Programming Flutter

Vertical Layout

There are two options available when the developer needs to lay out items vertically, depending on what is needed: the Column and the ListView.

The Column

The Column is used to create a vertical stack of widgets, and it is not scrollable. It is used to display items next to each other vertically and not to create a list of items.

How You Use It

You can make a simple Column this way:

Column(
  children: <Widget> [
    // Widgets separated by commas
  ],
)

Layout Widget Options

You just need to put the widgets inside the square brackets of the Widget collection literal (more on collection literals and lists in ​Lists and collection literals​) and the widgets will be shown in a vertical stack, but there are a lot of options to customize ...