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Space Between Widgets

Part of the Your First App section of Coddy's Flutter journey. Lesson 21 of 32.

The children of a Column touch each other. To add space between two of them, put an empty SizedBox in the list:

Column(
  children: [
    Text('Top'),
    SizedBox(height: 20),
    Text('Bottom'),
  ],
)

A SizedBox draws nothing. It only takes up space: 20 pixels of height here. In a Row, use SizedBox(width: 20) instead.

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Challenge

Easy

Put 24 pixels of space between Title and Subtitle.

Try it yourself

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

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

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      home: Scaffold(
        body: Center(
          child: Column(
            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
            children: [
              Text('Title', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 32)),
              Text('Subtitle'),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}
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