AutoTextFormatter

A Flutter package that automatically adds hyphen or increments numbers to the next line if the current line has one.

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Features

Add this to your flutter app to:

  • Enhance the text editor experience, similar to Google Keep or Google Docs.
  • Automatically enable your text controller to add hyphens or numbering at the start of the line, improving the overall appearance of the text editor.

Getting Started

To use the autotextformatter Flutter package, include it in your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  autotextformatter: ^0.0.7

Run the following command to install the package:

flutter pub get

Usage

Import the autotextformatter package in your Dart file:

import 'package:autotextformatter/autotextformatter.dart';

Following points are necessary to use this package :

  1. Very first you need to have TextEditingController instance that has to be pass to TextFormatter constructor.
  2. Then you can create instance of TextFormatter class to which you need to pass controller.
  3. Here, you may need to use late keyword before initialization to avoid error The instance member 'contoller' can't be accessed in an initializer .
  TextEditingController descController = TextEditingController();
  late TextFormatter textAdjuster = TextFormatter(targetController: descController);

Use instance inside onChanged event of TextField, as text needs to be check everytime.

  TextFormField(
        controller: descController,
        maxLines: null,
        textInputAction: TextInputAction.newline,
        onChanged: (value) {
          textAdjuster.format();
        },
    );

Additional information

Libraries

autotextformatter