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easy_rich_text

The EasyRichText widget provides an easy way to use RichText. You do not have to split the string manually.

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flutter pub add easy_rich_text

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EasyRichText simplifies the use of RichText in Flutter by automatically handling text segmentation and styling without requiring manual string splitting. It allows developers to apply different styles, colors, and widgets directly within a single text string using simple syntax. Ideal for displaying formatted text with mixed styles, such as links, mentions, or emojis, it reduces boilerplate code and improves readability. The package supports all major platforms including mobile, web, and desktop.

Use cases

  • Displaying styled text with mixed formatting
  • Creating rich text with embedded links
  • Highlighting keywords in text
  • Rendering user-generated content with styles
  • Adding emojis within formatted text

Key features

  • Automatic text segmentation
  • Support for inline styling
  • Simple syntax for complex formatting
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Minimal boilerplate code

Suitable for

  • Developers seeking easy rich text rendering
  • Apps with dynamic or user-generated content
  • Chat or messaging interfaces
  • Documentation or help systems with formatted text

Considerations

  • Limited to basic styling compared to full RichText
  • May have performance impact with very large texts
  • Requires careful handling of nested widgets
  • Not ideal for highly complex layouts
  • Depends on external library updates for new features

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The EasyRichText widget makes the RichText widget easy. You do not have to split the string manually.

This widget use regular expression to effectively split the string based on the patterns defined in the list of EasyRichTextPattern.

The EasyRichTextPattern is a class defines the text pattern you want to format.

targetString can be a String or a List<String>.

By default matchWordBoundaries:true is set to match the whole word. If you want to match substring in a word, set matchWordBoundaries:false

GestureRecognizer and url_launcher are integrated.

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Getting Started

Installing:
dependencies:
  easy_rich_text: '^2.0.0'
Examples:

Simple Example | Trademark Example | Default Style | Conditional Match | Match Option | Superscript and Subscript | Case Sensitivity | Selectable Text | Regular Expression | Url Launcher | GestureRecognizer | All RichText Properties | Special Characters | WhatsApp Like Text Formatter

Simple Example:

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EasyRichText(
  "I want blue font. I want bold font. I want italic font.",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'blue',
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'bold',
      style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
    ),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'italic',
      style: TextStyle(fontStyle: FontStyle.italic),
    ),
  ],
),
Trademark Example

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EasyRichText(
  "ProductTM is a superscript trademark symbol. This TM is not a trademark.",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'TM',
      superScript: true,
      stringBeforeTarget: 'Product',
      matchWordBoundaries: false,
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
  ],
),
Default Style:

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EasyRichText(
  "This is a EasyRichText example with default grey font. I want blue font here.",
  defaultStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.grey),
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'blue',
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'bold',
      style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
    ),
  ],
),
Conditional Match

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EasyRichText(
  "I want blue color here. I want no blue font here. I want blue invalid here.",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'blue',
      stringBeforeTarget: 'want',
      stringAfterTarget: "color",
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
  ],
),
Match Option

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matchOption can be a string or a list. default is 'all'.
string: 'all', 'first', 'last'
List:'first', 'last', and any integer index
For example, [0, 1, 'last'] will match the first, second, and last one.
EasyRichText(
  "blue 1, blue 2, blue 3, blue 4, blue 5",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'blue',
      //matchOption: 'all'
      matchOption: [0, 1, 'last'],
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
  ],
),
Superscript and Subscript.

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EasyRichText(
  "I want superscript font here. I want subscript here",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
        targetString: 'superscript', superScript: true),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
        targetString: 'subscript', subScript: true),
  ],
),
Case Sensitivity

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EasyRichText(
  "Case-Insensitive String Matching. I want both Blue and blue. This paragraph is selectable.",
  caseSensitive: false,
  selectable: true,
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'Blue',
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
  ],
),
Selectable Text

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EasyRichText(
  "This paragraph is selectable...",
  selectable: true,
),
Regular Expression

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EasyRichText(
  "Regular Expression. I want blue bluea blue1 but not blueA",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'bl[a-z0-9]*',
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
  ],
),
Url Launcher

Integrated with url_launcher. Web url, email url, and telephone url are supported. Set urlType : 'web', 'email', or 'tel'. EasyRichText provides regular expression formula to match common urls.

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EasyRichText(
  "Here is a website https://pub.dev/packages/easy_rich_text. Here is a email address test@example.com. Here is a telephone number +852 12345678.",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'https://pub.dev/packages/easy_rich_text',
      urlType: 'web',
      style: TextStyle(
        decoration: TextDecoration.underline,
      ),
    ),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: EasyRegexPattern.emailPattern,
      urlType: 'email',
      style: TextStyle(
        decoration: TextDecoration.underline,
      ),
    ),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: EasyRegexPattern.webPattern,
      urlType: 'web',
      style: TextStyle(
        decoration: TextDecoration.underline,
      ),
    ),
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: EasyRegexPattern.telPattern,
      urlType: 'tel',
      style: TextStyle(
        decoration: TextDecoration.underline,
      ),
    ),
  ],
),
GestureRecognizer
///GestureRecognizer, not working when superscript, subscript, or urlType is set.
///TapGestureRecognizer, MultiTapGestureRecognizer, etc.
EasyRichText(
  "Tap recognizer to print this sentence.",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: 'recognizer',
      recognizer: TapGestureRecognizer()
        ..onTap = () {
          print("Tap recognizer to print this sentence.");
        },
      style: TextStyle(
        decoration: TextDecoration.underline,
      ),
    ),
  ],
),
All RichText Properties

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EasyRichText(
  "TextOverflow.ellipsis, TextAlign.justify, maxLines: 1. TextOverflow.ellipsis, TextAlign.justify, maxLines: 1.",
  textAlign: TextAlign.justify,
  maxLines: 1,
  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
),
Special Characters

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//if the targetString contains the following special characters \[]()^*+?
EasyRichText(
  "Received 88+ messages. Received 99+ messages",
  patternList: [
    //set hasSpecialCharacters to true
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: '99+',
      hasSpecialCharacters: true,
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
    //or if you are familiar with regular expressions, then use \\ to skip it
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: '88\\+',
      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    ),
  ],
),
WhatsApp Like Text Formatter

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///WhatsApp like text formatter
EasyRichText(
  "TEST *bold font*. test *boldfont*.",
  patternList: [
    ///bold font
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: '(\\*)(.*?)(\\*)',
      matchBuilder: (BuildContext context, RegExpMatch? match) {
        return TextSpan(
          text: match?[0]?.replaceAll('*', ''),
          style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
        );
      },
    ),
  ],
),
prefixInlineSpan & suffixInlineSpan
///add icon before/after targetString
EasyRichText(
  "Please contact us at +123456789",
  patternList: [
    EasyRichTextPattern(
      targetString: EasyRegexPattern.telPattern,
      prefixInlineSpan: WidgetSpan(
        child: Icon(Icons.local_phone),
      ),
      suffixInlineSpan: WidgetSpan(
        child: Icon(Icons.local_phone),
      ),
    )
  ],
),

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