How to shift focus to next custom textfield in Flutter? - flutter

Question

As per: How to shift focus to next textfield in flutter?, I used FocusScope.of(context).nextFocus() to shift focus. But this doesn't work when you use a reusable textfield class. It only works when you directly use TextField class inside Column.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
return runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
final focus = FocusScope.of(context);
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
home: Scaffold(
body: SafeArea(
child: Column(
children: <Widget>[
CustomTextField(
textInputAction: TextInputAction.next,
onEditingComplete: () => focus.nextFocus(),
),
const SizedBox(height: 10),
CustomTextField(
textInputAction: TextInputAction.done,
onEditingComplete: () => focus.unfocus(),
),
],
),
),
),
);
}
}
class CustomTextField extends StatelessWidget {
final TextInputAction textInputAction;
final VoidCallback onEditingComplete;
const CustomTextField({
this.textInputAction = TextInputAction.done,
this.onEditingComplete = _onEditingComplete,
});
static _onEditingComplete() {}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return TextField(
textInputAction: textInputAction,
onEditingComplete: onEditingComplete,
);
}
}
In this code, if I click next in keyboard it will not shift focus to next textfield. Please help me with this.

Answer 1

That's because the context doesn't have anything it could grab the focus from. Replace your code with this:
void main() => runApp(MaterialApp(home: MyApp()));
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
final focus = FocusScope.of(context);
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(),
body: Column(
children: <Widget>[
CustomTextField(
textInputAction: TextInputAction.next,
onEditingComplete: () => focus.nextFocus(),
),
SizedBox(height: 10),
CustomTextField(
textInputAction: TextInputAction.done,
onEditingComplete: () => focus.unfocus(),
),
],
),
);
}
}

Answer 2

You need to wrap your fields in a form widget with a form key and use a TextFormField instead of textField widget. Set the action to TextInputAction.next and it should work! You can also use TextInput.done to trigger the validation.
Here a fully working exemple:
import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class LogInPage extends StatefulWidget {
LogInPage({Key key}) : super(key: key);
#override
_LogInPageState createState() => _LogInPageState();
}
class _LogInPageState extends State<LogInPage> {
final _formKey = new GlobalKey<FormState>();
bool isLoading = false;
String firstName;
String lastName;
String password;
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(),
backgroundColor: Colors.black,
body: body(),
);
}
Widget body() {
return Form(
key: _formKey,
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
showInput(
firstName,
TextInputType.name,
Icons.drive_file_rename_outline,
"FirstName",
TextInputAction.next,
onSaved: (value) => firstName = value.trim()),
showInput(lastName, TextInputType.name,
Icons.drive_file_rename_outline, "LastName", TextInputAction.next,
onSaved: (value) => lastName = value.trim()),
showInput(null, TextInputType.text, Icons.drive_file_rename_outline,
"Password", TextInputAction.done,
isPassword: true, onSaved: (value) => password = value),
Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 10),
),
showSaveButton(),
],
),
);
}
Widget showInput(String initialValue, TextInputType textInputType,
IconData icon, String label, TextInputAction textInputAction,
{#required Function onSaved, bool isPassword = false}) {
return Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16.0, 20.0, 16.0, 0.0),
child: new TextFormField(
style: TextStyle(color: Theme.of(context).primaryColorLight),
maxLines: 1,
initialValue: initialValue,
keyboardType: textInputType,
textInputAction: textInputAction,
autofocus: false,
obscureText: isPassword,
enableSuggestions: !isPassword,
autocorrect: !isPassword,
decoration: new InputDecoration(
fillColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
hintText: label,
hintStyle: TextStyle(color: Theme.of(context).primaryColorDark),
filled: true,
contentPadding: new EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0),
border: new OutlineInputBorder(
borderRadius: new BorderRadius.circular(12.0),
),
icon: new Icon(
icon,
color: Theme.of(context).primaryColorLight,
)),
validator: (value) {
return value.isEmpty && !isPassword
? "You didn't filled this field."
: null;
},
onSaved: onSaved,
onFieldSubmitted:
textInputAction == TextInputAction.done ? (value) => save() : null,
),
);
}
Widget showSaveButton() {
return RaisedButton(
shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(100))),
color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 12, horizontal: 25),
child: isLoading
? SizedBox(height: 17, width: 17, child: CircularProgressIndicator())
: Text(
"Sauvegarder",
style: TextStyle(color: Theme.of(context).primaryColorLight),
),
onPressed: save,
);
}
void save() async {
if (_formKey.currentState.validate()) {
_formKey.currentState.save();
//TODO
}
}
}

Answer 3

FocusNode textSecondFocusNode = new FocusNode();
TextFormField textFirst = new TextFormField(
onFieldSubmitted: (String value) {
FocusScope.of(context).requestFocus(textSecondFocusNode);
},
);
TextFormField textSecond = new TextFormField(
focusNode: textSecondFocusNode,
);
// render textFirst and textSecond where you want