Text Form Field

The Text Form Field widget is used to create a text input field in your app. This widget is essential for collecting user input, such as names, email addresses, passwords, and other text-based data.

Adding Text Form Field Widget

1. In the Widget Tree builder, you can pick and insert the Text Form Field widget from the widget panel onto your canvas.

2. Positioning: Place the Text Form Field widget where you want it in your layout. You can use the layout properties to adjust its position and size.

Text form field Key Elements

• Prefix: Use to Insert any Elements (Icon, image) before the Text form field.

• Suffix: Use to Insert any or a set of Widgets (Icon, image) after the Text form field.

Configuring the Text form field Widget

Basic Properties:

• Label Text: Set a label for your text field, which will appear above the input.

• Hint Text: Add hint text to provide a placeholder inside the text field.

Input Types:

• Text Input Type: Specify the type of keyboard that appears (e.g., text, email, number, password).

Styling:

• Text Style: Customize the font, size, color, and other text properties.
• Decoration: Add borders, icons, and other decorations to the text field.
• Padding and Margin: Adjust the padding and margin to control the spacing around the text field.

Behavior:

• Read-Only: Make the text field read-only if you don’t want users to edit the text.

• Enabled: Control whether the text field is enabled or disabled.