Jetpack Compose Decrease height of TextField

Question

I am trying to design a search bar like Google search bar with decreased height. But the Input text is getting cropped also the placeholder text.

            TextField(
                value = searchText.value,
                singleLine = true,
                onValueChange = {
                    searchText.value = it
                },
                placeholder = { //placeholder text is also getting cropped
                   
                        Text(
                            text = "Search",
                            fontSize = 20.sp,
                        )
                    
                },
                textStyle = TextStyle(fontSize = 20.sp), // input text is getting cropped
                modifier = Modifier
                    .fillMaxWidth()
                    .padding(vertical = 10.dp)
                    .height(45.dp), // Here I have decreased the height
                shape = RoundedCornerShape(22.dp),
                )

My Input text and Placeholder text getting 50% cropped. How to solve it?

Answer 1

I run into same problem using TextField. Obviously, this is material component that have exact padding, that is causing crop on text (even with smaller font size).

Here is result:

As comment suggested solution is to use BasicTextField, and here is the code:

@Composable
private fun CustomTextField(
modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
leadingIcon: (@Composable () -> Unit)? = null,
trailingIcon: (@Composable () -> Unit)? = null,
placeholderText: String = "Placeholder",
fontSize: TextUnit = MaterialTheme.typography.body2.fontSize
) {
var text by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf("") }
BasicTextField(modifier = modifier
    .background(
        MaterialTheme.colors.surface,
        MaterialTheme.shapes.small,
    )
    .fillMaxWidth(),
    value = text,
    onValueChange = {
        text = it
    },
    singleLine = true,
    cursorBrush = SolidColor(MaterialTheme.colors.primary),
    textStyle = LocalTextStyle.current.copy(
        color = MaterialTheme.colors.onSurface,
        fontSize = fontSize
    ),
    decorationBox = { innerTextField ->
        Row(
            modifier,
            verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically
        ) {
            if (leadingIcon != null) leadingIcon()
            Box(Modifier.weight(1f)) {
                if (text.isEmpty()) Text(
                    placeholderText,
                    style = LocalTextStyle.current.copy(
                        color = MaterialTheme.colors.onSurface.copy(alpha = 0.3f),
                        fontSize = fontSize
                    )
                )
                innerTextField()
            }
            if (trailingIcon != null) trailingIcon()
        }
    }
)
}

calling it with changed background shape:

CustomTextField(
        leadingIcon = {
            Icon(
                Icons.Filled.Search,
                null,
                tint = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = 0.3f)
            )
        },
        trailingIcon = null,
        modifier = Modifier
            .background(
                MaterialTheme.colors.surface,
                RoundedCornerShape(percent = 50)
            )
            .padding(4.dp)
            .height(20.dp),
        fontSize = 10.sp,
        placeholderText = "Search"
)

Answer 2

A simpler way would be to scale it:

TextField(
        value = "",
        onValueChange = {},
        modifier = Modifier.scale(scaleY = 0.9F, scaleX = 1F),
    )