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Placeholder

A control that draws a box that represents where other widgets will one day be added.

Useful during development to indicate that the interface is not yet complete.

Examples​

Live example

Basic example​

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.add(
        ft.Placeholder(
            expand=True,
            color=ft.colors.random_color()  # random material color
        )
    )


ft.app(main)

Properties​

content​

An optional Control to display inside the placeholder.

color​

The color of the placeholder box.

fallback_height​

The height to use when the placeholder is in a situation with an unbounded height.

Value is of float and defaults to 400.0.

fallback_width​

The width to use when the placeholder is in a situation with an unbounded width.

Value is of float and defaults to 400.0.

stroke_width​

The width of the lines in the placeholder box.

Value is of float and defaults to 2.0.