SentientPadding class

An emotion-aware wrapper around Flutter's Padding widget.

This widget adapts its padding values dynamically based on the current EmotionTheme, ensuring visual comfort and readability by adjusting spacing according to the user's emotional state.

It is designed to reduce visual density during negative or low-arousal states (e.g., sadness, fear) by increasing spacing, while allowing more compact layouts during positive, high-energy states.

Common use cases include wrapping content sections, cards, or layout blocks where adaptive breathing room enhances the user experience within the Sentient UI system.

Features

  • Emotion-aware spacing (wider for comfort, standard/tighter for energy).
  • Dynamic adjustment to reduce visual clutter.
  • Configurable overrides via PaddingConfig.
  • Seamless integration with EmotionTheme.

Example Usage

Basic usage:

SentientPadding(
  child: Text('Content'),
)

With custom overrides:

SentientPadding(
  config: PaddingConfig(
    padding: EdgeInsets.all(20.0),
  ),
  child: Text('Custom Padding'),
)
Inheritance

Constructors

SentientPadding({Key? key, required Widget child, PaddingConfig? config})
Creates a SentientPadding.
const

Properties

child → Widget
The widget to be inset by the resolved padding.
final
config → PaddingConfig?
Optional configuration override.
final
hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
key → Key?
Controls how one widget replaces another widget in the tree.
finalinherited
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited

Methods

build(BuildContext context) → Widget
Describes the part of the user interface represented by this widget.
override
createElement() → StatelessElement
Creates a StatelessElement to manage this widget's location in the tree.
inherited
debugDescribeChildren() → List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children.
inherited
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent 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, int wrapWidth = 65}) → 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.
inherited