How do I supply an initial value to a text field?

Question

I\'d like to supply an initial value to a text field and redraw it with an empty value to clear the text. What\'s the best approach to do that with Flutter\'s APIs?

Answer 1

If you are using TextEditingController then set the text to it, like below

TextEditingController _controller = new TextEditingController();


_controller.text = 'your initial text';

final your_text_name = TextFormField(
      autofocus: false,
      controller: _controller,
      decoration: InputDecoration(
        hintText: 'Hint Value',
      ),
    );

and if you are not using any TextEditingController then you can directly use initialValue like below

final last_name = TextFormField(
      autofocus: false,
      initialValue: 'your initial text',
      decoration: InputDecoration(
        hintText: 'Last Name',
      ),
    );

For more reference TextEditingController