extended_text

extended_text

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Extended official text to build special text like inline image or @somebody quickly,it also support custom background,custom over flow and custom selection toolbar and handles.

Web demo for ExtendedText

ExtendedText is a third-party extension library for Flutter's official Text component. The main extended features are as follows:

Feature	ExtendedText	Text
Customized text overflow effects	Supported, allows customizing the overflow widget and controlling overflow positions (before, middle, after)	Not supported (26748,45336)
Copying the actual value of special text	Supported, enables copying the actual value of the text, not just the placeholder value of WidgetSpan	Can only copy the placeholder value of WidgetSpan (\uFFFC)
Quick construction of rich text based on text format	Supported, enables quick construction of rich text based on text format	Not supported

HarmonyOS is supported. Please use the latest version which contains ohos tag. You can check it in Versions tab.

dependencies:
  extended_text: 10.0.1-ohos //  3.7.12
  extended_text: 13.0.2      //  3.22.0

Table of contents

• extended_text
  • Table of contents
  • Speical Text
    • Create Speical Text
    • SpecialTextSpanBuilder
  • Image
    • ImageSpan
  • Selection
    • TextSelectionControls
  • Custom Background
  • Custom Overflow
  • Join Zero-Width Space
  • Gradient
    • GradientConfig
    • IgnoreGradientSpan

Speical Text

Create Speical Text

extended text helps to convert your text to speical textSpan quickly.

for example, follwing code show how to create @xxxx speical textSpan.

class AtText extends SpecialText {
  AtText(TextStyle textStyle, SpecialTextGestureTapCallback onTap,
      {this.showAtBackground = false, this.start})
      : super(flag, ' ', textStyle, onTap: onTap);
  static const String flag = '@';
  final int start;

  /// whether show background for @somebody
  final bool showAtBackground;

  @override
  InlineSpan finishText() {
    final TextStyle textStyle =
        this.textStyle?.copyWith(color: Colors.blue, fontSize: 16.0);

    final String atText = toString();

    return showAtBackground
        ? BackgroundTextSpan(
            background: Paint()..color = Colors.blue.withOpacity(0.15),
            text: atText,
            actualText: atText,
            start: start,

            ///caret can move into special text
            deleteAll: true,
            style: textStyle,
            recognizer: (TapGestureRecognizer()
              ..onTap = () {
                if (onTap != null) {
                  onTap(atText);
                }
              }))
        : SpecialTextSpan(
            text: atText,
            actualText: atText,
            start: start,
            style: textStyle,
            recognizer: (TapGestureRecognizer()
              ..onTap = () {
                if (onTap != null) {
                  onTap(atText);
                }
              }));
  }
}

SpecialTextSpanBuilder

create your SpecialTextSpanBuilder

class MySpecialTextSpanBuilder extends SpecialTextSpanBuilder {
  MySpecialTextSpanBuilder({this.showAtBackground = false});

  /// whether show background for @somebody
  final bool showAtBackground;
  @override
  TextSpan build(String data,
      {TextStyle textStyle, SpecialTextGestureTapCallback onTap}) {
    if (kIsWeb) {
      return TextSpan(text: data, style: textStyle);
    }

    return super.build(data, textStyle: textStyle, onTap: onTap);
  }

  @override
  SpecialText createSpecialText(String flag,
      {TextStyle textStyle, SpecialTextGestureTapCallback onTap, int index}) {
    if (flag == null || flag == '') {
      return null;
    }

    ///index is end index of start flag, so text start index should be index-(flag.length-1)
    if (isStart(flag, AtText.flag)) {
      return AtText(
        textStyle,
        onTap,
        start: index - (AtText.flag.length - 1),
        showAtBackground: showAtBackground,
      );
    } else if (isStart(flag, EmojiText.flag)) {
      return EmojiText(textStyle, start: index - (EmojiText.flag.length - 1));
    } else if (isStart(flag, DollarText.flag)) {
      return DollarText(textStyle, onTap,
          start: index - (DollarText.flag.length - 1));
    }
    return null;
  }
}

Image

ImageSpan

show inline image by using ImageSpan.

class ImageSpan extends ExtendedWidgetSpan {
  ImageSpan(
    ImageProvider image, {
    Key key,
    @required double imageWidth,
    @required double imageHeight,
    EdgeInsets margin,
    int start = 0,
    ui.PlaceholderAlignment alignment = ui.PlaceholderAlignment.bottom,
    String actualText,
    TextBaseline baseline,
    BoxFit fit= BoxFit.scaleDown,
    ImageLoadingBuilder loadingBuilder,
    ImageFrameBuilder frameBuilder,
    String semanticLabel,
    bool excludeFromSemantics = false,
    Color color,
    BlendMode colorBlendMode,
    AlignmentGeometry imageAlignment = Alignment.center,
    ImageRepeat repeat = ImageRepeat.noRepeat,
    Rect centerSlice,
    bool matchTextDirection = false,
    bool gaplessPlayback = false,
    FilterQuality filterQuality = FilterQuality.low,
    GestureTapCallback onTap,
    HitTestBehavior behavior = HitTestBehavior.deferToChild,
  })

parameter	description	default
image	The image to display(ImageProvider).	-
imageWidth	The width of image(not include margin)	required
imageHeight	The height of image(not include margin)	required
margin	The margin of image	-
actualText	Actual text, take care of it when enable selection,something likes "[love]"	'\uFFFC'
start	Start index of text,take care of it when enable selection.	0

Selection

It works with SelectionArea now.

TextSelectionControls

override [SelectionArea.contextMenuBuilder] and [TextSelectionControls] to custom your toolbar widget or handle widget

const double _kHandleSize = 22.0;

/// Android Material styled text selection controls.

class MyTextSelectionControls extends TextSelectionControls
    with TextSelectionHandleControls {
  MyTextSelectionControls({this.joinZeroWidthSpace = false});
  final bool joinZeroWidthSpace;

  /// Returns the size of the Material handle.
  @override
  Size getHandleSize(double textLineHeight) =>
      const Size(_kHandleSize, _kHandleSize);

  /// Builder for material-style text selection handles.
  @override
  Widget buildHandle(
      BuildContext context, TextSelectionHandleType type, double textLineHeight,
      [VoidCallback? onTap, double? startGlyphHeight, double? endGlyphHeight]) {
    final Widget handle = SizedBox(
      width: _kHandleSize,
      height: _kHandleSize,
      child: Image.asset(
        'assets/40.png',
      ),
    );

    // [handle] is a circle, with a rectangle in the top left quadrant of that
    // circle (an onion pointing to 10:30). We rotate [handle] to point
    // straight up or up-right depending on the handle type.
    switch (type) {
      case TextSelectionHandleType.left: // points up-right
        return Transform.rotate(
          angle: math.pi / 4.0,
          child: handle,
        );
      case TextSelectionHandleType.right: // points up-left
        return Transform.rotate(
          angle: -math.pi / 4.0,
          child: handle,
        );
      case TextSelectionHandleType.collapsed: // points up
        return handle;
    }
  }

  /// Gets anchor for material-style text selection handles.
  ///
  /// See [TextSelectionControls.getHandleAnchor].
  @override
  Offset getHandleAnchor(TextSelectionHandleType type, double textLineHeight,
      [double? startGlyphHeight, double? endGlyphHeight]) {
    switch (type) {
      case TextSelectionHandleType.left:
        return const Offset(_kHandleSize, 0);
      case TextSelectionHandleType.right:
        return Offset.zero;
      default:
        return const Offset(_kHandleSize / 2, -4);
    }
  }
}

class CommonSelectionArea extends StatelessWidget {
  const CommonSelectionArea({
    super.key,
    required this.child,
    this.joinZeroWidthSpace = false,
  });
  final Widget child;
  final bool joinZeroWidthSpace;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    SelectedContent? _selectedContent;
    return SelectionArea(
      contextMenuBuilder:
          (BuildContext context, SelectableRegionState selectableRegionState) {
        return AdaptiveTextSelectionToolbar.buttonItems(
          buttonItems: <ContextMenuButtonItem>[
            ContextMenuButtonItem(
              onPressed: () {
                // TODO(zmtzawqlp):  how to get Selectable
                // and  _clearSelection is not public
                // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/126980

                //  onCopy: () {
                //   _copy();

                //   // In Android copy should clear the selection.
                //   switch (defaultTargetPlatform) {
                //     case TargetPlatform.android:
                //     case TargetPlatform.fuchsia:
                //       _clearSelection();
                //     case TargetPlatform.iOS:
                //       hideToolbar(false);
                //     case TargetPlatform.linux:
                //     case TargetPlatform.macOS:
                //     case TargetPlatform.windows:
                //       hideToolbar();
                //   }
                // },

                // if (_selectedContent != null) {
                //   String content = _selectedContent!.plainText;
                //   if (joinZeroWidthSpace) {
                //     content = content.replaceAll(zeroWidthSpace, '');
                //   }

                //   Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(text: content));
                //   selectableRegionState.hideToolbar(true);
                //   selectableRegionState._clearSelection();
                // }

                selectableRegionState
                    .copySelection(SelectionChangedCause.toolbar);

                // remove zeroWidthSpace
                if (joinZeroWidthSpace) {
                  Clipboard.getData('text/plain').then((ClipboardData? value) {
                    if (value != null) {
                      // remove zeroWidthSpace
                      final String? plainText =
                          value.text?.replaceAll(ExtendedTextLibraryUtils.zeroWidthSpace, '');
                      if (plainText != null) {
                        Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(text: plainText));
                      }
                    }
                  });
                }
              },
              type: ContextMenuButtonType.copy,
            ),
            ContextMenuButtonItem(
              onPressed: () {
                selectableRegionState.selectAll(SelectionChangedCause.toolbar);
              },
              type: ContextMenuButtonType.selectAll,
            ),
            ContextMenuButtonItem(
              onPressed: () {
                launchUrl(Uri.parse(
                    'mailto:xxx@live.com?subject=extended_text_share&body=${_selectedContent?.plainText}'));
                selectableRegionState.hideToolbar();
              },
              type: ContextMenuButtonType.custom,
              label: 'like',
            ),
          ],
          anchors: selectableRegionState.contextMenuAnchors,
        );
        // return AdaptiveTextSelectionToolbar.selectableRegion(
        //   selectableRegionState: selectableRegionState,
        // );
      },
      // magnifierConfiguration: TextMagnifierConfiguration(
      //   magnifierBuilder: (
      //     BuildContext context,
      //     MagnifierController controller,
      //     ValueNotifier<MagnifierInfo> magnifierInfo,
      //   ) {
      //     return TextMagnifier(
      //       magnifierInfo: magnifierInfo,
      //     );
      //     // switch (defaultTargetPlatform) {
      //     //   case TargetPlatform.iOS:
      //     //     return CupertinoTextMagnifier(
      //     //       controller: controller,
      //     //       magnifierInfo: magnifierInfo,
      //     //     );
      //     //   case TargetPlatform.android:
      //     //     return TextMagnifier(
      //     //       magnifierInfo: magnifierInfo,
      //     //     );
      //     //   case TargetPlatform.fuchsia:
      //     //   case TargetPlatform.linux:
      //     //   case TargetPlatform.macOS:
      //     //   case TargetPlatform.windows:
      //     //     return null;
      //     // }
      //   },
      // ),
      // selectionControls: MyTextSelectionControls(),
      onSelectionChanged: (SelectedContent? value) {
        print(value?.plainText);
        _selectedContent = value;
      },
      child: child,
    );
  }
}

Custom Background

refer to issues 24335/24337 about background

  BackgroundTextSpan(
      text:
          "This text has nice background with borderradius,no mattter how many line,it likes nice",
      background: Paint()..color = Colors.indigo,
      clipBorderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(3.0))),

parameter	description	default
background	Background painter	-
clipBorderRadius	Clip BorderRadius	-
paintBackground	Paint background call back, you can paint background by self	-

Custom Overflow

refer to issue 26748

parameter	description	default
child	The widget of TextOverflow.	@required
maxHeight	The maxHeight of [TextOverflowWidget], default is preferredLineHeight.	preferredLineHeight
align	The Align of [TextOverflowWidget], left/right.	right
position	The position which TextOverflowWidget should be shown.	TextOverflowPosition.end

  ExtendedText(
   overflowWidget: TextOverflowWidget(
     position: TextOverflowPosition.end,
     align: TextOverflowAlign.center,
     // just for debug
     debugOverflowRectColor: Colors.red.withOpacity(0.1),
     child: Container(
       child: Row(
         mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
         children: <Widget>[
           const Text('\u2026 '),
           InkWell(
             child: const Text(
               'more',
             ),
             onTap: () {
               launch(
                   'https://github.com/fluttercandies/extended_text');
             },
           )
         ],
       ),
     ),
   ),
  )

Join Zero-Width Space

refer to issue 18761

if [ExtendedText.joinZeroWidthSpace] is true, it will join '\u{200B}' into text, make line breaking and overflow style better.

  ExtendedText(
      joinZeroWidthSpace: true,
    )

or you can convert by following method:

1. String

  String input='abc'.joinChar();

2. InlineSpan

     InlineSpan innerTextSpan;
     innerTextSpan = joinChar(
        innerTextSpan,
        Accumulator(),
        zeroWidthSpace,
    );

Take care of following things:

1. the word is not a word, it will not working when you want to double tap to select a word.

2. text is changed, you should override TextSelectionControls and remove zeroWidthSpace.

class MyTextSelectionControls extends TextSelectionControls {

  @override
  void handleCopy(TextSelectionDelegate delegate,
      ClipboardStatusNotifier? clipboardStatus) {
    final TextEditingValue value = delegate.textEditingValue;

    String data = value.selection.textInside(value.text);
    // remove zeroWidthSpace
    data = data.replaceAll(zeroWidthSpace, '');

    Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(
      text: value.selection.textInside(value.text),
    ));
    clipboardStatus?.update();
    delegate.textEditingValue = TextEditingValue(
      text: value.text,
      selection: TextSelection.collapsed(offset: value.selection.end),
    );
    delegate.bringIntoView(delegate.textEditingValue.selection.extent);
    delegate.hideToolbar();
  }
}

Gradient

GradientConfig

Configuration for applying gradients to text.

• [gradient] is the gradient that will be applied to the text.

• [ignoreWidgetSpan] determines whether WidgetSpan elements should be included in the gradient application. By default, widget spans are ignored.

• [renderMode] specifies how the gradient should be applied to the text. The default is [GradientRenderMode.fullText], meaning the gradient will apply to the entire text.

• [ignoreRegex] is a regular expression used to exclude certain parts of the text from the gradient effect. For example, it can be used to exclude specific characters or words (like emojis or special symbols) from the gradient application.

• [beforeDrawGradient] A callback function that is called before the gradient is drawn on the text.

• [blendMode] The blend mode to be used when applying the gradient. default: [BlendMode.srcIn] (i.e., the gradient will be applied to the text). It's better to use [BlendMode.srcIn] or [BlendMode.srcATop].

  GradientConfig _config = GradientConfig(
    gradient: const LinearGradient(
      colors: <Color>[Colors.blue, Colors.red],
    ),
    ignoreRegex: GradientConfig.ignoreEmojiRegex,
    ignoreWidgetSpan: true,
    renderMode: GradientRenderMode.fullText,
  );

IgnoreGradientSpan

The InlineSpan will always ignore the gradient.

class IgnoreGradientTextSpan extends TextSpan with IgnoreGradientSpan {
  IgnoreGradientTextSpan({String? text, List<InlineSpan>? children})
      : super(
          text: text,
          children: children,
        );
}