# text.label

A few words that name a value: field labels, setting names, column headers. Use as="label" htmlFor=... for form fields

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

## Example

```tsx
<Text intent="text.label">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 few words that name a value: field labels, setting names, column headers. Use as="label" htmlFor=... for form fields | `text.label` (this page) |
| Full sentences | [`text.caption`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/caption.md) |
| A few words that name a value (rather than [`text.caption`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/caption.md)) | `text.label` (this page) |
| A few words that name a value (rather than [`text.current`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/current.md)) | `text.label` (this page) |
| Naming a form field or setting (rather than [`text.topic`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/topic.md)) | `text.label` (this page) |
| A few words that name a value (rather than [`text.summary`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/text/summary.md)) | `text.label` (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.label`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#typography-label), [`tone.default`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#tone-default)

## 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.label 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.label`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#typography-label) — Small, slightly heavy type for names of things

  ```
  text-sm
  ```

- [`tone.default`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#tone-default) — Main text colour

  ```
  text-foreground
  ```

- `text.label` (this page) — A few words that name a value: field labels, setting names, column headers. Use as="label" htmlFor=... for form fields

Final classes

```
text-sm text-foreground
```

Definition

```ts
'text.label': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'A few words that name a value: field labels, setting names, column headers. Use as="label" htmlFor=... for form fields',
  refs: ['typography.label', 'tone.default'],
  binding: { element: 'span' },
  notFor: [{ context: 'full sentences', instead: 'text.caption' }],
},
```