DefaultTextStyle class

The text style to apply to descendant Text widgets which don't have an explicit style.

This example shows how to use DefaultTextStyle.merge to create a default text style that inherits styling information from the current default text style and overrides some properties.
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To create a local project with this code sample, run:
flutter create --sample=widgets.DefaultTextStyle.1 mysample

See also:

Inheritance

Constructors

DefaultTextStyle({Key? key, required TextStyle style, TextAlign? textAlign, bool softWrap = true, TextOverflow overflow = TextOverflow.clip, int? maxLines, TextWidthBasis textWidthBasis = TextWidthBasis.parent, TextHeightBehavior? textHeightBehavior, required Widget child})
Creates a default text style for the given subtree.
const
DefaultTextStyle.fallback({Key? key})
A const-constructable default text style that provides fallback values.
const

Properties

child → Widget
The widget below this widget in the tree.
finalinherited
hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
key → Key?
Controls how one widget replaces another widget in the tree.
finalinherited
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
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
softWrap → bool
Whether the text should break at soft line breaks.
final
style → TextStyle
The text style to apply.
final
textAlign → TextAlign?
How each line of text in the Text widget should be aligned horizontally.
final
textHeightBehavior → TextHeightBehavior?
Defines how to apply TextStyle.height over and under text.
final
textWidthBasis → TextWidthBasis
The strategy to use when calculating the width of the Text.
final

Methods

createElement() → InheritedElement
Inflates this configuration to a concrete instance.
inherited
debugDescribeChildren() → List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children.
inherited
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node.
override
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent 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 DiagnosticsNode.toStringDeep.
inherited
toString({DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.info}) → String
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
updateShouldNotify(covariant DefaultTextStyle oldWidget) → bool
Whether the framework should notify widgets that inherit from this widget.
override
wrap(BuildContext context, Widget child) → Widget
Return a copy of this inherited theme with the specified child.
override

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool
The equality operator.
inherited

Static Methods

merge({Key? key, TextStyle? style, TextAlign? textAlign, bool? softWrap, TextOverflow? overflow, int? maxLines, TextWidthBasis? textWidthBasis, required Widget child}) → Widget
Creates a default text style that overrides the text styles in scope at this point in the widget tree.
of(BuildContext context) → DefaultTextStyle
The closest instance of this class that encloses the given context.