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by isakkeyten 2231 days ago
out of curiosity, what was the scenario?
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Converting a tree-like structure into a nested form inputs. Material seems to be rather opinionated about what a "form" is, and I found it too constricting for my needs.

More specifically, the TextField component assumes an accompanying label, while none of the other form components do. It seems like a very odd choice to me, since all form elements should have a descriptive label.

TextField is already a composition of other components.

The demo page for Checkbox (https://material-ui.com/components/checkboxes/) shows how to use them with labels, and also groups.

Agreed there should be something included for CheckboxWithLabel, but to think it's impossible and the whole thing must be thrown out is a bit much.

Eh I wasn't super descriptive in my response, but it was connected to that. It wasn't that I didn't see a solution, it was more "how much effort modifying in a solution will take vs just writing it myself". I decided the latter was more cost-effective for my particular use case.
What input didn't have a label? I'm using mui in a webapp and didn't find any I couldn't add a label to.