rowWidget
The Row
widget in Flutter is used to arrange its children horizontally in a single row. It is a fundamental layout widget that allows you to create a row of widgets or elements, making it ideal for building horizontal arrangements in your user interface. Here's an overview of the Row
widget:
Key Properties and Features of the Row
Widget:
Row
Widget:children
: Thechildren
property is a list of widgets that you want to arrange horizontally within theRow
.**
mainAxisAlignment
: This property allows you to specify how the children should be aligned horizontally. You can choose from options likestart
(left),end
(right),center
,spaceBetween
,spaceAround
, and more.**
crossAxisAlignment
: This property controls how children should be aligned vertically within the row. Options includestart
(top),end
(bottom),center
, andstretch
.**
mainAxisSize
: You can set this property toMainAxisSize.min
to make the row's width fit the content tightly, orMainAxisSize.max
to make it take up as much horizontal space as possible.**
textDirection
: Used to control the text direction within the row, which is important for languages that are read from right to left (e.g., Arabic).**
verticalDirection
: Determines whether the children are arranged from top to bottom (default) or from bottom to top.
Example Usage:
Here's a simple example of how to use the Row
widget in Flutter:
In the above code:
We create a
Row
widget.We set the
mainAxisAlignment
andcrossAxisAlignment
properties to center the children both horizontally and vertically.Inside the
children
property, we add two widgets: anIcon
and aText
, creating a row with an icon and a text item.
This will result in a horizontal arrangement of the icon and text, both centered within the row.
The Row
widget is a versatile layout tool in Flutter and is commonly used for creating horizontal arrangements of UI elements, such as buttons, icons, and text. It provides the flexibility to create various types of horizontal layouts to suit your app's specific needs.
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