flutter / flutter/devtools

"Hit test at this location" feature

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P3 screen: inspector
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Description

I was trying to figure out where a hit test was going (I'm writing a test, and tapping is not hitting the node I am identifying with the finder).

The "select widget" feature, amusingly, finds the node I am aiming for when I tap.

It would be useful to have a feature where you could tap the screen and instead of selecting a node, it gave you a list of the nodes that were hit, with the ability to jump to each of those nodes in the inspector.

This is probably a low-priority feature request.

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Research direction

Start by examining the existing “select widget” feature referenced in the issue and reproduce the reported mismatch between tapping and the finder. Define the hit-node list and inspector jump behavior as the completion criteria; the issue names no files or tests, so locating those entry points is part of the work.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
dart
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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