `overflow` and TextAlign may have unexpected effects. |
| maxLines | An optional maximum number of lines for the text to span, wrapping if necessary. If the text exceeds the given number of lines, it will be truncated according to `overflow` and `softWrap`. It is required that 1 <= `minLines` <= `maxLines`. |
| minLines | The minimum height in terms of minimum number of visible lines. It is required that 1 <= `minLines` <= `maxLines`. |
| inlineContent | A map store composables that replaces certain ranges of the text. It's used to insert composables into text layout. Check `InlineTextContent` for more information. |
| onTextLayout | Callback that is executed when a new text layout is calculated. A `TextLayoutResult` object that callback provides contains paragraph information, size of the text, baselines and other details. The callback can be used to add additional decoration or functionality to the text. For example, to draw selection around the text. |
| style | Style configuration for the text such as color, font, line height etc. |




<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


> **Deprecated** Maintained for binary compatibility. Use version with minLines instead

```kotlin
@Composable
fun Text(
    text: AnnotatedString,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    color: Color = Color.Unspecified,
    fontSize: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    fontStyle: FontStyle? = null,
    fontWeight: FontWeight? = null,
    fontFamily: FontFamily? = null,
    letterSpacing: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    textDecoration: TextDecoration? = null,
    textAlign: TextAlign? = null,
    lineHeight: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    overflow: TextOverflow = TextOverflow.Clip,
    softWrap: Boolean = true,
    maxLines: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE,
    inlineContent: Map<String, InlineTextContent> = mapOf(),
    onTextLayout: (TextLayoutResult) -> Unit = {},
    style: TextStyle = LocalTextStyle.current,
)
```




## Code Examples
### TextWithLinks
```kotlin
@Composable
fun TextWithLinks() {
    val url = "https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose"
    val annotatedString = buildAnnotatedString {
        append("Build better apps faster with ")
        // If the annotation's TextLinkStyles is null,
        // then the link style defaults to Material styling.
        withLink(LinkAnnotation.Url(url = url)) { append("Jetpack Compose") }
    }
    Text(annotatedString)
}
```