# Adding content padding to Jetpack Compose text fields

DevFeed: [Adding content padding to Jetpack Compose text fields](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/basictextfield-bubble-wrap-30523.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.zachklipp.com/basictextfield-bubble-wrap/>)

Author: Zach Klippenstein

Published: 2025-02-01T02:30:03Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Zach Klippenstein's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zach-klippenstein-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack-compose.md>), [Design system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/design-system.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [design-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-system.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>)

## AI overview

A practical workaround for adding content padding to Jetpack Compose text fields. The article explains how to preserve useful padding in scrollable fields by detecting when the field reaches the end and adding padding incrementally.

## Source excerpt

A little hack for adding (content) padding to your (decoration) boxes.