In my scenario, I aim to display overflowing text with an ellipsis using TextOverflow.ellipsis within a Text widget, in which the Row as parent widget. However, the ellipsis functionality is effective only when I wrap the Text widget within an additional SizedBox or Container. I desire the overflowing text to be displayed with an ellipsis directly within the Row without the need for additional wrapping in a container.
Added the code for the reference,
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(const MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
const MyApp({super.key});
// This widget is the root of your application.
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
),
home: const MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
);
}
}
class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});
final String title;
@override
State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}
class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text(widget.title),
),
body: Center(
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
Container(
width: 200,
height: 60,
color: Colors.yellow,
child: Row(children: const [
SizedBox(
width: 100,
child: Text(
'It is a lengthy text you have to reduce the overflow',
overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
),
),
SizedBox(
width: 100,
child: Text(
'Yes, will reduce the length by overflow property',
overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
)),
]),
)
],
),
),
);
}
}
In the provided code, I enclosed the two texts with a SizedBox within a parent Row widget, resulting in the overflowed text displaying with an ellipsis. However, I aim to achieve the same behavior without the necessity of being wrapped by a SizedBox or Container.