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Let’s learn how to fix overflow. When written as a row, if you wrap SingleChildScrollView with this, the error disappears.



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class MyWidget extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Row(
      children: [
        Text('This text is too long to fit within the bounds of the Row.'),
        Text('This text will also overflow.'),
      ],
    );
  }
}
 
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This code will result in the following:

Text(
  'This text is too long to fit within the bounds of the Row.',
  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
)
The overflow property of the Text widget is set to TextOverflow.ellipsis to prevent the text from being clipped. However, the text still overflows the bounds of the Row.

SingleChildScrollView
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class MyWidget extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return SingleChildScrollView(
      child: Row(
        children: [
          Text('This text is too long to fit within the bounds of the Row.'),
          Text('This text will also overflow.'),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}
 
cs

his code will result in the following:

This text is too long to fit within the bounds of the Row.
This text will also overflow.
By wrapping the Row in a SingleChildScrollView widget, the text can be scrolled even if it overflows the bounds of the Row.

The following table summarizes the differences between the two examples:

PropertyRow
SingleChildScrollView
OverflowText is clippedText is scrollable
ImplementationText is clipped if it overflows the bounds of the Row
Text is scrollable if it overflows the bounds of the Row
Use caseWhen the text does not overflow the bounds of the Row
When the text overflows the bounds of the Row
Understanding this difference will help you to avoid overflow errors in Flutter.