escape_parent_padding

A lightweight Flutter widget that allows child widgets to visually escape the padding applied by a parent widget. Useful when you want specific widgets (like a horizontally scrolling ListView) to ignore parent padding and span the full screen width.

🎥 Demo

Before After

✨ Features

  • 🧩 Escape parent padding without layout hacks.
  • 🪄 Use EscapablePadding.lite for simple one-child use cases.
  • 🎯 Use EscapablePadding with multiple children and custom layouts.
  • 🧱 Skip padding for specific children using the Escaped widget.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Add the dependency

In your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  escape_parent_padding: ^1.0.4

Then run:

flutter pub get

2. Import the package

import 'package:escape_parent_padding/escapable_padding.dart';

📦 Usage

🔹 Escapable Padding (Multiple Children)

Use this when you want to apply padding to all children except specific ones.

EscapablePadding(
  padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
  children: [
    const Text('Padded Item 1'),
    Escaped(
      child: Container(
        color: Colors.red,
        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),
        child: const Text('I am not padded'),
      ),
    ),
    const Text('Padded Item 2'),
  ],
  builder: (context, children) => Column(
    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
    children: children,
  ),
)

🔸 Lite Mode (Single Escaped Child)

Use this when you want just one child to escape horizontal padding.

Padding(
  padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 24),
  child: EscapablePadding.lite(
    height: 100,
    child: Container(
      color: Colors.blue,
      width: 500,
      alignment: Alignment.center,
      child: const Text('I escape the parent padding!'),
    ),
  ),
)

📁 Example

For a full working sample, see the example/ folder.

📌 Additional Information

  • Built for simplicity and clean layouts.
  • Works well inside Column, ListView, and other layout widgets.
  • Lightweight with no dependencies.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or want a feature, open an issue or PR on GitHub.

📄 License

MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more info.

Libraries

escapable_padding
escaped