ListTile class

A single fixed-height row that typically contains some text as well as a leading or trailing icon.

A list tile contains one to three lines of text optionally flanked by icons or other widgets, such as check boxes. The icons (or other widgets) for the tile are defined with the leading and trailing parameters. The first line of text is not optional and is specified with title. The value of subtitle, which is optional, will occupy the space allocated for an additional line of text, or two lines if isThreeLine is true. If dense is true then the overall height of this tile and the size of the DefaultTextStyles that wrap the title and subtitle widget are reduced.

It is the responsibility of the caller to ensure that title does not wrap, and to ensure that subtitle doesn't wrap (if isThreeLine is false) or wraps to two lines (if it is true).

The heights of the leading and trailing widgets are constrained according to the Material spec. An exception is made for one-line ListTiles for accessibility. Please see the example below to see how to adhere to both Material spec and accessibility requirements.

The leading and trailing widgets can expand as far as they wish horizontally, so ensure that they are properly constrained.

List tiles are typically used in ListViews, or arranged in Columns in Drawers and Cards.

This widget requires a Material widget ancestor in the tree to paint itself on, which is typically provided by the app's Scaffold. The tileColor, selectedTileColor, focusColor, and hoverColor are not painted by the ListTile itself but by the Material widget ancestor. In this case, one can wrap a Material widget around the ListTile, e.g.:

const ColoredBox(
  color: Colors.green,
  child: Material(
    child: ListTile(
      title: Text('ListTile with red background'),
      tileColor: Colors.red,
    ),
  ),
)

Performance considerations when wrapping ListTile with Material

Wrapping a large number of ListTiles individually with Materials is expensive. Consider only wrapping the ListTiles that require it or include a common Material ancestor where possible.

ListTile must be wrapped in a Material widget to animate tileColor, selectedTileColor, focusColor, and hoverColor as these colors are not drawn by the list tile itself but by the material widget ancestor.

const Row(
  children: <Widget>[
    Expanded(
      child: ListTile(
        leading: FlutterLogo(),
        title: Text('These ListTiles are expanded '),
      ),
    ),
    Expanded(
      child: ListTile(
        trailing: FlutterLogo(),
        title: Text('to fill the available space.'),
      ),
    ),
  ],
)

ListTile(
  leading: const Icon(Icons.flight_land),
  title: const Text("Trix's airplane"),
  subtitle: _act != 2 ? const Text('The airplane is only in Act II.') : null,
  enabled: _act == 2,
  onTap: () { /* react to the tile being tapped */ }
)

To be accessible, tappable leading and trailing widgets have to be at least 48x48 in size. However, to adhere to the Material spec, trailing and leading widgets in one-line ListTiles should visually be at most 32 (dense: true) or 40 (dense: false) in height, which may conflict with the accessibility requirement.

For this reason, a one-line ListTile allows the height of leading and trailing widgets to be constrained by the height of the ListTile. This allows for the creation of tappable leading and trailing widgets that are large enough, but it is up to the developer to ensure that their widgets follow the Material spec.

ListTile(
  leading: GestureDetector(
    behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
    onTap: () {},
    child: Container(
      width: 48,
      height: 48,
      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4.0),
      alignment: Alignment.center,
      child: const CircleAvatar(),
    ),
  ),
  title: const Text('title'),
  dense: false,
)

The ListTile layout isn't exactly what I want

If the way ListTile pads and positions its elements isn't quite what you're looking for, it's easy to create custom list items with a combination of other widgets, such as Rows and Columns.

See also:

• ListTileTheme, which defines visual properties for ListTiles.
• ListView, which can display an arbitrary number of ListTiles in a scrolling list.
• CircleAvatar, which shows an icon representing a person and is often used as the leading element of a ListTile.
• Card, which can be used with Column to show a few ListTiles.
• Divider, which can be used to separate ListTiles.
• ListTile.divideTiles, a utility for inserting Dividers in between ListTiles.
• CheckboxListTile, RadioListTile, and SwitchListTile, widgets that combine ListTile with other controls.
• Material 3 ListTile specifications are referenced from m3.material.io/components/lists/specs and Material 2 ListTile specifications are referenced from material.io/design/components/lists.html
• Cookbook: Use lists
• Cookbook: Implement swipe to dismiss