Is it possible to display hint in the TextField as in the image below?

CodePudding user response：

there is no proper way to add icon in hint, but you can try this alternative, use rich text on textfield as hint text, hide when tap on textfield and show with condition when textfield is empty and keyboard is hide:

            Stack(
              alignment: AlignmentDirectional.center,
              children: [
                Offstage(
                  offstage: _isHide,
                  child: IgnorePointer(
                    ignoring: true,
                    child: Text.rich(
                      TextSpan(
                        children: [
                          WidgetSpan(
                            child: Icon(
                              Icons.search,
                              color: Colors.grey,
                            ),
                          ),
                          TextSpan(
                            text: "blablablablabla",
                            style: TextStyle(color: Colors.grey),
                          ),
                        ],
                      ),
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
                TextField(onTap: () {
                  _isHide = true;
                  setState(() {});
                }),
              ],
            ),

CodePudding user response：

Make use of the Prefix icon property sir and content padding in the textfield widget

CodePudding user response：

Try below code hope its helpful to you. Used prefixIcon for that.

   TextField(
        decoration: InputDecoration(
          prefixIcon: Icon(Icons.search),
          border: OutlineInputBorder(),
          hintText: 'Search Tech Talk',
        ),
      ),

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