Text class

A run of text with a single style.

The Text widget displays a string of text with single style. The string might break across multiple lines or might all be displayed on the same line depending on the layout constraints.

The style argument is optional. When omitted, the text will use the style from the closest enclosing DefaultTextStyle. If the given style's TextStyle.inherit property is true (the default), the given style will be merged with the closest enclosing DefaultTextStyle. This merging behavior is useful, for example, to make the text bold while using the default font family and size.

Text(
  'Hello, $_name! How are you?',
  textAlign: TextAlign.center,
  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
  style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
)

Using the Text.rich constructor, the Text widget can display a paragraph with differently styled TextSpans. The sample that follows displays "Hello beautiful world" with different styles for each word.

const Text.rich(
  TextSpan(
    text: 'Hello', // default text style
    children: <TextSpan>[
      TextSpan(text: ' beautiful ', style: TextStyle(fontStyle: FontStyle.italic)),
      TextSpan(text: 'world', style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold)),
    ],
  ),
)

Interactivity

To make Text react to touch events, wrap it in a GestureDetector widget with a GestureDetector.onTap handler.

In a material design application, consider using a FlatButton instead, or if that isn't appropriate, at least using an InkWell instead of GestureDetector.

To make sections of the text interactive, use RichText and specify a TapGestureRecognizer as the TextSpan.recognizer of the relevant part of the text.

Constructors

Text(String data, { Key key, TextStyle style, TextAlign textAlign, TextDirection textDirection, Locale locale, bool softWrap, TextOverflow overflow, double textScaleFactor, int maxLines, String semanticsLabel }): Creates a text widget. [...]
const
Text.rich(TextSpan textSpan, { Key key, TextStyle style, TextAlign textAlign, TextDirection textDirection, Locale locale, bool softWrap, TextOverflow overflow, double textScaleFactor, int maxLines, String semanticsLabel }): Creates a text widget with a TextSpan.
const

Properties

data → String: The text to display. [...]
final
locale → Locale: Used to select a font when the same Unicode character can be rendered differently, depending on the locale. [...]
final
maxLines → int: An optional maximum number of lines for the text to span, wrapping if necessary. If the text exceeds the given number of lines, it will be truncated according to overflow. [...]
final
overflow → TextOverflow: How visual overflow should be handled.
final
semanticsLabel → String: An alternative semantics label for this text. [...]
final
softWrap → bool: Whether the text should break at soft line breaks. [...]
final
style → TextStyle: If non-null, the style to use for this text. [...]
final
textAlign → TextAlign: How the text should be aligned horizontally.
final
textDirection → TextDirection: The directionality of the text. [...]
final
textScaleFactor → double: The number of font pixels for each logical pixel. [...]
final
textSpan → TextSpan: The text to display as a TextSpan. [...]
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

build(BuildContext context) → Widget: Describes the part of the user interface represented by this widget. [...]
override
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void: Add additional properties associated with the node. [...]
override
createElement() → StatelessElement: Creates a StatelessElement 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
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