Manipulating shapes

The following examples show how to make and customize shapes.

Rounding corners

Var container = Container( // grey box
  child: Center(
    child: Container( // red circle
      child: Text(
        "Lorem ipsum",
        style: bold24Roboto,
      ),
      decoration: BoxDecoration(
        color: Colors.red[400],
        borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(
          const Radius.circular(8),
        ), 
      ),
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(16),
    ),
  ),
  width: 320,
  height: 240,
  color: Colors.grey[300],
);

<div class="greybox">
  <div class="redbox">
    Lorem ipsum
  </div>
</div>

.greybox {
  background-color: #e0e0e0; /* gray 300 */
  width: 320px;
  height: 240px;
  font: 900 24px Roboto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}
.redbox {
  background-color: #ef5350; /* red 400 */
  padding: 16px;
  color: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 8px; 
}

To round the corners of a rectangular shape, use the borderRadius property of a BoxDecoration object.

Adding box shadows

Var container = Container( // grey box
  child: Center(
    child: Container( // red box
      child: Text(
        "Lorem ipsum",
        style: bold24Roboto,
      ),
      decoration: BoxDecoration(
        color: Colors.red[400],
        boxShadow: [
          BoxShadow (
            color: const Color(0xcc000000),
            offset: Offset(0, 2),
            blurRadius: 4,
          ),
          BoxShadow (
            color: const Color(0x80000000),
            offset: Offset(0, 6),
            blurRadius: 20,
          ),
        ], 
      ),
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(16),
    ),
  ),
  width: 320,
  height: 240,
  decoration: BoxDecoration(
    color: Colors.grey[300],
  ),
  margin: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 16),
);

<div class="greybox">
  <div class="redbox">
    Lorem ipsum
  </div>
</div>

.greybox {
  background-color: #e0e0e0; /* grey 300 */
  width: 320px;
  height: 240px;
  font: 900 24px Roboto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}
.redbox {
  background-color: #ef5350; /* red 400 */
  padding: 16px;
  color: #ffffff;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8),
              0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

Use the boxShadow property of BoxDecoration to create a list of BoxShadow widgets.

Making circles and ellipses

Var container = Container( // grey box
  child: Center(
    child: Container( // red circle
      child: Text(
        "Lorem ipsum",
        style: bold24Roboto,
        textAlign: TextAlign.center, 
      ),
      decoration: BoxDecoration(
        color: Colors.red[400],
        shape: BoxShape.circle, 
      ),
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(16),
      width: 160,
      height: 160, 
    ),
  ),
  width: 320,
  height: 240,
  color: Colors.grey[300],
);

<div class="greybox">
  <div class="redcircle">
    Lorem ipsum
  </div>
</div>

.greybox {
  background-color: #e0e0e0; /* gray 300 */
  width: 320px;
  height: 240px;
  font: 900 24px Roboto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}
.redcircle {
  background-color: #ef5350; /* red 400 */
  padding: 16px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  width: 160px;
  height: 160px;
  border-radius: 50%; 
}

Flutter provides a shape property with BoxShape enum for this purpose.

Adding box shadows

Var container = Container( // grey box
  child: Center(
    child: Container( // red box
      child: Text(
        "Lorem ipsum",
        style: bold24Roboto,
      ),
      decoration: BoxDecoration(
        color: Colors.red[400],
        boxShadow: [
          BoxShadow (
            color: const Color(0xcc000000),
            offset: Offset(0, 2),
            blurRadius: 4,
          ),
          BoxShadow (
            color: const Color(0x80000000),
            offset: Offset(0, 6),
            blurRadius: 20,
          ),
        ], 
      ),
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(16),
    ),
  ),
  width: 320,
  height: 240,
  decoration: BoxDecoration(
    color: Colors.grey[300],
  ),
  margin: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 16),
);

<div class="greybox">
  <div class="redbox">
    Lorem ipsum
  </div>
</div>

.greybox {
  background-color: #e0e0e0; /* grey 300 */
  width: 320px;
  height: 240px;
  font: 900 24px Roboto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}
.redbox {
  background-color: #ef5350; /* red 400 */
  padding: 16px;
  color: #ffffff;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8),
              0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

Use the boxShadow property of BoxDecoration to create a list of BoxShadow widgets. You can define one or multiple BoxShadow widgets, which can be stacked to customize the shadow depth, color, etc.

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Manipulating shapes

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Manipulating shapes

Rounding corners

Adding box shadows

Making circles and ellipses

Adding box shadows

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