Flutter TextField hintText align

Question

How does one align hintText to the top in a TextField?

TextField (
    decoration: InputDecoration(
        hintText: 'align me to the top',
    ),
),

1. textAlign is not affecting hintText at all.
2. TextStyle does not have Align property as hintStyle can be used.

Answer 1

Use textAlign property:

      textAlign: TextAlign.right,

Answer 2

TextField (
textAlign: TextAlign.center,
    decoration: InputDecoration(
        hintText: 'align me to the top',
    ),
),

Answer 3

You may have to update with an image of what you want if this doesn't do it, but I think that it might be as simple as using labelText rather than hintText.

This is the position of the the various text you can add:

This is what label looks like when there's no hint, the input isn't selected, and there's no text:

And this is what Label looks like when there's text or it's selected.