Getting Started with the KendoReact Inputs

This guide provides essential information about using the KendoReact Inputs package—you will learn how to install the package and add a free React Inputs component to your project. The steps demonstrated in this guide are applicable to all KendoReact Inputs (free and premium).

Use React Inputs for FreeYou can use the free components from the React Inputs package in production—no sign-up or license required. Inputs are part of KendoReact, an enterprise-grade UI library with 120+ free and premium components. To test-drive premium components, start a 30-day trial.

After completing this guide, you will have a free React Input up and running.

Change Theme

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Before You Begin

npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react

This guide requires that you have basic knowledge of React and TypeScript, and that you have already created a blank React project.

You can speed up the development of your KendoReact application with the Kendo UI Template Wizard for Visual Studio Code.

Install the Components

npm i @progress/kendo-react-inputs

Importing the Components

tsx

import { Input } from '@progress/kendo-react-inputs';
import '@progress/kendo-theme-default/dist/all.css';

Place the import statements in the App component file (for example: src/App.tsx) for your project. Note that the steps for installing and importing all Inputs components are identical.

Use the Components

Using the free KendoReact Inputs components does not require a license, even in production. To work with any of the premium components in the package, you need a commercial license key or an active trial license key.

After installing the Inputs package and importing the components, add the Input tags to the App component file of your React project (for example, src/App.tsx).
tsx
```
<Input />
```
Build and run the application by typing the following command in the root folder of your project:
sh
```
npm run dev
```
Navigate to http://localhost:3000 to see the KendoReact Input component on the page.

Style the Components

Are you looking for guidance around how to create visually appealing and consistent user interfaces with Telerik UI components? Check out the Progress Design System.

To use the built-in styling of the components start by installing a theme:

npm i @progress/kendo-theme-default

With the import "@progress/kendo-theme-default/dist/all.css"; statement present in your code, you already have professionally designed styling applied to your app out-of-box. You can also try any of the other available Kendo UI Themes.

Next Steps

Now try to add another component from the Inputs package yourself. The procedures for installing, importing, and using the Inputs components are identical for all components in the package.

The Inputs package provides the following components:

KendoReact Inputs APIs

Inputs API

KendoReact Inputs Dependencies

The Inputs package requires you to install the following peer dependencies in your application:

Package Name	Description
react 16.8.2*	Contains the functionality necessary to define React components.
react-dom	Contains the React renderer for the web.
@progress/kendo-licensing	Contains the internal infrastructure related to licensing.
@progress/kendo-react-intl	Contains the KendoReact Internationalization package that applies the desired cultures by providing services and pipes for the parsing and formatting of dates and numbers.
@progress/kendo-drawing	Contains the Drawing library, which provides interactive vector graphics.
@progress/kendo-svg-icons	Contains the KendoReact SVG icons.