A Flutter dropdown widget

  Dropdown

Flutter Dropdown_Below

A Flutter Dropdown library which is customize flutter dropdownbutton widget.

Options

optionsdescriptionrequired
itemWidthdropdown item’s box widthX
itemTextstyledropdown item’s text styleX
boxTextstyleseletced box text styleX
boxPaddingseletced box inner paddingX
boxHeightseletced box heightX
boxWidthseletced box widthX
hinttext before you choose itemX
valueselected itemX
itemsitemsListO
onChangechange item functionO

How to make it Work?

Description for example.

1. datas

_testList’s type is always be a list.

If you want to use map or other type, you can customize this package.

  List _testList = [{'no': 1, 'keyword': 'blue'},{'no': 2, 'keyword': 'black'},{'no': 3, 'keyword': 'red'}];
  List<DropdownMenuItem> _dropdownTestItems;
  var _selectedTest;

2. initState & build items to correct type

If you want to customize item’s child widget ex) Text -> Container, You can change any widget you want.

  @override
  void initState() {
    _dropdownTestItems = buildDropdownTestItems(_testList);
    super.initState();
  }

  List<DropdownMenuItem> buildDropdownTestItems(List _testList) {
    List<DropdownMenuItem> items = List();
    for (var i in _testList) {
      items.add(
        DropdownMenuItem(
          value: i,
          child: Text(i['keyword']),
        ),
      );
    }
    return items;
  }

3. change function

  onChangeDropdownTests(selectedTest) {
    print(selectedTest);
    setState(() {
      _selectedTest = selectedTest;
    });
  }

4. UI

Dropdown Widget.

    DropdownBelow(
      itemWidth: 200,
      itemTextstyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w400, color: Colors.black),
      boxTextstyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w400, color: Color(0XFFbbbbbb)),
      boxPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(13, 12, 0, 12),
      boxHeight: 45,
      boxWidth: 200,
      hint: Text('choose item'),
      value: _selectedTest,
      items: _dropdownTestItems,
      onChanged: onChangeDropdownTests,
    ),

5. Question

IF you want to make itemBox dropdown when you enter the page?

Put this code to initState like this.

Timer(Duration(milliseconds: 200), () {
    CustomDropdownButtonState state = dropdownKey1.currentState;
    state.callTap();
});

And put key to Widget like this.

DropdownBelow(
  key: dropdownKey1,
  itemWidth: 200,
  itemTextstyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w400, color: Colors.black),
  boxTextstyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 14, fontWeight: FontWeight.w400, color: Color(0XFFbbbbbb)),
  boxPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(13, 12, 0, 12),
  boxHeight: 45,
  boxWidth: 200,
  hint: Text('choose item'),
  value: _selectedTest,
  items: _dropdownTestItems,
  onChanged: onChangeDropdownTests,
)

Actually, dropdown widget is made by Navigation. So, it can work.

Download Flutter dropdown widget source code on GitHub

https://github.com/whatamelon/flutter_dropdown_below