Bold default TextInput font

[mrkev]

I'm trying to bold the default font of a read-only TextInput using

text.font.bold = true;

this however throws an AssertionError:

AssertionError: A family name was not passed in for the font.

I can't even get the default system font. If I do

console.log(text.font);

I get the same AssertionError. How can I make a TextInput with the default system font, but bolded?

[trevorlinton]

@mrkev Ah, good point. By default it doesn't request the font from the system if one has not yet been assigned.

A workaround is to assign your own font:

var font = new Font('Arial', 13);
font.bold = true;
text.font = font;

I'll take a look at what we can do to fix this in the next release.

[mrkev]

Ah ok, thanks!

[trevorlinton]

Thanks for filing this issue, we really do appreciate you reporting this.
The workaround is no longer necessary, this will be released with 2.2.5 due next Monday (1/4/2016).
Feel free to reopen if you continue to have issues.

[mrkev]

Perfect, thanks!