Skip to content

Add missing M2 widgets back to the new Material Components widgets catalog #8620

Open
@InMatrix

Description

@InMatrix

Page URL

https://docs.flutter.dev/development/ui/widgets/material/

Page source

https://github.com/flutter/website/tree/main/src/development/ui/widgets/material.md

Describe the problem

The newly updated Material Components widgets catalog (#8574) might have dropped a few widgets in the material library that were introduced by pervious Material versions. One example is the DataTable widget. This widget is still part of the material library and there's no plan to deprecate or replace it. Dropping the widget from the catalog is likely to make it harder to discover. In fact, the current Material widgets catalog is the second highest referrer to the DataTable widget's API doc:
image

Expected fix

I propose the following steps to address the issue:

  • Compare M2 and M3 on material.io and identify components M2 introduced but M3 didn't cover
  • Identify related Flutter widgets
  • Select or create widget preview images which fit the style of existing ones
  • Add those widgets to the new Material widgets catalog page in an "Additional components from M2" section

Additional context

Cc: @guidezpl, @esouthren, @HansMuller, @Nancyhu2023, @atsansone

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    co.volunteerCommunity wants to work on thise2-daysEffort: < 5 daysp2-mediumNecessary but not urgent concern. Resolve when possible.t.ui.com.material3Relates to Material 3 design componentst.ui.generalRelates to general Flutter app UI topicst.widgetsRelates to the Widget catalog

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions