The Text widget
- Flutter course
- Beginner
- Lesson 26/99
- 4 min
Learn to display text with the Text widget.
The Text widget
The Text widget is used to display text on screen. In its simplest form it takes a String and shows it. You can set the font with the style parameter and the alignment with textAlign. Text is an immutable widget extending StatelessWidget.
Text('Merhaba Flutter')
Text(
'Uzun bir metin',
style: TextStyle(fontSize: 16),
textAlign: TextAlign.center,
)Text parameters
The most commonly used parameters of the Text widget are: data (the text to show), style (formatting via TextStyle), textAlign (horizontal alignment), maxLines (maximum line count) and overflow (behavior for overflowing text). textAlign can be TextAlign.left, TextAlign.center or TextAlign.right.
Text(
'Hizalı metin',
textAlign: TextAlign.center,
maxLines: 2,
overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
style: TextStyle(fontSize: 18),
)Practice Print Text info
In main, print two lines with print: text metin and style bicim.
Starter code
void main() {
// iki satır yazdır:
// text metin
// style bicim
}Sample solution
void main() {
print('text metin');
print('style bicim');
}Expected output
text metin style bicim
Questions and answers
Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.
1 What is the Text widget used for?
- To display images
- To play sound
- To create buttons
- To display text on screen Correct answer
Explanation: The Text widget is used to display text on screen; in its simplest form it takes a String.
2 Align the text
Text(
'Metin',
____: TextAlign.center,
)Text(
'Metin',
textAlign: TextAlign.center,
)Explanation: The textAlign parameter sets the horizontal alignment of the text.
3 Text concepts
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
Text |
Widget that displays text |
style |
Font formatting parameter |
TextAlign |
Horizontal text alignment |
maxLines |
Maximum line count |