text_gradient_widget 1.0.1

A Flutter widget for rendering text with linear and radial gradient effects, supporting 8 directions, custom stops, and full text styling.

Text Gradient Widget

A Flutter widget for rendering text with beautiful linear and radial gradient effects, supporting 8 gradient directions, custom color stops, and full text styling.

Screenshots

GradientText('Text Gradient Widget',
    colors: const [Colors.red, Colors.teal, Colors.yellow],
    stops: const [0.0, 0.5, 1.0],
    style: AppTextStyles(context).px28wRegular()),

Features

• Linear gradients with 8 directional options
• Radial gradients with configurable radius
• Custom gradient color stops
• Full TextStyle support (font size, weight, family, etc.)
• Text overflow, maxLines, and alignment control
• Zero dependencies beyond Flutter SDK
• Null-safe, Dart 3+ compatible

Installation

flutter pub add text_gradient_widget

Or add it to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  text_gradient_widget: ^1.0.0

Then run:

flutter pub get

Usage

Import the package:

import 'package:text_gradient_widget/text_gradient_widget.dart';

Linear Gradient (Left to Right)

GradientText(
  'Hello Flutter!',
  colors: const [Colors.blue, Colors.purple],
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 40, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
)

Radial Gradient

GradientText(
  'Radial Glow',
  colors: const [Colors.red, Colors.orange, Colors.yellow],
  gradientType: GradientType.radial,
  radius: 1.5,
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 36),
)

Custom Stops

GradientText(
  'Custom Stops',
  colors: const [Colors.green, Colors.teal, Colors.cyan],
  stops: const [0.0, 0.5, 1.0],
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 32),
)

Top to Bottom

GradientText(
  'Top to Bottom',
  colors: const [Colors.pink, Colors.deepPurple],
  gradientDirection: GradientDirection.ttb,
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 30),
)

Diagonal (Bottom-Left to Top-Right)

GradientText(
  'Diagonal!',
  colors: const [Colors.amber, Colors.deepOrange],
  gradientDirection: GradientDirection.blttr,
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 28),
)

Right to Left

GradientText(
  'Right to Left',
  colors: const [Colors.indigo, Colors.lightBlue],
  gradientDirection: GradientDirection.rtl,
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 28),
)

API Reference

GradientText

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
text	String	required	The text to display
colors	List<Color>	required	Gradient colors (minimum 2)
gradientDirection	GradientDirection?	GradientDirection.ltr	Direction for the linear gradient
gradientType	GradientType	GradientType.linear	The type of gradient (linear or radial)
overflow	TextOverflow?	null	How visual overflow is handled
radius	double	1.0	Radial gradient radius (fraction of shortest side)
style	TextStyle?	null	Text style (color is overridden internally)
textAlign	TextAlign?	null	Horizontal text alignment
textScaleFactor	double?	null	Font pixels per logical pixel
maxLines	int?	null	Maximum number of lines
stops	List<double>?	null	Gradient stop positions (0.0 to 1.0)

GradientDirection

Value	Description
ltr	Left to right
rtl	Right to left
ttb	Top to bottom
btt	Bottom to top
blttr	Bottom-left to top-right
brttl	Bottom-right to top-left
tltbr	Top-left to bottom-right
trtbl	Top-right to bottom-left

GradientType

Value	Description
linear	Linear gradient along a straight line
radial	Radial gradient from center outward

Example

See the example directory for a complete, runnable sample app showcasing all gradient directions and types.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add my feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please ensure all tests pass and code is formatted before submitting:

flutter test
dart format .
flutter analyze

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.