Title should not be mandatory for Horizontal Stepper step class because label property is already available

[adarshwebcastle]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues
• I have read the guide to filing a bug

Use case

Currently title is a required pram for stepper class, but if I'm trying to achieve the design same as 'Alternative labels' [material design stepper] (https://m1.material.io/components/steppers.html#steppers-types-of-steppers) then it's not possible because title is required.

And if I'm trying to pass emptywidget as title ,because title is a widget.
title: const SizedBox.shrink(),
even though the title's default margin will be there.
or it can be update like this

_buildHorizontal(){
  .
  .
Container(
                margin: EdgeInsetsDirectional.only(start: widget.steps[i].title != null ? 12.0 : 0),
                child: _buildHeaderText(i),
              ),

Proposal

this is very useful if it's implemented

[dam-ease]

Hi @adarshwebcastle. Thanks for filing this. Please can you provide more information on this, not sure this is totally clear. Do you mean, title should not be a required property in this case?

[adarshwebcastle]

Yes, title should not be a required for Horizontal Stepper case.

And you can get rid of the start padding before the _buildHeaderText(i) function inside _buildHorizontal if there is no title

Widget _buildHorizontal() {                                                                                                 
      ......                                                                                               
              Container(
                margin: EdgeInsetsDirectional.only(
                    start: widget.steps[i].title != null ? 12.0 : 0),                          
                child: _buildHeaderText(i),
              ),
         ],
       ),
   ),

[dam-ease]

Thanks for your response. From the documentation, only in the case of Horizontal Stepper, the label is an Optional widget that appears under the [title], hence why the Title is required, Is there a reason you'd like to use only label in place of Title?

[adarshwebcastle]

I'm trying to achieve the below design

https://m1.material.io/components/steppers.html#steppers-types-of-steppers

And if I'm trying to pass emptywidget as title ,because title accept widgets.
title: const SizedBox.shrink(),
even though the title's default start margin will be there even if it's empty
EdgeInsetsDirectional.only(start: 12.0)

With required title and label it will look like this