Props and styles#

Supported props#

Prop	RN <Text> compatible	Notes
allowFontScaling	✅
children	🟡	string only
ellipsizeMode	✅
maxFontSizeMultiplier	✅
nativeID	✅
id	✅
numberOfLines	✅
onLayout	✅
testID	✅
Accessibility props	✅	accessible, accessibilityLabel, accessibilityRole, accessibilityState, etc

RN <Text> compatibility: ✅ fully compatible · 🟡 partially compatible.

Supported styles#

Style	RN <Text> compatible	Notes
color	✅
fontFamily	✅
fontSize	✅
fontStyle	✅
fontVariant	✅
fontVariationSettings	⬆️	Not in RN <Text>. Variable-font axes in CSS syntax, e.g. '"wght" 700, "wdth" 87.5'.
fontWeight	✅
includeFontPadding	✅	Android-only, like RN <Text>
letterSpacing	✅
lineHeight	✅
textAlign	✅
textAlignVertical	✅ ⬆️	Android-only in RN Text. Implemented for both iOS & Android here.
textDecorationLine	✅
textShadowColor	✅
textShadowOffset	✅
textShadowRadius	✅
textTransform	✅
verticalAlign	✅ ⬆️	Android-only in RN Text. Implemented for both iOS & Android
Every other ViewStyle prop	✅	width, margin, padding, backgroundColor, opacity, etc

RN <Text> compatibility: ✅ fully compatible · ⬆️ added in Plain Text

Improvements over RN Text#

Things Plain Text does that RN <Text> does not:

• fontVariationSettings: set variable-font axes in CSS syntax, e.g. '"wght" 700, "wdth" 87.5'. RN <Text> has no such style. Needs a font with an fvar table (no system font qualifies) and Android API 26+.
• verticalAlign and textAlignVertical on iOS: RN <Text> only honors these on Android. Plain Text implements them on both platforms.
• lineHeight clipping fix on iOS: with a large lineHeight, iOS TextKit clips the first line's ascenders and pushes the text down (RN#29507). Plain Text corrects the vertical offset at draw time so the text stays centered in its line box.

Planned#

Prop / style	RN <Text> compatible
adjustsFontSizeToFit / minimumFontScale	To Do
selectable / selectionColor / suppressHighlighting / userSelect	To Do
textDecorationColor / textDecorationStyle	To Do
writingDirection	To Do
dynamicTypeRamp	To Do
android_hyphenationFrequency / textBreakStrategy / lineBreakStrategyIOS	To Do

Open an issue for the one you need. Real-world usage sets the priority.

Not supported#

Deliberatly excluded:

• nested <Text> elements and mixed styles
• press and touch handling: onPress, onLongPress, onPressIn, onPressOut, pressRetentionOffset, and the touch-responder handlers (onStartShouldSetResponderCapture, onMoveShouldSetResponder, onResponderGrant / Move / Release / Terminate, onResponderTerminationRequest). Wrap <PlainText> in a Pressable instead.
• disabled: only meaningful alongside press handlers.
• dataDetectorType: turns substrings into tappable links, which makes the label interactive.
• onTextLayout