RenderBox class

A render object in a 2D Cartesian coordinate system.

The size of each box is expressed as a width and a height. Each box has its own coordinate system in which its upper left corner is placed at (0, 0). The lower right corner of the box is therefore at (width, height). The box contains all the points including the upper left corner and extending to, but not including, the lower right corner.

Box layout is performed by passing a BoxConstraints object down the tree. The box constraints establish a min and max value for the child's width and height. In determining its size, the child must respect the constraints given to it by its parent.

This protocol is sufficient for expressing a number of common box layout data flows. For example, to implement a width-in-height-out data flow, call your child's layout function with a set of box constraints with a tight width value (and pass true for parentUsesSize). After the child determines its height, use the child's height to determine your size.

Writing a RenderBox subclass

One would implement a new RenderBox subclass to describe a new layout model, new paint model, new hit-testing model, or new semantics model, while remaining in the Cartesian space defined by the RenderBox protocol.

To create a new protocol, consider subclassing RenderObject instead.

Constructors and properties of a new RenderBox subclass

The constructor will typically take a named argument for each property of the class. The value is then passed to a private field of the class and the constructor asserts its correctness (e.g. if it should not be null, it asserts it's not null).

Properties have the form of a getter/setter/field group like the following:

AxisDirection get axis => _axis;
AxisDirection _axis;
set axis(AxisDirection value) {
  assert(value != null); // same check as in the constructor
  if (value == _axis)
    return;
  _axis = value;
  markNeedsLayout();
}

The setter will typically finish with either a call to markNeedsLayout, if the layout uses this property, or markNeedsPaint, if only the painter function does. (No need to call both, markNeedsLayout implies markNeedsPaint.)

Consider layout and paint to be expensive; be conservative about calling markNeedsLayout or markNeedsPaint. They should only be called if the layout (or paint, respectively) has actually changed.

Children

If a render object is a leaf, that is, it cannot have any children, then ignore this section. (Examples of leaf render objects are RenderImage and RenderParagraph.)

For render objects with children, there are four possible scenarios:

Using RenderProxyBox

By default, a RenderProxyBox render object sizes itself to fit its child, or to be as small as possible if there is no child; it passes all hit testing and painting on to the child, and intrinsic dimensions and baseline measurements similarly are proxied to the child.

A subclass of RenderProxyBox just needs to override the parts of the RenderBox protocol that matter. For example, RenderOpacity just overrides the paint method (and alwaysNeedsCompositing to reflect what the paint method does, and the visitChildrenForSemantics method so that the child is hidden from accessibility tools when it's invisible), and adds an RenderOpacity.opacity field.

RenderProxyBox assumes that the child is the size of the parent and positioned at 0,0. If this is not true, then use RenderShiftedBox instead.

See proxy_box.dart for examples of inheriting from RenderProxyBox.

Using RenderShiftedBox

By default, a RenderShiftedBox acts much like a RenderProxyBox but without assuming that the child is positioned at 0,0 (the actual position recorded in the child's parentData field is used), and without providing a default layout algorithm.

See shifted_box.dart for examples of inheriting from RenderShiftedBox.

Kinds of children and child-specific data

A RenderBox doesn't have to have RenderBox children. One can use another subclass of RenderObject for a RenderBox's children. See the discussion at RenderObject.

Children can have additional data owned by the parent but stored on the child using the parentData field. The class used for that data must inherit from ParentData. The setupParentData method is used to initialize the parentData field of a child when the child is attached.

By convention, RenderBox objects that have RenderBox children use the BoxParentData class, which has a BoxParentData.offset field to store the position of the child relative to the parent. (RenderProxyBox does not need this offset and therefore is an exception to this rule.)

Using RenderObjectWithChildMixin

If a render object has a single child but it isn't a RenderBox, then the RenderObjectWithChildMixin class, which is a mixin that will handle the boilerplate of managing a child, will be useful.

It's a generic class with one type argument, the type of the child. For example, if you are building a RenderFoo class which takes a single RenderBar child, you would use the mixin as follows:

class RenderFoo extends RenderBox
  with RenderObjectWithChildMixin<RenderBar> {
  // ...
}

Since the RenderFoo class itself is still a RenderBox in this case, you still have to implement the RenderBox layout algorithm, as well as features like intrinsics and baselines, painting, and hit testing.

Using ContainerRenderObjectMixin

If a render box can have multiple children, then the ContainerRenderObjectMixin mixin can be used to handle the boilerplate. It uses a linked list to model the children in a manner that is easy to mutate dynamically and that can be walked efficiently. Random access is not efficient in this model; if you need random access to the children consider the next section on more complicated child models.

The ContainerRenderObjectMixin class has two type arguments. The first is the type of the child objects. The second is the type for their parentData. The class used for parentData must itself have the ContainerParentDataMixin class mixed into it; this is where ContainerRenderObjectMixin stores the linked list. A ParentData class can extend ContainerBoxParentData; this is essentially BoxParentData mixed with ContainerParentDataMixin. For example, if a RenderFoo class wanted to have a linked list of RenderBox children, one might create a FooParentData class as follows:

class FooParentData extends ContainerBoxParentData<RenderBox> {
  // (any fields you might need for these children)
}

When using ContainerRenderObjectMixin in a RenderBox, consider mixing in RenderBoxContainerDefaultsMixin, which provides a collection of utility methods that implement common parts of the RenderBox protocol (such as painting the children).

The declaration of the RenderFoo class itself would thus look like this:

class RenderFoo extends RenderBox with
  ContainerRenderObjectMixin<RenderBox, FooParentData>,
  RenderBoxContainerDefaultsMixin<RenderBox, FooParentData> {
  // ...
}

When walking the children (e.g. during layout), the following pattern is commonly used (in this case assuming that the children are all RenderBox objects and that this render object uses FooParentData objects for its children's parentData fields):

RenderBox child = firstChild;
while (child != null) {
  final FooParentData childParentData = child.parentData;
  // ...operate on child and childParentData...
  assert(child.parentData == childParentData);
  child = childParentData.nextSibling;
}

More complicated child models

Render objects can have more complicated models, for example a map of children keyed on an enum, or a 2D grid of efficiently randomly-accessible children, or multiple lists of children, etc. If a render object has a model that can't be handled by the mixins above, it must implement the RenderObject child protocol, as follows:

Implementing these seven bullet points is essentially all that the two aforementioned mixins do.

Layout

RenderBox classes implement a layout algorithm. They have a set of constraints provided to them, and they size themselves based on those constraints and whatever other inputs they may have (for example, their children or properties).

When implementing a RenderBox subclass, one must make a choice. Does it size itself exclusively based on the constraints, or does it use any other information in sizing itself? An example of sizing purely based on the constraints would be growing to fit the parent.

Sizing purely based on the constraints allows the system to make some significant optimizations. Classes that use this approach should override sizedByParent to return true, and then override performResize to set the size using nothing but the constraints, e.g.:

@override
bool get sizedByParent => true;

@override
void performResize() {
  size = constraints.smallest;
}

Otherwise, the size is set in the performLayout function.

The performLayout function is where render boxes decide, if they are not sizedByParent, what size they should be, and also where they decide where their children should be.

Layout of RenderBox children

The performLayout function should call the layout function of each (box) child, passing it a BoxConstraints object describing the constraints within which the child can render. Passing tight constraints (see BoxConstraints.isTight) to the child will allow the rendering library to apply some optimizations, as it knows that if the constraints are tight, the child's dimensions cannot change even if the layout of the child itself changes.

If the performLayout function will use the child's size to affect other aspects of the layout, for example if the render box sizes itself around the child, or positions several children based on the size of those children, then it must specify the parentUsesSize argument to the child's layout function, setting it to true.

This flag turns off some optimizations; algorithms that do not rely on the children's sizes will be more efficient. (In particular, relying on the child's size means that if the child is marked dirty for layout, the parent will probably also be marked dirty for layout, unless the constraints given by the parent to the child were tight constraints.)

For RenderBox classes that do not inherit from RenderProxyBox, once they have laid out their children, should also position them, by setting the BoxParentData.offset field of each child's parentData object.

Layout of non-RenderBox children

The children of a RenderBox do not have to be RenderBoxes themselves. If they use another protocol (as discussed at RenderObject), then instead of BoxConstraints, the parent would pass in the appropriate Constraints subclass, and instead of reading the child's size, the parent would read whatever the output of layout is for that layout protocol. The parentUsesSize flag is still used to indicate whether the parent is going to read that output, and optimizations still kick in if the child has tight constraints (as defined by Constraints.isTight).

Painting

To describe how a render box paints, implement the paint method. It is given a PaintingContext object and an Offset. The painting context provides methods to affect the layer tree as well as a PaintingContext.canvas which can be used to add drawing commands. The canvas object should not be cached across calls to the PaintingContext's methods; every time a method on PaintingContext is called, there is a chance that the canvas will change identity. The offset specifies the position of the top left corner of the box in the coordinate system of the PaintingContext.canvas.

To draw text on a canvas, use a TextPainter.

To draw an image to a canvas, use the paintImage method.

A RenderBox that uses methods on PaintingContext that introduce new layers should override the alwaysNeedsCompositing getter and set it to true. If the object sometimes does and sometimes does not, it can have that getter return true in some cases and false in others. In that case, whenever the return value would change, call markNeedsCompositingBitsUpdate. (This is done automatically when a child is added or removed, so you don't have to call it explicitly if the alwaysNeedsCompositing getter only changes value based on the presence or absence of children.)

Anytime anything changes on the object that would cause the paint method to paint something different (but would not cause the layout to change), the object should call markNeedsPaint.

Painting children

The paint method's context argument has a PaintingContext.paintChild method, which should be called for each child that is to be painted. It should be given a reference to the child, and an Offset giving the position of the child relative to the parent.

If the paint method applies a transform to the painting context before painting children (or generally applies an additional offset beyond the offset it was itself given as an argument), then the applyPaintTransform method should also be overridden. That method must adjust the matrix that it is given in the same manner as it transformed the painting context and offset before painting the given child. This is used by the globalToLocal and localToGlobal methods.

Hit Tests

Hit testing for render boxes is implemented by the hitTest method. The default implementation of this method defers to hitTestSelf and hitTestChildren. When implementing hit testing, you can either override these latter two methods, or ignore them and just override hitTest.

The hitTest method itself is given an Offset, and must return true if the object or one of its children has absorbed the hit (preventing objects below this one from being hit), or false if the hit can continue to other objects below this one.

For each child RenderBox, the hitTest method on the child should be called with the same HitTestResult argument and with the point transformed into the child's coordinate space (in the same manner that the applyPaintTransform method would). The default implementation defers to hitTestChildren to call the children. RenderBoxContainerDefaultsMixin provides a RenderBoxContainerDefaultsMixin.defaultHitTestChildren method that does this assuming that the children are axis-aligned, not transformed, and positioned according to the BoxParentData.offset field of the parentData; more elaborate boxes can override hitTestChildren accordingly.

If the object is hit, then it should also add itself to the HitTestResult object that is given as an argument to the hitTest method, using HitTestResult.add. The default implementation defers to hitTestSelf to determine if the box is hit. If the object adds itself before the children can add themselves, then it will be as if the object was above the children. If it adds itself after the children, then it will be as if it was below the children. Entries added to the HitTestResult object should use the BoxHitTestEntry class. The entries are subsequently walked by the system in the order they were added, and for each entry, the target's handleEvent method is called, passing in the HitTestEntry object.

Hit testing cannot rely on painting having happened.

Semantics

For a render box to be accessible, implement the describeApproximatePaintClip and visitChildrenForSemantics methods, and the semanticsAnnotator getter. The default implementations are sufficient for objects that only affect layout, but nodes that represent interactive components or information (diagrams, text, images, etc) should provide more complete implementations. For more information, see the documentation for these members.

Intrinsics and Baselines

The layout, painting, hit testing, and semantics protocols are common to all render objects. RenderBox objects must implement two additional protocols: intrinsic sizing and baseline measurements.

There are four methods to implement for intrinsic sizing, to compute the minimum and maximum intrinsic width and height of the box. The documentation for these methods discusses the protocol in detail: computeMinIntrinsicWidth, computeMaxIntrinsicWidth, computeMinIntrinsicHeight, computeMaxIntrinsicHeight.

In addition, if the box has any children, it must implement computeDistanceToActualBaseline. RenderProxyBox provides a simple implementation that forwards to the child; RenderShiftedBox provides an implementation that offsets the child's baseline information by the position of the child relative to the parent. If you do not inherited from either of these classes, however, you must implement the algorithm yourself.

Inheritance
Implementers

Constructors

RenderBox()

Properties

constraints BoxConstraints
The box constraints most recently received from the parent.
read-only, override
hasSize bool
Whether this render object has undergone layout and has a size.
read-only
paintBounds Rect
Returns a rectangle that contains all the pixels painted by this box. [...]
read-only, override
semanticBounds Rect
The bounding box, in the local coordinate system, of this object, for accessibility purposes.
read-only, override
size Size
The size of this render box computed during layout. [...]
@protected, read / write
alwaysNeedsCompositing bool
Whether this render object always needs compositing. [...]
@protected, read-only, inherited
attached bool
Whether this node is in a tree whose root is attached to something. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugCanParentUseSize bool
Whether the parent render object is permitted to use this render object's size. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugCreator ↔ dynamic
The object responsible for creating this render object. [...]
read / write, inherited
debugDoingThisLayout bool
Whether performLayout for this render object is currently running. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugDoingThisPaint bool
Whether paint for this render object is currently running. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugDoingThisResize bool
Whether performResize for this render object is currently running. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugLayer OffsetLayer
In debug mode, the compositing layer that this render object uses to repaint. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugNeedsLayout bool
Whether this render object's layout information is dirty. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugNeedsPaint bool
Whether this render object's paint information is dirty. [...]
read-only, inherited
debugSemantics SemanticsNode
The semantics of this render object. [...]
read-only, inherited
depth int
The depth of this node in the tree. [...]
read-only, inherited
hashCode int
The hash code for this object. [...]
read-only, inherited
isRepaintBoundary bool
Whether this render object repaints separately from its parent. [...]
read-only, inherited
layer OffsetLayer
The compositing layer that this render object uses to repaint. [...]
read-only, inherited
needsCompositing bool
Whether we or one of our descendants has a compositing layer. [...]
read-only, inherited
owner PipelineOwner
The owner for this node (null if unattached). [...]
read-only, inherited
parent AbstractNode
The parent of this node in the tree.
read-only, inherited
parentData ParentData
Data for use by the parent render object. [...]
read / write, inherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-only, inherited
sizedByParent bool
Whether the constraints are the only input to the sizing algorithm (in particular, child nodes have no impact). [...]
@protected, read-only, inherited

Methods

applyPaintTransform(covariant RenderObject child, Matrix4 transform) → void
Multiply the transform from the parent's coordinate system to this box's coordinate system into the given transform. [...]
override
computeDistanceToActualBaseline(TextBaseline baseline) double
Returns the distance from the y-coordinate of the position of the box to the y-coordinate of the first given baseline in the box's contents, if any, or null otherwise. [...]
@protected
computeMaxIntrinsicHeight(double width) double
Computes the value returned by getMaxIntrinsicHeight. Do not call this function directly, instead, call getMaxIntrinsicHeight. [...]
@protected
computeMaxIntrinsicWidth(double height) double
Computes the value returned by getMaxIntrinsicWidth. Do not call this function directly, instead, call getMaxIntrinsicWidth. [...]
@protected
computeMinIntrinsicHeight(double width) double
Computes the value returned by getMinIntrinsicHeight. Do not call this function directly, instead, call getMinIntrinsicHeight. [...]
@protected
computeMinIntrinsicWidth(double height) double
Computes the value returned by getMinIntrinsicWidth. Do not call this function directly, instead, call getMinIntrinsicWidth. [...]
@protected
debugAdoptSize(Size value) Size
Claims ownership of the given Size. [...]
debugAssertDoesMeetConstraints() → void
Verify that the object's constraints are being met. Override this function in a subclass to verify that your state matches the constraints object. This function is only called in checked mode and only when needsLayout is false. If the constraints are not met, it should assert or throw an exception.
override
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node. [...]
override
debugHandleEvent(PointerEvent event, HitTestEntry entry) bool
Implements the debugPaintPointersEnabled debugging feature. [...]
debugPaint(PaintingContext context, Offset offset) → void
Override this method to paint debugging information.
override
debugPaintBaselines(PaintingContext context, Offset offset) → void
In debug mode, paints a line for each baseline. [...]
@protected
debugPaintPointers(PaintingContext context, Offset offset) → void
In debug mode, paints a rectangle if this render box has counted more pointer downs than pointer up events. [...]
@protected
debugPaintSize(PaintingContext context, Offset offset) → void
In debug mode, paints a border around this render box. [...]
@protected
debugResetSize() → void
If a subclass has a "size" (the state controlled by parentUsesSize, whatever it is in the subclass, e.g. the actual size property of RenderBox), and the subclass verifies that in checked mode this "size" property isn't used when debugCanParentUseSize isn't set, then that subclass should override debugResetSize to reapply the current values of debugCanParentUseSize to that state.
override
getDistanceToActualBaseline(TextBaseline baseline) double
Calls computeDistanceToActualBaseline and caches the result. [...]
@mustCallSuper, @protected
getDistanceToBaseline(TextBaseline baseline, { bool onlyReal: false }) double
Returns the distance from the y-coordinate of the position of the box to the y-coordinate of the first given baseline in the box's contents. [...]
getMaxIntrinsicHeight(double width) double
Returns the smallest height beyond which increasing the height never decreases the preferred width. The preferred width is the value that would be returned by getMinIntrinsicWidth for that height. [...]
@mustCallSuper
getMaxIntrinsicWidth(double height) double
Returns the smallest width beyond which increasing the width never decreases the preferred height. The preferred height is the value that would be returned by getMinIntrinsicHeight for that width. [...]
@mustCallSuper
getMinIntrinsicHeight(double width) double
Returns the minimum height that this box could be without failing to correctly paint its contents within itself, without clipping. [...]
@mustCallSuper
getMinIntrinsicWidth(double height) double
Returns the minimum width that this box could be without failing to correctly paint its contents within itself, without clipping. [...]
@mustCallSuper
globalToLocal(Offset point, { RenderObject ancestor }) Offset
Convert the given point from the global coordinate system in logical pixels to the local coordinate system for this box. [...]
handleEvent(PointerEvent event, covariant BoxHitTestEntry entry) → void
Override this method to handle pointer events that hit this render object. [...]
override
hitTest(HitTestResult result, { Offset position }) bool
Determines the set of render objects located at the given position. [...]
hitTestChildren(HitTestResult result, { Offset position }) bool
Override this method to check whether any children are located at the given position. [...]
@protected
hitTestSelf(Offset position) bool
Override this method if this render object can be hit even if its children were not hit. [...]
@protected
localToGlobal(Offset point, { RenderObject ancestor }) Offset
Convert the given point from the local coordinate system for this box to the global coordinate system in logical pixels. [...]
markNeedsLayout() → void
Mark this render object's layout information as dirty, and either register this object with its PipelineOwner, or defer to the parent, depending on whether this object is a relayout boundary or not respectively. [...]
override
performLayout() → void
Do the work of computing the layout for this render object. [...]
override
performResize() → void
Updates the render objects size using only the constraints. [...]
override
setupParentData(covariant RenderObject child) → void
Override to setup parent data correctly for your children. [...]
override
adoptChild(covariant RenderObject child) → void
Called by subclasses when they decide a render object is a child. [...]
inherited
assembleSemanticsNode(SemanticsNode node, SemanticsConfiguration config, Iterable<SemanticsNode> children) → void
Assemble the SemanticsNode for this RenderObject. [...]
inherited
attach(covariant PipelineOwner owner) → void
Mark this node as attached to the given owner. [...]
inherited
clearSemantics() → void
Removes all semantics from this render object and its descendants. [...]
@mustCallSuper, inherited
debugDescribeChildren() List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children. [...]
inherited
debugRegisterRepaintBoundaryPaint({bool includedParent: true, bool includedChild: false }) → void
Called, in checked mode, if isRepaintBoundary is true, when either the this render object or its parent attempt to paint. [...]
inherited
describeApproximatePaintClip(covariant RenderObject child) Rect
Returns a rect in this object's coordinate system that describes the approximate bounding box of the clip rect that would be applied to the given child during the paint phase, if any. [...]
inherited
describeSemanticsClip(covariant RenderObject child) Rect
Returns a rect in this object's coordinate system that describes which SemanticsNodes produced by the child should be included in the semantics tree. SemanticsNodes from the child that are positioned outside of this rect will be dropped. Child SemanticsNodes that are positioned inside this rect, but outside of describeApproximatePaintClip will be included in the tree marked as hidden. Child SemanticsNodes that are inside of both rect will be included in the tree as regular nodes. [...]
inherited
describeSemanticsConfiguration(SemanticsConfiguration config) → void
Report the semantics of this node, for example for accessibility purposes. [...]
@protected, inherited
detach() → void
Mark this node as detached. [...]
@mustCallSuper, inherited
dropChild(covariant RenderObject child) → void
Called by subclasses when they decide a render object is no longer a child. [...]
inherited
getTransformTo(RenderObject ancestor) Matrix4
Applies the paint transform up the tree to ancestor. [...]
inherited
invokeLayoutCallback<T extends Constraints>(LayoutCallback<T> callback) → void
Allows mutations to be made to this object's child list (and any descendants) as well as to any other dirty nodes in the render tree owned by the same PipelineOwner as this object. The callback argument is invoked synchronously, and the mutations are allowed only during that callback's execution. [...]
@protected, inherited
layout(Constraints constraints, { bool parentUsesSize: false }) → void
Compute the layout for this render object. [...]
inherited
markNeedsCompositingBitsUpdate() → void
Mark the compositing state for this render object as dirty. [...]
inherited
markNeedsLayoutForSizedByParentChange() → void
Mark this render object's layout information as dirty (like markNeedsLayout), and additionally also handle any necessary work to handle the case where sizedByParent has changed value. [...]
inherited
markNeedsPaint() → void
Mark this render object as having changed its visual appearance. [...]
inherited
markNeedsSemanticsUpdate() → void
Mark this node as needing an update to its semantics description. [...]
inherited
markParentNeedsLayout() → void
Mark this render object's layout information as dirty, and then defer to the parent. [...]
@protected, inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed. [...]
inherited
paint(PaintingContext context, Offset offset) → void
Paint this render object into the given context at the given offset. [...]
inherited
reassemble() → void
Cause the entire subtree rooted at the given RenderObject to be marked dirty for layout, paint, etc, so that the effects of a hot reload can be seen, or so that the effect of changing a global debug flag (such as debugPaintSizeEnabled) can be applied. [...]
inherited
redepthChild(AbstractNode child) → void
Adjust the depth of the given child to be greater than this node's own depth. [...]
@protected, inherited
redepthChildren() → void
Adjust the depth of this node's children, if any. [...]
inherited
replaceRootLayer(OffsetLayer rootLayer) → void
Replace the layer. This is only valid for the root of a render object subtree (whatever object scheduleInitialPaint was called on). [...]
inherited
rotate({int oldAngle, int newAngle, Duration time }) → void
Rotate this render object (not yet implemented).
inherited
scheduleInitialLayout() → void
Bootstrap the rendering pipeline by scheduling the very first layout. [...]
inherited
scheduleInitialPaint(ContainerLayer rootLayer) → void
Bootstrap the rendering pipeline by scheduling the very first paint. [...]
inherited
scheduleInitialSemantics() → void
Bootstrap the semantics reporting mechanism by marking this node as needing a semantics update. [...]
inherited
sendSemanticsEvent(SemanticsEvent semanticsEvent) → void
Sends a SemanticsEvent associated with this render object's SemanticsNode. [...]
inherited
showOnScreen({RenderObject descendant, Rect rect, Duration duration: Duration.zero, Curve curve: Curves.ease }) → void
Attempt to make (a portion of) this or a descendant RenderObject visible on screen. [...]
inherited
toDiagnosticsNode({String name, DiagnosticsTreeStyle style }) DiagnosticsNode
Returns a debug representation of the object that is used by debugging tools and by toStringDeep. [...]
inherited
toString({DiagnosticLevel minLevel }) String
Returns a string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringDeep({String prefixLineOne: '', String prefixOtherLines: '', DiagnosticLevel minLevel: DiagnosticLevel.debug }) String
Returns a description of the tree rooted at this node. If the prefix argument is provided, then every line in the output will be prefixed by that string.
inherited
toStringShallow({String joiner: '; ', DiagnosticLevel minLevel: DiagnosticLevel.debug }) String
Returns a one-line detailed description of the render object. This description is often somewhat long. [...]
inherited
toStringShort() String
Returns a human understandable name.
inherited
visitChildren(RenderObjectVisitor visitor) → void
Calls visitor for each immediate child of this render object. [...]
inherited
visitChildrenForSemantics(RenderObjectVisitor visitor) → void
Called when collecting the semantics of this node. [...]
inherited

Operators

operator ==(dynamic other) bool
The equality operator. [...]
inherited