The Text widget

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),
)

Exercise Print Text info

In main, print two lines with print: text metin and style bicim.

Show example solution

void main() {
  print('text metin');
  print('style bicim');
}

Test yourself

What is the Text widget used for?
- To display images
- To play sound
- To create buttons
- To display text on screen
Show answer

To display text on screen — The Text widget is used to display text on screen; in its simplest form it takes a String.

Align the text

Text(
  'Metin',
  ____: TextAlign.center,
)

Show answer

Text(
  'Metin',
  textAlign: TextAlign.center,
)

Text concepts

Text

Widget that displays text
style

Font formatting parameter
TextAlign

Horizontal text alignment
maxLines

Maximum line count

Next lesson: TextStyle

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