Parsed Readmore #

A package which allows to enter text which can be collapsed and expanded. Moreover, it will automatically parse the urls present in the text into hyperlinks.

Features #

• Expandable and Collapsable text.
• Trimming can either be done on basis of length or number of lines.
• Option to include a customised delimiter.
• Automatically parses the urls present in the text into hyperlinks which launches the browser on click event.
• All the text components including the parsed urls, delimiter, clickable texts, etc can be given seperate custom styles.
• Addition of user defined action on clicking the hyperlinks (latest addition).
• Option to add custom text styles for target text (latest addition).

Installation #

Run this command in your terminal

flutter pub add parsed_readmore

Or add it manually in your project's pubspec.yaml (and run an implicit flutter pub get):

dependencies:
  parsed_readmore: 

Usage Example #

For detailed implementation refer to the example #

Import parsed_readmore.dart

import 'package:parsed_readmore/parsed_readmore.dart';

The code below will implement all features of the widget with the default values which are :

• trimMode = TrimMode.length
• delimiter = ' ...'
• trimLength = 240
• trimExpandedText = 'show less',
• trimCollapsedText = 'read more',

ParsedReadMore(inputString)

If you need to use some customized values for different elements of the widget just add values to the relevant parameters.

ParsedReadMore(
    inputString,
    urlTextStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.green, fontSize: 20, decoration: TextDecoration.underline),
    trimMode: TrimMode.line,
    trimLines: 4,
    delimiter: '  ***',
    delimiterStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.black, fontSize: 20),
    style: TextStyle(color: Colors.orange, fontSize: 20),
    onTapLink: (url) {
      ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
          content: Text(
              '$url is displayed because we have used custom onTap function for hyperlinks')));
    },
    highlightText: TargetTextHighlight(
        targetText: 'the',
        style: const TextStyle(
            fontSize: 20.0,
            fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
            color: Colors.purple)),
    trimCollapsedText: 'expand',
    trimExpandedText: 'compress',
    moreStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.red, fontSize: 20),
    lessStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.blue, fontSize: 20),
)

Issues #

Please file any issues, bugs or feature request as an issue on the GitHub page. If you have some idea for feature upgrade, feel free to contact me through email [email protected].