How can I move floating action button to the left side of the Screen in Flutter?

Question

By default floating action button is at the right side of the screen. I know about the floatingActionButtonLocation and its properties like endDocked, startDocked, centerDocked, but none of them helped me in moving it to the left side of the screen.

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '21 at 10:48

You can just add into your Scaffold the named constructor:

floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.startFloat

or

floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.startDocked

Take the getting started app for example:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  MyHomePage({Key key, this.title}) : super(key: key);
  final String title;

  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  int _counter = 0;

  void _incrementCounter() {
    setState(() {
      _counter++;
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: Column(
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: <Widget>[
            Text(
              'You have pushed the button this many times:',
            ),
            Text(
              '$_counter',
              style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline4,
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: _incrementCounter,
        tooltip: 'Increment',
        child: Icon(Icons.add),
      ),
    //##########################################################################
       floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.startFloat,
    //##########################################################################
/*
or

`floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.startDocked` 
*/
    );
  }
}

E.Bradford · Answer 2 · 2019-07-25T18:11:10.523

6

I believe this previously provided answer provides the closest "Easy to Implement" set of options to your problem.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/49761700/10768398

The answer basically says to use something similar to the following on your Scaffold component of your Widget tree:

, floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.centerFloat

Based on the descriptions of the options it doesn't look like there is an align to the left.

Also take a look at the available options here:

https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/FloatingActionButtonLocation-class.html

edited Jul 25 '19 at 18:11

answered Jul 25 '19 at 18:00

E.Bradford

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7
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ya, I saw it. But it suggests for how to implement a floating action button on Center. And I want it to left side of the screen. But thanks for respond. – Jay Tillu Jul 25 '19 at 18:11
I added a bit to the answer, I don't think there is an align left option – E.Bradford Jul 25 '19 at 18:11
Yes Sir, I just noticed your edit. I totally agree that by default there is not a left alignment option. – Jay Tillu Jul 25 '19 at 18:13
1

Just a thought, but would a Stack object (with an array of widgets In the stack) and with one of the children having a Positioned widget (your desired button) work in your case? – E.Bradford Jul 25 '19 at 18:22
I didn't try it yet. But as you suggest I'll try it as well. – Jay Tillu Jul 25 '19 at 18:28
It might qualify as a solution if you do not require scrolling on that particular screen. Scrolling would scroll the button completely off the screen. – E.Bradford Jul 25 '19 at 18:45

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '20 at 11:08

6

This will place your FAB in the lower lefthand corner:

 @override
 Widget build(BuildContext context) {
   return Scaffold(
      floatingActionButtonLocation: FloatingActionButtonLocation.startDocked,
      floatingActionButton:
          FloatingActionButton(heroTag: null, onPressed: () {}),
   );

See https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/FloatingActionButtonLocation/startDocked-constant.html

answered Nov 20 '20 at 11:08

Rhisiart

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Is there a way to add padding or a margin to the docked button so it's not as close to the edge of the screen? – Ian Smith Jan 30 '21 at 21:42

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 15:21

3

I used following code to make the floatingActionButton on left side by using padding on right side of FAB.

floatingActionButton: Padding(
    padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 275.0),
    child: FloatingActionButton(
      child: Icon(
        Icons.add,
        color: Colors.black,
      ),
      backgroundColor: Colors.orange,
      onPressed: (){},
    ),
  ),

answered Dec 23 '19 at 15:21

Rohit Kurzekar

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I suggest to avoid this technique as you have different screen sizes and it the feeling will be different across devices. – Saar Oct 04 '20 at 16:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '20 at 04:25

Basically suggested by @E.Bradford in the comment above, but I wanted to provide some code, if needed. You can place the FloatingActionButton pretty much anywhere you want by stacking it into a positioned widget.

Stack(
  children: [
    Placeholder(),
    Positioned(
      left: 40,
      bottom: 40,
      child: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: () {},
      ),
    ),
  ],
)

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 18 '20 at 23:05

You can wrap your floatingActionButton with Row() and give crossAxisAlignment to center:

floatingActionButton: Row(
  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
  children: [
    Padding(
      padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left:25.0),
      child: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: () {
          // Add your onPressed code here!
        },
        child: Icon(Icons.message,color: Colors.white,),
        backgroundColor: Colors.green,
      ),
    ),
  ],
),

How can I move floating action button to the left side of the Screen in Flutter?

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