DropdownButton<T> class Null safety

A Material Design button for selecting from a list of items.

A dropdown button lets the user select from a number of items. The button shows the currently selected item as well as an arrow that opens a menu for selecting another item.

One ancestor must be a Material widget and typically this is provided by the app's Scaffold.

The type T is the type of the value that each dropdown item represents. All the entries in a given menu must represent values with consistent types. Typically, an enum is used. Each DropdownMenuItem in items must be specialized with that same type argument.

The onChanged callback should update a state variable that defines the dropdown's value. It should also call State.setState to rebuild the dropdown with the new value.

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This sample shows a DropdownButton with a large arrow icon, purple text style, and bold purple underline, whose value is one of "One", "Two", "Free", or "Four".

To create a local project with this code sample, run:
flutter create --sample=material.DropdownButton.1 mysample

If the onChanged callback is null or the list of items is null then the dropdown button will be disabled, i.e. its arrow will be displayed in grey and it will not respond to input. A disabled button will display the disabledHint widget if it is non-null. However, if disabledHint is null and hint is non-null, the hint widget will instead be displayed.

Requires one of its ancestors to be a Material widget.

See also:

Inheritance

Constructors

Creates a dropdown button.

Properties

alignment → AlignmentGeometry
Defines how the hint or the selected item is positioned within the button.
final
autofocus → bool
True if this widget will be selected as the initial focus when no other node in its scope is currently focused.
final
borderRadius → BorderRadius?
Defines the corner radii of the menu's rounded rectangle shape.
final
disabledHint → Widget?
A preferred placeholder widget that is displayed when the dropdown is disabled.
final
The background color of the dropdown.
final
elevation → int
The z-coordinate at which to place the menu when open.
final
enableFeedback → bool?
Whether detected gestures should provide acoustic and/or haptic feedback.
final
focusColor → Color?
The color for the button's Material when it has the input focus.
final
focusNode → FocusNode?
An optional focus node to use as the focus node for this widget.
final
hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
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hint → Widget?
A placeholder widget that is displayed by the dropdown button.
final
icon → Widget?
The widget to use for the drop-down button's icon.
final
iconDisabledColor → Color?
The color of any Icon descendant of icon if this button is disabled, i.e. if onChanged is null.
final
iconEnabledColor → Color?
The color of any Icon descendant of icon if this button is enabled, i.e. if onChanged is defined.
final
iconSize → double
The size to use for the drop-down button's down arrow icon button.
final
isDense → bool
Reduce the button's height.
final
isExpanded → bool
Set the dropdown's inner contents to horizontally fill its parent.
final
itemHeight → double?
If null, then the menu item heights will vary according to each menu item's intrinsic height.
final
items → List<DropdownMenuItem<T>>?
The list of items the user can select.
final
key → Key?
Controls how one widget replaces another widget in the tree.
finalinherited
The maximum height of the menu.
final
onChanged → ValueChanged<T?>?
Called when the user selects an item.
final
onTap → VoidCallback?
Called when the dropdown button is tapped.
final
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-onlyinherited
selectedItemBuilder → DropdownButtonBuilder?
A builder to customize the dropdown buttons corresponding to the DropdownMenuItems in items.
final
style → TextStyle?
The text style to use for text in the dropdown button and the dropdown menu that appears when you tap the button.
final
underline → Widget?
The widget to use for drawing the drop-down button's underline.
final
value → T?
The value of the currently selected DropdownMenuItem.
final

Methods

createElement() → StatefulElement
Creates a StatefulElement to manage this widget's location in the tree.
inherited
createState() → State<DropdownButton<T>>
Creates the mutable state for this widget at a given location in the tree.
override
debugDescribeChildren() → List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children.
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debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toDiagnosticsNode({String? name, DiagnosticsTreeStyle? style}) → DiagnosticsNode
Returns a debug representation of the object that is used by debugging tools and by DiagnosticsNode.toStringDeep.
inherited
toString({DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.info}) → String
A string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringDeep({String prefixLineOne = '', String? prefixOtherLines, DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.debug}) → String
Returns a string representation of this node and its descendants.
inherited
toStringShallow({String joiner = ', ', DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.debug}) → String
Returns a one-line detailed description of the object.
inherited
toStringShort() → String
A short, textual description of this widget.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool
The equality operator.
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