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numberOfLines prop has no effect on multiline TextInput ?

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Description

when providing a numberOfLines prop to multiline TextInput it has no effect.

React Native version:

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Steps To Reproduce

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<TextInput multiLine scrollEnabled numberOfLines={4} />

Expected Results

TextInput should not exceed 4 lines.

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<TextInput multiLine scrollEnabled numberOfLines={4} />

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5

Top GitHub Comments

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ravirajn22commented, Dec 16, 2020

Create an expo snack that reproduces this issue.

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a-eidcommented, Dec 7, 2022

@hannojg actually I don’t remember, it’s been a while.

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