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TextCapitalization

Configures how the platform keyboard will select an uppercase or lowercase keyboard.

Only supports text keyboards, other keyboard types will ignore this configuration. Capitalization is locale-aware.

Inherits: enum.Enum

Properties

  • CHARACTERS - Uppercase keyboard for each character.
  • NONE - Lowercase keyboard.
  • SENTENCES - Uppercase keyboard for the first letter of each sentence.
  • WORDS - Uppercase keyboard for the first letter of each word.

Examples​

Text Capitalization showcase​

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import flet as ft


def showcase_card(cap: ft.TextCapitalization) -> ft.Container:
    field = ft.TextField(
        width=260,
        label="Type here",
        capitalization=cap,
        border=ft.OutlineInputBorder(),
    )

    return ft.Container(
        width=320,
        padding=12,
        border=ft.Border.all(1, ft.Colors.RED),
        border_radius=10,
        bgcolor=ft.Colors.SURFACE_CONTAINER_LOW,
        content=ft.Column(
            spacing=8,
            controls=[
                ft.Text(cap.name, weight=ft.FontWeight.BOLD),
                field,
            ],
        ),
    )


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.horizontal_alignment = ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER

    page.appbar = ft.AppBar(title="TextCapitalization Showcase")
    page.add(
        ft.SafeArea(
            content=ft.Column(
                controls=[
                    ft.Text(
                        "Compare keyboard capitalization preferences for text fields."
                    ),
                    ft.Row(
                        wrap=True,
                        spacing=12,
                        expand=True,
                        scroll=ft.ScrollMode.AUTO,
                        alignment=ft.MainAxisAlignment.CENTER,
                        controls=[showcase_card(c) for c in ft.TextCapitalization],
                    ),
                ],
            ),
        )
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    ft.run(main)

Properties​

CHARACTERSclass-attributeinstance-attribute​

Uppercase keyboard for each character.

Info

Corresponds to InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS on Android, and UITextAutocapitalizationTypeAllCharacters on iOS.

NONEclass-attributeinstance-attribute​

Lowercase keyboard.

SENTENCESclass-attributeinstance-attribute​

Uppercase keyboard for the first letter of each sentence.

Info

Corresponds to InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES on Android, and UITextAutocapitalizationTypeSentences on iOS.

WORDSclass-attributeinstance-attribute​

Uppercase keyboard for the first letter of each word.

Info

Corresponds to InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS on Android, and UITextAutocapitalizationTypeWords on iOS.