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coloring containers by tabbing with flutter


I have column with many ((Tabbed)) items, when I tab on one of them it should be colored and the others transparent, and here is my Tabbed classthis image for what I have now with my code

class Tabbed extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _TabbedState createState() => _TabbedState();
}

class _TabbedState extends State<Tabbed> {
  Color color = Colors.transparent;
  @override
  void initState() {
    color = Colors.transparent;
  }
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return GestureDetector(
      onTap: (){
        print("tab");
        if (color == Colors.transparent){
          setState(() {
            color = Colors.purple;
          });
        }
        else{
          setState(() {
            color = Colors.transparent;
          });
        }
      },
      child: Container(
        height: 100,
        width: 100,
        decoration: BoxDecoration(
          color: color,
          border: Border.all(color: Colors.red,width: 1),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Solution

  • you can simply try creating a model for your boxes and have a boolean property and store the status of each box in a list to know whether the box is tapped or not ,you can also pefer a list of boolean but I prefer creating a list of model as it will allow you to add more properties, I have modified your code a little bit you can see it working here on dartpad as well

    class Tabbed extends StatefulWidget {
      @override
      _TabbedState createState() => _TabbedState();
    }
    
    class _TabbedState extends State<Tabbed> {
      Color color = Colors.green; 
      @override
      void initState() {
        for(int i=0;i<listLength;i++){
          list1.add(
          TabModel(isTapped: false)); // assigns initial value to false
        }
        for(int i=0;i<listLength;i++){
          list2.add(
          TabModel(isTapped: false)); // assigns initial value to false
        }
      }
    
      Widget column1(){
        return Column(
        children: List.generate(
              listLength,
              (index) =>GestureDetector(
              onTap: (){
                // this selects only one out of many and disables rest
                for(int i=0;i<list1.length;i++){
                  if(i!=index){
                    list1[i].isTapped=false;
                  }
                };
                setState((){
                  list1[index].isTapped = true;
                });
              },
              child:Container(
                margin:EdgeInsets.all(5),
                color: list1[index].isTapped? Colors.red:color,
              height:100,
              width:100
              ))
            ));
      }
    
      Widget column2(){
        return Column(
        children: List.generate(
              listLength,
              (index) =>GestureDetector(
              onTap: (){
                setState((){
                  list2[index].isTapped = !list2[index].isTapped;
                });
              },
              child:Container(
                margin:EdgeInsets.all(5),
                color: list2[index].isTapped? Colors.red:color,
              height:100,
              width:100
              ))
            ));
      }
    
     List<TabModel> list1 =[]; 
     List<TabModel> list2 =[]; 
    
      int listLength=5;
      @override
      Widget build(BuildContext context) {
        return Row(
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,
        children: <Widget>[
          column1(),
          column2()
        ],);
      }
    }
    class TabModel{
       bool isTapped = false;
      TabModel({this.isTapped});
    }
    

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    if this is not what you want or if you face any issue understanding any part of the code feel free to drop a comment I would love to help out the bwlow output shows two independent columns in coumn1 you can select one out of many boxes and in other you can select multiple boxes