v2.3.1 includes a preview feature enabled with the dart.previewFlutterCloseTagDecorations: true setting. This adds "closing tag" decorations to the closing parens of constructor calls within build methods.
This feature is behind a flag because it's incomplete, has sub-optimal performance and may not work reliably. It is being shipped solely for feedback on the idea and may require analyzer work in order to support in a reliable way.
Please post your feedback below!
Known issues:
These are things that (probably) can't be addressed without support from the analyzer.
- [Perf] Doesn't scale well due to reliance on Outlines, Highlights and repeated
getHovercalls - Currently identifies
buildmethods based on return type string (Widget) - Only shows constructors, doesn't show end of lists (children, actions)
Suggestions:
These are things that can be improved in the preview.
- Support
constas well asnew - Prefix with
//instead of/so looks a bit like a comment marking the end - Improve styling
- Fix flicker when typing quickly (or holding keys) caused by not being able relate analyzer notifications with document versions - just keep resetting a timeout and only update after there's been no update for x milliseconds (where x > expected latency for the update)
- Show decorations in any Widget-returning method
- Don't show annotations against characters other than
)to mitigate out-of-sync notifications - Allow color to be customised rather than reusing an existing style
