Flutter Layout Row / Column - share width, expand height - flutter

Question

I'm still having a bit of trouble with the layouting in Flutter.
Right now I want to have the available space shared between 3 widgets, in a quadrant layout.
The width is evenly shared (this works fine via 2 Expanded widgets in a Row), but now I also want the height to adjust automatically so widget3.height == widget1.height + widget2.height.
If the content of widget3 is larger, I want widget1 and widget2 to adjust their height and vice versa.
Is this even possible in Flutter?

Answer 1

Have a look at IntrinsicHeight; wrapping the root Row should provide the effect you're looking for:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() => runApp(MyApp());
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
),
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: Text('Rows & Columns')),
body: RowsAndColumns(),
),
);
}
}
class RowsAndColumns extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 100.0),
child: IntrinsicHeight(
child: Row(crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch, children: [
Expanded(
child: Column(children: [
Container(height: 120.0, color: Colors.yellow),
Container(height: 100.0, color: Colors.cyan),
]),
),
Expanded(child: Container(color: Colors.amber)),
]),
),
);
}
}
Adjusting the heights in the containers in the column cause the container on the right to resize to match:
https://gist.github.com/mjohnsullivan/c5b661d7b3b4ca00599e8ef87ff6ac61

Answer 2

I think that you can set the height of the row instead, then you only must to set the height of you column containers, and with the crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch the second row will be expand occupying his parent height:
Row(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
children: [
Expanded(
child: Column(
children: [
Expanded(
// If you don't have the height you can expanded with flex
flex: 1,
child: Container(
height: 50,
color: Colors.blue,
),
),
Expanded(
flex: 1,
child: Container(
height: 50,
color: Colors.red,
),
)
],
),
),
Expanded(
child: Container(
color: Colors.yellow,
),
)
],
)

Answer 3

Since IntrinsicHeight is considered relatively expensive, it's better to avoid it. You can use Table with verticalAlignment: TableCellVerticalAlignment.fill in the largest TableCell.
Please note that if you use .fill in all cells, the TableRow will have zero height.
Table(children: [
TableRow(children: [
Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
children: [
Container(
alignment: Alignment.center,
color: Colors.blue,
child: Text('Widget 1'),
),
Container(
alignment: Alignment.center,
color: Colors.green,
child: Text('Widget 2'),
),
],
),
TableCell(
verticalAlignment: TableCellVerticalAlignment.fill,
child: Container(
alignment: Alignment.center,
color: Colors.orange,
child: Text('Widget 3'),
)),
]),
]),

Answer 4

I'm new to flutter. Please correct me if I'm doing something wrong here. I think It can also be achieved using setState((){}) without using IntrinsicHeight.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
#override
State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
return MyAppState();
}
}
class MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
double h1 = 100;
double h2 = 200;
double h3;
setState(() {
h3 = h1 + h2;
});
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
body: SafeArea(
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 100.0),
child: Row(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: [
Expanded(
child: Column(
children: [
Container(
color: Colors.green,
height: h1,
),
Container(
color: Colors.orange,
height: h2,
)
],
),
),
Expanded(
child: Container(
color: Colors.yellow,
height: h3,
),
)
],
),
),
),
),
);
}
}
Find image here
Code can also be found here: https://gist.github.com/Amrit0786/9d228017c2df6cf277fbbaa4a6b20e83

Answer 5

if you have used the expanded inside Row and facing for full height issue then just wrap the expanded child with Align widget.