Text overflow on Flutter

Question

I'm trying to put a text inside de window. However, it is out of pixels and I don't know how to fix it. This is how it looks now:

This is part of my code:

SizedBox(
  width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.7,
  child:
    Column(
      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
     children: [
        Row(children: [
        Text('FRI, 4 MAR · 16:00', style: dateStyle),
      ],),
    Row(children: [
       Text('Chess Competition at Tetuan',
        style: eventStyle, textAlign: TextAlign.left),
    ],),
),

I want that if the text (that for the moment is hardcoded) can't be shown in the same line, automatically changes to the other.

Is multiline title allowed or you want it in one line?

Yashraj
– Yashraj

2022-03-23 11:57:37 +00:00
Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 11:57 — Yashraj
– Yashraj, Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 11:57

Saurabh Patel · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-23 12:02:33Z

2

By default Row widget tries to give infinite width space for all its children so text widget is getting infinite width. To make text widget render text on next line we need to provide fix width. To achieve that you can use Expanded widget, it will take all space available such that it fits the constraint of the row.

SizedBox(
  width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.7,
  child: Column(
    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
    children: [
      Row(
        children: [
          Expanded(
            child: Text(
              'FRI, 4 MAR · 16:00',
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
      Row(
        children: [
          Expanded(
            child: Text(
              'Chess Competition at Tetuan',
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    ],
  ),
),

answered Mar 23, 2022 at 12:02

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Ravindra S. Patil · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-23 11:57:08Z

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Try below code, Wrap your Text inside Expanded Widget

SizedBox(
      width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.7,
      child: Column(
        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
        children: [
          Row(
            children: [
              Expanded(
                child: Text(
                  'FRI, 4 MAR · 16:00',
                ),
              ),
            ],
          ),
          Row(
            children: [
              Expanded(
                child: Text(
                  'Chess Competition at Tetuan',
                ),
              ),
            ],
          ),
        ],
      ),
    ),

Result screen->

answered Mar 23, 2022 at 11:57

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Ravindra S. Patil Over a year ago

@lauv if its help to you accept and upvote my answer, Thanks

Manishyadav · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-23 12:07:39Z

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You may use Flexible to resize the widgets in rows and columns. It's mainly used to adjust the space of the different child widgets while keeping the relation with their parent widgets.

Meanwhile, Expanded changes the constraints sent to the children of rows and columns; it helps to fill the available spaces there. Therefore, when you wrap your child in an Expanded widget it fills up the empty spaces.

Providing these videos from the Flutter's Official YouTube channel just to help out people, who might look for this in the upcoming future...

1.Expanded

2.Flexible

Example:

 Flexible(
   child: Text()),

 Expanded(
   child: Text()),

answered Mar 23, 2022 at 12:07

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Dhruv Badaya · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-24 12:32:16Z

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Wrap your text widget in a Flexible widget as follows-

SizedBox(
  width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.7,
  child:
    Column(
      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
     children: [
        Row(children: [
        Text('FRI, 4 MAR · 16:00', style: dateStyle),
      ],),
    Row(children: [

//Start of flexible widget

       Flexible(
           child:Text('Chess Competition at Tetuan',
        style: eventStyle, textAlign: TextAlign.left),
    ],),),
),

answered Mar 24, 2022 at 12:32

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