Flutter- wrapping text [duplicate]

I want wrap text as text grows. I searched through and tried wrap with almost everything but still text stays one line and overflows from the screen. Does anyone know how to achieve this? Any help is highly appreciated!

Positioned( left: position.dx, top: position.dy, child: new Draggable( data: widget.index, onDragStarted: widget.setDragging, onDraggableCanceled: (velocity, offset) { setState(() { position = offset; widget.secondCallback(offset, widget.index); widget.endDragging(); }); }, child: new GestureDetector( onTap: () { widget.callback(widget.caption, widget.index); }, child: new Text( widget.caption.caption, style: new TextStyle( color: widget.caption.color, fontSize: widget.caption.fontSize, ), ), ), feedback: new Material( type: MaterialType.transparency, child: new Text( widget.caption.caption, style: new TextStyle( color: widget.caption.color, fontSize: widget.caption.fontSize), softWrap: true, ), ), )); 

9 Answers

The Flexible does the trick

new Container( child: Row( children: <Widget>[ Flexible( child: new Text("A looooooooooooooooooong text")) ], )); 

This is the official doc on how to arrange widgets.

Remember that Flexible and also Expanded, should only be used within a Column, Row or Flex, because of the Incorrect use of ParentDataWidget.

The solution is not the mere Flexible

In a project of mine I wrap Text instances around Containers. This particular code sample features two stacked Text objects.

Here's a code sample.

 //80% of screen width double c_width = MediaQuery.of(context).size.width*0.8; return new Container ( padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0), width: c_width, child: new Column ( children: <Widget>[ new Text ("Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 Long text 1 ", textAlign: TextAlign.left), new Text ("Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2, Long Text 2", textAlign: TextAlign.left), ], ), ); 

[edit] Added a width constraint to the container

Use Expanded

 Expanded( child: new Column( crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: <Widget>[ new Text(_name, style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.subhead), new Container( margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 5.0), child: new Text(text), ), ], ), 

Using Ellipsis

Text( "This is a long text", overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, ), 

Using Fade

Text( "This is a long text", overflow: TextOverflow.fade, maxLines: 1, softWrap: false, ), 

Using Clip

Text( "This is a long text", overflow: TextOverflow.clip, maxLines: 1, softWrap: false, ), 

Note:

If you are using Text inside a Row, you can put above Text inside Expanded like:

Expanded( child: AboveText(), ) 

If it's a single text widget that you want to wrap, you can either use Flexible or Expanded widgets.

Expanded( child: Text('Some lengthy text for testing'), ) 

or

Flexible( child: Text('Some lengthy text for testing'), ) 

For multiple widgets, you may choose Wrap widget. For further details checkout this

Try Wrap widget to wrap text as text grows:

Example:

Wrap( direction: Axis.vertical, //Vertical || Horizontal children: <Widget>[ Text( 'Your Text', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 30), ), Text( 'Your Text', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 30), ), ], ), 

You Can Wrap your widget with Flexible Widget and than you can set property of Text using overflow property of Text Widget. you have to set TextOverflow.clip for example:-

Flexible (child: new Text("This is Dummy Long Text", style: TextStyle( fontFamily: "Roboto", color: Colors.black, fontSize: 10.0, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold), overflow: TextOverflow.clip,),) 

hope this help someone :)

Container( color: Color.fromRGBO(224, 251, 253, 1.0), child: ListTile( dense: true, title: Column( crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: <Widget>[ RichText( textAlign: TextAlign.left, softWrap: true, text: TextSpan(children: <TextSpan> [ TextSpan(text: "hello: ", style: TextStyle( color: Colors.black, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold)), TextSpan(text: "I hope this helps", style: TextStyle(color: Colors.black)), ] ), ), ], ), ), ), 

You can use Flexible, in this case the person.name could be a long name (Labels and BlankSpace are custom classes that return widgets) :

new Column( crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: <Widget>[ new Row( mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween, children: <Widget>[ new Flexible( child: Labels.getTitle_2(person.name, color: StyleColors.COLOR_BLACK)), BlankSpace.column(3), Labels.getTitle_1(person.likes()) ]), BlankSpace.row(3), Labels.getTitle_2(person.shortDescription), ], )