# text.caption

A supporting sentence next to something else: helper text under a field, a note under an image

Component: [`<Text>`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/components/text.md) · Renders: `<p>` · Profile: [UI](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md)

## Example

```tsx
<Text intent="text.caption">Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.</Text>
```

## Choosing between neighbours

Find the row that describes your element, and use the intent on the right.

| If it is for… | Use |
|---|---|
| A supporting sentence next to something else: helper text under a field, a note under an image | `text.caption` (this page) |
| A few words that name a value | [`text.label`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/label.md) |
| Dates, authors or file sizes | [`text.meta`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/meta.md) |
| Error or success messages | [`feedback.error`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/feedback/error.md) |
| Full sentences (rather than [`text.label`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/label.md)) | `text.caption` (this page) |
| A sentence explaining something (rather than [`text.meta`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/meta.md)) | `text.caption` (this page) |

## Connections

Declared in the registry, both directions. Where an intent is used in your own code is something check and the gallery see; this site has no app code.

- Built from: [`typography.small`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#typography-small), [`tone.muted`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#tone-muted)

## For registry authors

**Starter intents.** These are the intents `prongs add` puts in your registry, shown in this site’s theme. Yours are your own `registry.ts`: rename, restyle and add to them, and see them with `prongs add gallery`.

What this intent is built from and its entry in `components/prongs/registry.ts`. You only need this to change how it looks or to add an intent like it.

How text.caption resolves, and its definition

Each layer adds to the one before it; a later class wins over an earlier one that sets the same thing.

- [`typography.small`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#typography-small) — Small reading type

  ```
  text-xs
  ```

- [`tone.muted`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#tone-muted) — Secondary text colour, readable on every surface

  ```
  text-surface-muted
  ```

- `text.caption` (this page) — A supporting sentence next to something else: helper text under a field, a note under an image

  ```
  leading-relaxed
  ```

Final classes

```
text-xs text-surface-muted leading-relaxed
```

Definition

```ts
'text.caption': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'A supporting sentence next to something else: helper text under a field, a note under an image',
  refs: ['typography.small', 'tone.muted'],
  binding: { element: 'p', classes: 'leading-relaxed' },
  notFor: [
    { context: 'a few words that name a value', instead: 'text.label' },
    { context: 'dates, authors or file sizes', instead: 'text.meta' },
    { context: 'error or success messages', instead: 'feedback.error' },
  ],
},
```