A flutter package which lets you use styled @mentions and #hashtags with twitter-like suggestions in your TextField.

This was very much inspired by flutter_parsed_text and flutter_mentions, so credit to them!

Table of contents

• Installing
• Usage
• Custom Suggestion List

Installing

1. Depend on it

Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  flutter_parsed_text_field: ^0.1.0

2. Install it

You can install packages from the command line:

with pub:

$ pub get

with Flutter:

$ flutter pub get

3. Import it

Now in your Dart code, you can use:

import 'package:flutter_parsed_text_field/flutter_parsed_text_field.dart';

Usage

FlutterParsedTextField is a Stateful Widget that extends TextField.

FlutterParsedTextField(
    controller: controller.flutterParsedTextEditingController,
    suggestionMatches: suggestionMatches,
    disableSuggestionOverlay: disableSuggestionOverlay,
    suggestionLimit: suggestionLimit,
    suggestionPosition: suggestionPosition,
    matchers: [],
)

Configurable properties:

• controller – extension of TextEditingController which styles your parsed text field
• disableSuggestionOverlay – true if you don't want the built-in suggestion list to appear; false otherwise.
• suggestionLimit – number of suggestions to return
• suggestionPosition – should the suggestion list appear above or below the text field
• matchers - a list of Matcher which defines the triggers and suggestions

Callbacks:

• suggestionMatches – returns a list of the suggestions that are matched

Matcher

Matcher<String>(
    trigger: "#",
    suggestions: ['BattleOfNewYork', 'InfinityGauntlet'],
    idProp: (hashtag) => hashtag,
    displayProp: (hashtag) => hashtag,
    style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.blue),
    stringify: (trigger, hashtag) => hashtag,
    alwaysHighlight: true,
    parse: (hashtagString) => hashtagString.substring(1),
)

Configurable properties:

• trigger - single character to trigger suggestions
• suggestions - list of suggestions
• idProp - get the id of the suggestion
• displayProp - get the display of the suggestion
• style - TextStyle for matches
• stringify - convert the suggestion into a parsable string
• alwaysHighlight - always apply style even if there isn't a matching suggestion
• parse - convert the parsable string into a suggestion

Custom Suggestion List

If you dont want the built-in popup to appear, and instead display the suggestions elsewhere, you can! Check /example/lib/custom-suggestion-list.dart

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT