How do I make some text tappable (respond to taps) in Flutter?

Question

Assume I have some Flutter code like this:

  // ...   body: new Center(     child: new Text(       'Hello, I am some text',     ),   ),   // ... 

How can I make the Text on the screen respond to a tap? (For example, simply printing to the log when I tap the text.)

Thanks!

Answer 1

As seen on this answer, you can use an InkWell or a gesture detector.

For example

InkWell(     child: Text("Hello"),     onTap: () {print("value of your text");}, ) 

Or

var textValue = "Flutter" InkWell(     child: Text(textValue),     onTap: () {print(textValue);}, ) 

EDIT : As Collin Jackson suggested, you can also use a FlatButton

FlatButton(   onPressed: () {print("Hello world");},   child: Text("Hello world"), ); 

If you don't need or require material (FlatButton, InkWell, etc), you can use GestureDetector:

GestureDetector(   onTap: () { print("I was tapped!"); },   child: Text("Hello world"), )