# ChannelPreviewTitle

Renders a channel title inside [`ChannelList`](/chat/docs/sdk/react-native/v8/core-components/channel-list/). This is the default component for the [`PreviewTitle`](/chat/docs/sdk/react-native/v8/core-components/channel-list#previewtitle/) prop.

## Best Practices

- Provide a fallback title when `displayName` is empty.
- Keep titles short to prevent truncation in small layouts.
- Use consistent casing and formatting across channel rows.
- Avoid heavy logic in render; precompute display names when possible.
- Keep title styling aligned with the rest of the preview row.

## Props

### `displayName`

Formatted channel name.

| Type   |
| ------ |
| String |

### `channel`

Channel instance from the Stream Chat client.

| Type                                                |
| --------------------------------------------------- |
| [Channel](/chat/docs/javascript/creating_channels/) |



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This page was last updated at 2026-04-17T17:33:44.949Z.

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