CreamyEditingController class

A controller for an editable text field.

Similar to TextEditingController but with properties to get several more details about a text like:

  1. Total number of lines
  2. Line number of caret
  3. Shows column number of cursor

Also supports syntax highlighting, and syntax highlight theme type.

Inheritance
Implemented types
Available Extensions

Constructors

CreamyEditingController({String? text, SyntaxHighlighter? syntaxHighlighter, int tabSize = 1})
Creates a controller for an editable text field.
CreamyEditingController.fromValue(TextEditingValue? value, {SyntaxHighlighter? syntaxHighlighter, int tabSize = 1})
Creates a controller for an editable text field from an initial TextEditingValue.

Properties

hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
hasListeners → bool
Whether any listeners are currently registered.
no setterinherited
highlightingEnabled → bool
Whether the controller will highlight syntax
no setter
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
selection ↔ TextSelection
The currently selected text.
getter/setter pairoverride
syntaxHighlighter → SyntaxHighlighter?
The syntax highlighter which will parse text from Text Field
final
tabSize → int
The tabSize number of spaces which will be used instead of \t. Defaults to 1.
final
text ↔ String
The current string the user is editing.
getter/setter pairoverride
value ↔ TextEditingValue
The current value stored in this notifier.
getter/setter pairinherited-getteroverride-setter

Methods

addListener(VoidCallback listener) → void
Register a closure to be called when the object changes.
inherited
addTab() → void
Appends a tab at the TextSelection.baseOffset and moves the selection-offset at previous offset + tab size.
buildTextSpan({required BuildContext context, TextStyle? style, required bool withComposing}) → TextSpan
Builds TextSpan from current editing value.
override
changeSyntaxHighlighting(SyntaxHighlighter syntaxHighlighter) → void
Use your own implementation of SyntaxHighlighter.
clear() → void
Set the value to empty.
override
clearComposing() → void
Set the composing region to an empty range.
override
dispose() → void
Discards any resources used by the object. After this is called, the object is not in a usable state and should be discarded (calls to addListener will throw after the object is disposed).
inherited
isSelectionWithinTextBounds(TextSelection selection) → bool
Check that the selection is inside of the bounds of text.
override
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
notifyListeners() → void
Call all the registered listeners.
inherited
removeListener(VoidCallback listener) → void
Remove a previously registered closure from the list of closures that are notified when the object changes.
inherited
toString() → String
A string representation of this object.
inherited

Operators

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