suggestion xfxEditor

[14skywalker]

Title says it all: we would welcome a xfxEditor

[ChaseFlorell]

@14skywalker I like the idea. Are you simply looking for an Editor with floated labels and an error message, or do you envision more?

[14skywalker]

Hi @ChaseFlorell, interesting that you ask. We were also looking for an editor that would increase in height when needed. Like this: https://storage.googleapis.com/material-design/publish/material_v_11/assets/0B5ZSepuCX1xOVEhXVDltQzgzQzA/TextFields-MultiLine-Long-01.mp4

[ChaseFlorell]

@14skywalker you can actually do that now by first measuring the length of the text and adjusting the HeightRequest when the height changes. For added pizazz, I would use an Animation to adjust the height.

Personally I would create a Behavior<Editor> that watches for TextChanged. Whenever the text changes, measure the new text and re-animate the height.

[14skywalker]

Thanks @ChaseFlorell, This would mean that the XfxEditor would only add the possibility to use new lines in the input? That is something we can live without for now.

[14skywalker]

I now see that with "you can do that now" you mean with the Editor (not currently in combination with a floating label). Meaning: We still would welcome an XfxEditor.

[ChaseFlorell]

Yes that's correct. We can do the editor sizing now using a behavior. The floated labels would need implementing.

[14skywalker]

I did make a start with an XfxEditor and Android renderer, but I could not make the EditorEditText inside the TextInputLayout to use more space than one line. By the way, the EditorEditText is more protected than the EditText that is used by the XfxEntry on android. I needed reflection to get to the constructor. Maybe there is a better way... So, for what it is worth:

XfxEditor.cs XfxEditorRenderer.cs