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Newaj
Newaj

Reputation: 4450

Does Padding widget provide extra facility which Container widget doesn't?

The padding property of Padding widget is also available in Container widget. Then what is the point of using Padding widget instead of Container widget? I found that Padding has const constructor which Container doesn't have. Is this the only reason of using Padding instead of Container?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 149

Answers (1)

Firas BENMBAREK
Firas BENMBAREK

Reputation: 310

There isn't really any difference between the two. If you supply a Container.padding argument, Container simply builds a Padding widget for you.

Container doesn't implement its properties directly. Instead, Container combines a number of simpler widgets together into a convenient package. For example, the Container.padding property causes the container to build a Padding widget and the Container.decoration property causes the container to build a DecoratedBox widget. If you find Container convenient, feel free to use it. If not, feel free to build these simpler widgets in whatever combination meets your needs.

In fact, the majority of widgets in Flutter are simply combinations of other simpler widgets. Composition, rather than inheritance, is the primary mechanism for building up widgets.

Source.

Upvotes: 1

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