GeekyAnts / GeekyAnts/GaugesFlutter
Pointer padding / custom label formatter
- Dominant language
- Dart
- Stars
- 78
- Forks
- 23
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I cannot find a way to add padding to the linear gauge, as you can see in the below image there is padding/margin between the pointer and the gauge itself.
Additionally, as per the below image, I would like a custom label formatter where we can specify the text to show for the label. E.g. instead of showing the double value of the gauge, we can show any text.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
A good solution would be to add a padding property to the Pointer object, this padding value can be used when calculating the offset of the label before drawing onto the canvas.
A potential solution for the custom label could be to have a property similar to the onchanged property that gives the user access to the double value but returns a string object and the user has a choice if they want to use the double value or not.
I.e.,
```
Pointer(
labelFormatter: (value) {
if (condition) {
return value.toString();
} else {
return "F1";
}
},
)
```
**Additional context**
Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
Example of final product:

Many thanks guys, a really great Gauge library!
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Research direction
Start from the Pointer API and the linear gauge's canvas label-offset calculation. Work out how a padding property and a formatter returning text should fit the existing gauge behavior, then verify that both pointer spacing and custom label output work without changing the default value display.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart, flutter
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100