flutter / flutter/devtools

The Widget Tree is displaying widget names incorrectly

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bug ide: intellij / android-studio P2 screen: inspector
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[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.41.6, on macOS 26.4.1 25E253 darwin-arm64, locale en-UZ) [563ms]
• Flutter version 3.41.6 on channel stable at /Users/xusanboy/develop/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision db50e20168 (3 weeks ago), 2026-03-25 16:21:00 -0700
• Engine revision 425cfb54d0
• Dart version 3.11.4
• DevTools version 2.54.2
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android,
enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging,
enable-uiscene-migration

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.1.0) [2.5s]
• Android SDK at /Users/xusanboy/Library/Android/sdk
• Emulator version 36.5.10.0 (build_id 15081367) (CL:N/A)
• Platform android-36.1, build-tools 36.1.0
• ANDROID_HOME = /Users/xusanboy/Library/Android/sdk
• Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java
This is the JDK bundled with the latest Android Studio installation on this machine.
To manually set the JDK path, use: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.10+-117844308-b1163.108)
• All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.4) [1,130ms]
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 17E192
• CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [4ms]
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Connected device (6 available) [7.1s]
• sdk gphone64 arm64 (mobile) • emulator-5554 • android-arm64 • Android 16 (API 36)
(emulator)
• Zoirbek’s iPhone (wireless) (mobile) • 00008130-0008383C3A38001C • ios • iOS 26.3 23D127
• I.S.K.A.N.D.A.R (wireless) (mobile) • 00008030-000A68513AC3402E • ios • iOS 26.3.1 23D8133
• iPhone 13 mini (mobile) • 771E394B-6E0D-4F9A-A1A4-82DADCDB8B4C • ios •
com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-26-4 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 26.4.1 25E253
darwin-arm64
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome
147.0.7727.56

[✓] Network resources [479ms]
• All expected network resources are available.

• No issues found!

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the problem in DevTools' Widget Tree with the Flutter environment described in the issue, then compare the displayed names with the attached screenshots. Trace the Widget Tree name-rendering entry point and verify the fix by confirming that the affected widget names match the expected display.

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Assessment

Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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