Explorer

The Explorer section, offers a visual representation of the widget hierarchy for the current page. It serves as a convenient navigational and organizational tool, enabling you to structure and manage your app's interface components effectively.

Widgets Explorer

Drag and Drop

In the Explorer, you can drag and drop widgets from the Toolbox to create the desired layout and arrangement. It displays a hierarchical view of all the widgets present on the current page, allowing you to easily navigate through them.

Example of a drag and drop Widget

Organize, rearrange

To interact with the Explorer, simply click on the widgets to select them and access their settings in the Settings Panel section. You can also rearrange the widgets by dragging and dropping them within the Explorer.

You can Delete or Copy a widget by right clicking on it.

Widget children

A widget can receive multiple children

In Flutter, a widget can receive zero, one, or multiple widgets as parameters. The tree view in the Explorer section helps you understand the structure of your app by organizing widgets based on their respective parameters.

For example, if a widget accepts a "body" parameter, you will find a tree labeled "body" in the Explorer section.

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