ThinkingOrb class

A dotted "thought-orb" loading indicator for AI & agent UIs.

Renders one of six hand-tuned animations on a transparent canvas. The widget handles animation ticking, lifecycle pausing, theme resolution, and accessibility automatically.

Inheritance

Constructors

ThinkingOrb({Key? key, OrbState state = OrbState.working, OrbSize size = OrbSize.large, OrbTheme theme = OrbTheme.auto, double speed = 1, bool paused = false, String? semanticsLabel})
const

Properties

hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
key → Key?
Controls how one widget replaces another widget in the tree.
finalinherited
paused → bool
Freeze the animation on the current frame.
final
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
semanticsLabel → String?
Override the auto-generated accessibility label.
final
size → OrbSize
Tuned size preset - OrbSize.large (64px) or OrbSize.small (20px).
final
speed → double
Animation speed multiplier on top of the preset's baked speed.
final
state → OrbState
Which animation to show.
final
theme → OrbTheme
Theme mode; OrbTheme.auto detects from the ambient ThemeData.
final

Methods

createElement() → StatefulElement
Creates a StatefulElement to manage this widget's location in the tree.
inherited
createState() → State<ThinkingOrb>
Creates the mutable state for this widget at a given location in the tree.
override
debugDescribeChildren() → List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children.
inherited
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toDiagnosticsNode({String? name, DiagnosticsTreeStyle? style}) → DiagnosticsNode
Returns a debug representation of the object that is used by debugging tools and by DiagnosticsNode.toStringDeep.
inherited
toString({DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.info}) → String
A string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringDeep({String prefixLineOne = '', String? prefixOtherLines, DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.debug, int wrapWidth = 65}) → String
Returns a string representation of this node and its descendants.
inherited
toStringShallow({String joiner = ', ', DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.debug}) → String
Returns a one-line detailed description of the object.
inherited
toStringShort() → String
A short, textual description of this widget.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool
The equality operator.
inherited