fitted_text_field_container

Description:

fitted text field container

Fitted TextField Container #
A Container that automatically resizes it's width to fit the containing TextField's text value.
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Usage #
FittedTextFieldContainer #



Param
Type
Default
Description




child
TextField
* required
The TextField to fit


calculator
CalculateFunction
FittedTextFieldCalculator.fitVisible
A function to calculate the width. The default function fits the visible content & decorations (i.e. it collapses to the content/label's width when hint text disappears)


builder
Widget Function(BuildContext context, TextField child)
null
A builder that can be used to build complex layouts. The child TextField is provided to the build function



Example
FittedTextFieldContainer(
child: TextField(
controller: someTextEditingController,
textAlign: TextAlign.right,
decoration: InputDecoration(
prefixText: "£",
labelText: "Amount",
),
),
)
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AnimatedFittedTextFieldContainer #
All params from FittedTextFieldContainer plus the following



Param
Type
Default
Description




growCurve
Curve
Curves.easeOutCirc
The curve to use in the grow animation


growDuration
Duration
Duration(milliseconds: 300)
Duration to animate the container's width when TextField grows


shrinkCurve
Curve
Curves.easeInCirc
The curve to use in the shrink animation


shrinkDuration
Duration
Duration(milliseconds: 600)
Duration to animate the container's width when TextField shrinks



Example
AnimatedFittedTextFieldContainer(
growDuration: Duration(milliseconds: 300),
shrinkDuration: Duration(milliseconds: 600),
growCurve: Curves.easeOutCirc,
shrinkCurve: Curves.easeInCirc,
child: TextField(
controller: someTextEditingController,
textAlign: TextAlign.right,
decoration: InputDecoration(
prefixText: "£",
labelText: "Amount",
),
),
)
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FittedTextFieldMeasurer #
A class that takes a TextField and TextStyle and returns the following measurements:

textField The fitted textfield
textStyle The fitted textfield's style or the default style
textWidth Width of the text content
labelWidth Width of the label
hintWidth Width of the hint text
fixedWidths Width of fixed elements (prefixText, suffixText, contentPadding and cursorWidth)

CalculateFunction #
This function takes measured values and returns a width value.
Signature:
double CalculateFunction(FittedTextFieldMeasurer)
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Example:
FittedTextFieldContainer(
calculator: (m) =>
m.fixedWidths +
max(m.labelWidth, max(m.hintWidth, m.textWidth)),
child: TextField(
controller: someTextEditingController,
textAlign: TextAlign.right,
decoration: InputDecoration(
hintText: "Width of hint text",
),
),
);
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Predefined functions
A few calculators are provided for common use-cases

fitAll fits content, label and hint texts
fitVisible fits the visible content & decorations (i.e. it collapses to the content/label's width when hint text disappears)
fitVisibleWithPadding(double padding) in addition to fitting visible content it adds a fixed padding value
fitVisibleWithRange(double min, double max) in addition to fitting visible content it enforces a minimum and (optional) maximum width

Example:
Fit all
FittedTextFieldContainer(
calculator: FittedTextFieldCalculator.fitAll,
child: ...
);
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Fit visible with minimum
FittedTextFieldContainer(
calculator: FittedTextFieldCalculator.fitVisibleWithRange(120),
child: ...
);
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Fit visible with maximum
FittedTextFieldContainer(
calculator: FittedTextFieldCalculator.fitVisibleWithRange(0, 180),
child: ...
);
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Using the builder #
AnimatedFittedTextFieldContainer(
child: TextField(
controller: someTextEditingController,
textAlign: TextAlign.right,
decoration: InputDecoration(
labelText: "Twinkle twinkle",
),
),
builder: (context, child) => Container(
child: Stack(
overflow: Overflow.visible,
children: <Widget>[
child,
Positioned(
top: 0,
right: -22,
child: _aniWholePoundCtl.text.isEmpty
? Icon(Icons.star_border)
: Icon(Icons.star, color: Colors.amber),
),
],
),
),
)
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Contribute #
Pull requests are welcome!
Licence #
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2020 Huy Dinh