textstyle_extensions

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A Flutter package that provides syntactic sugar for easily modifying TextStyles. It allows developers to create styled text variants with intuitive extensions like .bold, .italic, and .size(), streamlining the process of customizing text appearance. By extending TextStyle with fluent methods, it enhances code readability and reduces boilerplate. Ideal for projects requiring frequent text styling adjustments, especially in UI-heavy applications.

Use cases

Quickly apply bold or italic styles
Create size-adjusted text variants
Simplify repetitive TextStyle modifications
Enhance UI consistency across components
Improve code readability in text-heavy widgets

Key features

Fluent extension methods for TextStyle
Support for .bold, .italic, .size()
Reduces boilerplate in text styling
Improves code maintainability
Easy integration with existing TextStyle objects

Suitable for

UI developers working with rich text
Projects with frequent text styling
Teams prioritizing clean, readable code
Flutter apps with dynamic text formatting
Developers seeking concise text manipulation

Considerations

Limited to basic TextStyle modifications
Does not support advanced styling beyond extensions
Requires understanding of TextStyle hierarchy
May increase bundle size slightly
Not suitable for complex text layout scenarios

Original README

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Syntactic sugar for easily modifying TextStyles:

// Do this:
myTextStyle.bold.italic.size(16).letterSpace(1.6)

//Instead of this:
myTextStyle.copyWith(fontSize: 16, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, fontStyle: FontStyle.italic, letterSpacing: 1.6,)

🔨 Installation

dependencies:
  textstyle_extensions: ^1.0.0

⚙ Import

import 'package:textstyle_extensions/textstyle_extensions.dart';

🕹️ Usage

The entire TextStyle API is represented, plus a convenience method for quick scaling:

Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  Text t(String v, TextStyle t) => Text(v, style: t);
  TextStyle style = TextStyle(fontSize: 12);
  return Center(
    child: Column(
      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
      children: <Widget>[
        t("Normal", style),
        t("Bigger", style.scale(1.1)),
        t("Smaller Bold / Italic / Clr", style.bold.italic.textColor(Colors.redAccent).size(10)),
        t("Weight", style.weight(FontWeight.w100)),
        t("Line Height", style.textHeight(2.5)),
        t("Word Spacing", style.wordSpace(5)),
        t("Letter Spacing", style.letterSpace(3)),
        t("Foreground Paint", style.textForeground(Paint()..color = Colors.orange)),
        t("Background Paint", style.textBackground(Paint()..color = Colors.orange)),
        t("Shadows", style.textShadows([Shadow(color: Colors.redAccent, blurRadius: 4)])),
        t(
          "Decoration",
          style.textDecoration(TextDecoration.underline,
              color: Colors.red, thickness: 4, style: TextDecorationStyle.dotted),
        ),
      ],
    ),
  );
}

Shortcut method names are introduced where it makes sense. This is done both for brevity, and to reduce conflicts with the underlying TextStyle properties.

🐞 Bugs/Requests

If you encounter any problems please open an issue. If you feel the library is missing a feature, please raise a ticket on Github and we'll look into it. Pull request are welcome.

📃 License

MIT License

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