Flutter Fix Layout Issues

Flutter layout errors are the kind of thing you can spend twenty minutes on because the stack trace points at the wrong widget. This skill goes straight at the three common culprits: a ListView dropped into an unbounded Column, a TextField inside a Row without Expanded, and a Row or Column child that overflows the screen. It maps each error string to the fix that usually works, like wrapping in Expanded, Flexible, or a SizedBox, and it tells the agent to ignore the cascading "RenderBox was not laid out" noise and look further up the trace. The before-and-after examples are short and correct. My honest take: the fixes are the standard ones any Flutter developer knows, so the value is mostly in not having to remember them mid-debug. It doesn't handle deeper constraint problems inside custom render objects, so treat it as a fast path for the everyday cases.

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$ npx -y skills add flutter/agent-plugins --skill flutter-fix-layout-issues --agent claude-code

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Constraint Violation Diagnostics

Flutter layout operates on a strict rule: Constraints go down. Sizes go up. Parent sets position. Layout errors occur when this negotiation fails, typically due to unbounded constraints or unconstrained children.

Diagnose layout failures using the following error signatures:

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