SwiftUI mysterious spacing between large Text and TextField in VStack

Question

I'm having trouble figuring out why there's some spacing below my text.

struct testView: View {

    @State private var notes = ""
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Text("Larg Text").font(.system(size: 70))
            .background(Color.red)

            TextField("Add a note", text: $notes)
            .background(Color.red)

            Spacer()
        }
        .background(Color.yellow)
    }
}

For some reason, there's this mysterious space between Text and TextField. This space seems to decrease if I

Decrease the font size
Do not specify a font size
Don't use a TextField after Text view
Don't use a Text view before TextField

In other words, this font size–dependent spacing seems to only happen between Text and TextField. I'm utterly confused. I'd like to get rid of this space.

Appreciate your help!

Asperi · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-15 05:55:43Z

4

It is default automatic spacing. The solution is to specify explicitly

VStack(spacing: 0) {     // << here !!
    Text("Larg Text").font(.system(size: 70))
    .background(Color.red)

    TextField("Add a note", text: $notes)
    .background(Color.red)

    Spacer()
}

answered Jun 15, 2020 at 5:55

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