FormField<T> class

A single form field.

This widget maintains the current state of the form field, so that updates and validation errors are visually reflected in the UI.

When used inside a Form, you can use methods on FormState to query or manipulate the form data as a whole. For example, calling FormState.save will invoke each FormField's onSaved callback in turn.

Use a GlobalKey with FormField if you want to retrieve its current state, for example if you want one form field to depend on another.

A Form ancestor is not required. The Form simply makes it easier to save, reset, or validate multiple fields at once. To use without a Form, pass a GlobalKey to the constructor and use GlobalKey.currentState to save or reset the form field.

See also:

  • Form, which is the widget that aggregates the form fields.
  • TextField, which is a commonly used form field for entering text.
Inheritance
Implementers

Constructors

FormField({Key key, @required FormFieldBuilder<T> builder, FormFieldSetter<T> onSaved, FormFieldValidator<T> validator, T initialValue, bool autovalidate: false, bool enabled: true })
Creates a single form field. [...]
const

Properties

autovalidate bool
If true, this form field will validate and update its error text immediately after every change. Otherwise, you must call FormFieldState.validate to validate. If part of a Form that autovalidates, this value will be ignored.
final
builder FormFieldBuilder<T>
Function that returns the widget representing this form field. It is passed the form field state as input, containing the current value and validation state of this field.
final
enabled bool
Whether the form is able to receive user input. [...]
final
initialValue → T
An optional value to initialize the form field to, or null otherwise.
final
onSaved FormFieldSetter<T>
An optional method to call with the final value when the form is saved via FormState.save.
final
validator FormFieldValidator<T>
An optional method that validates an input. Returns an error string to display if the input is invalid, or null otherwise. [...]
final
hashCode int
The hash code for this object. [...]
read-only, inherited
key Key
Controls how one widget replaces another widget in the tree. [...]
final, inherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-only, inherited

Methods

createState() FormFieldState<T>
Creates the mutable state for this widget at a given location in the tree. [...]
override
createElement() StatefulElement
Creates a StatefulElement to manage this widget's location in the tree. [...]
inherited
debugDescribeChildren() List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children. [...]
@protected, inherited
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node. [...]
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed. [...]
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: DiagnosticLevel.debug }) String
Returns a string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringDeep({String prefixLineOne: '', String prefixOtherLines, DiagnosticLevel minLevel: DiagnosticLevel.debug }) String
Returns a string representation of this node and its descendants. [...]
inherited
toStringShallow({String joiner: ', ', DiagnosticLevel minLevel: DiagnosticLevel.debug }) String
Returns a one-line detailed description of the object. [...]
inherited
toStringShort() String
A short, textual description of this widget.
inherited

Operators

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