formatus 1.1.0

Formatus - The plain Flutter Rich-Text-Editor for all platforms without any dependencies

FORMATUS

A plain Flutter Rich-Text-Editor without any dependencies.

Features

• Runs on all platforms
• Supports multiple section and inline formats
• Small and easy to use
• No dependencies to other packages
• Includes a viewer for the formatted text

Getting started

Add the latest version of Formatus to the pubspec.yaml file:

flutter:
  formatus: ^1.1.0

Create a FormatusController and a FormatusBar. Supply a FocusNode to both the FormatusBar and the TextField (or TextFormField).

Usage

Use Formatus like this:

  FocusNode focusNode = FocusNode(debugLabel: 'formatus');
  late FormatusController controller;

void initState() {
  controller = FormatusController.fromFormattedText( text );
}

Widget build(BuildContext context) => Column( children: [
  FormatusBar(
    controller: controller,
    textFieldFocus: _formatusFocus,
  ),
  TextFormField(
    controller: controller,
    focusNode: _formatusFocus,
    minLines: 3,
    maxLines: 10 ),
  ]);

//--- Don't forget the standard dispose of the controller
void dispose() {
  controller.dispose();
}

User Manual

Definition of Terms

Use cases

This section describes the use cases for Formatus.

• Position caret -> updates FormatusBar with formats at caret position
• Select a text range -> updates FormatusBar with formats from selection start
• Activate another section-format in FormatusBar -> the current section (at caret position or at start of a selected text-range) will be changed to the activated section-format
• Change an inline-format in FormatusBar -> if a text range is selected then the selected text will be updated with the new format
• Enter characters (via keyboard or by pasting from a clipboard) -> characters will be inserted at caret position. Current format settings will be applied.
• Delete characters -> if this includes one or more (requires a text-range) line-breaks then the text right of the deleted text will be integrated into the top-level node at deletion start
• To just display the formatted text use FormatusViewer

Additional information

Please find additional information like architecture considerations at https://www.djarjo.com/en/formatus

If you encounter any issues or have ideas for some enhancements please open a ticket at https://github.com/hlemcke/formatus

Future Enhancements

1. Add formats for lists: ordered and unordered
2. Add action to change a color
3. Add action to insert an emoji. This should become an optional add-on action similar to FormatusAnchor. Could also include converting an emoji name into emoji inline (insert into current text node).
4. Parse and export markdown