# KendoReact Textbox Overview

The KendoReact TextBox component provides options for creating composite inputs that you can integrate within forms or use as standalone items.

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The following example demonstrates the TextBox in action.

[Demo Source](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/inputs/textbox/overview/func/source.txt)

## Key Features

* [Customization](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/textbox/adornments)—Provide custom components for `prefix` and `suffix` of the TextBox to achieve advanced scenarios.
* [Forms support](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/textbox/forms-support)—You can use the TextBox inside the KendoReact Form component to validate input values, set validation requirements, and prevent the submission of invalid forms.
* [Floating Label](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/floating-labels)—Add a `Floating Label` functionality to the TextBox component.
* [Disabled state](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/textbox/disabled)—You can use the configuration options of the TextBox to disable the component so that users are not able to interact with it.
* [Appearance](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/textbox/appearance)—All KendoReact Inputs enable you to set their dimensions.

> To learn more about the appearance, anatomy, and accessibility of the TextBox, visit the [Progress Design System documentation](https://www.telerik.com/design-system/docs/components/textbox/)—an information portal offering rich component usage guidelines, descriptions of the available style variables, and globalization support details.

## Suggested Links

* [Getting Started with the KendoReact Inputs](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/get-started)
* [Getting Started with KendoReact](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/getting-started/)
* [API Reference of the TextBox Component](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/inputs/api/textboxprops)
