I am not sure about your picture, but maybe this is do you want?


our tools :
- BuildOwners -> to measure size of the widget before rebuild,
- NotificationListeners -> to trigger rebuild based on ScrollNotification. i use stateful Widget, but you can tweak it into ValueNotifier and Build the Sticker with ValueListenableBuilder instead.
- ListView.Builder -> actually you can replace this with any kind of Scrollable, we only need to listen scroll event.
how its work?
its simple :
we need to know the P
dx Offset, check if C
offset small than P
, then use that value to adjust x Positioned
of C
in Stack
. and clamp it with max value (P.width)
double _calculateStickerXPosition(
{required double px, required double cx, required double cw}) {
if (cx < px) {
return widget.stickerHorizontalPadding + (px - cx).clamp(0.0, cw - (widget.stickerHorizontalPadding*2));
}
return widget.stickerHorizontalPadding;
}
full code :
main.dart :
import 'dart:ui';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'scrollable_sticker.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
// i use chrome to test it, so igrone this
scrollBehavior: const MaterialScrollBehavior().copyWith(
dragDevices: {
PointerDeviceKind.mouse,
PointerDeviceKind.touch,
PointerDeviceKind.stylus,
PointerDeviceKind.unknown
},
),
home: const MyWidget(),
);
}
}
class MyWidget extends StatelessWidget {
const MyWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 20.0),
child: ScrollableSticker(
children: List.generate(10, (index) => Container(
width: 500,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10.0),
border: Border.all(color: Colors.orange)),
child: const Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 50.0, horizontal: 50.0),
child: Text(
"P1",
textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
),
),
)),
stickerBuilder: (index) => Container(
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10), color: Colors.red),
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
child: Text(
'C$index',
),
),
)),
),
);
}
}
scrollable_sticker.dart :
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
class ScrollableSticker extends StatefulWidget {
final List<Widget> children;
final Widget Function(int index) stickerBuilder;
final double stickerHorizontalPadding;
const ScrollableSticker(
{Key? key,
required this.children,
required this.stickerBuilder,
this.stickerHorizontalPadding = 10.0})
: super(key: key);
@override
State<ScrollableSticker> createState() => _ScrollableStickerState();
}
class _ScrollableStickerState extends State<ScrollableSticker> {
late List<GlobalKey> _keys;
late GlobalKey _parentKey;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_keys = List.generate(widget.children.length, (index) => GlobalKey());
_parentKey = GlobalKey();
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return NotificationListener<ScrollNotification>(
onNotification: (sc) {
setState(() {});
return true;
},
child: ListView.builder(
key: _parentKey,
scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
itemCount: widget.children.length,
itemBuilder: (context, index) {
final itemSize = measureWidget(Directionality(
textDirection: TextDirection.ltr, child: widget.children[index]));
final stickerSize = measureWidget(Directionality(
textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
child: widget.stickerBuilder(index)));
final BuildContext? itemContext = _keys[index].currentContext;
double x = widget.stickerHorizontalPadding;
if (itemContext != null) {
final pcontext = _parentKey.currentContext;
Offset? pOffset;
if (pcontext != null) {
RenderObject? obj = pcontext.findRenderObject();
if (obj != null) {
final prb = obj as RenderBox;
pOffset = prb.localToGlobal(Offset.zero);
}
}
final obj = itemContext.findRenderObject();
if (obj != null) {
final rb = obj as RenderBox;
final cx = rb.localToGlobal(pOffset ?? Offset.zero).dx;
x = _calculateStickerXPosition(
px: pOffset != null ? pOffset.dx : 0.0,
cx: cx,
cw: (itemSize.width - stickerSize.width));
}
}
return SizedBox(
key: _keys[index],
height: itemSize.height,
width: itemSize.width,
child: Stack(
children: [
widget.children[index],
Positioned(
top: itemSize.height / 2,
left: x,
child: FractionalTranslation(
translation: const Offset(0.0, -0.5),
child: widget.stickerBuilder(index)))
],
),
);
},
),
);
}
double _calculateStickerXPosition(
{required double px, required double cx, required double cw}) {
if (cx < px) {
return widget.stickerHorizontalPadding +
(px - cx).clamp(0.0, cw - (widget.stickerHorizontalPadding * 2));
}
return widget.stickerHorizontalPadding;
}
}
Size measureWidget(Widget widget) {
final PipelineOwner pipelineOwner = PipelineOwner();
final MeasurementView rootView = pipelineOwner.rootNode = MeasurementView();
final BuildOwner buildOwner = BuildOwner(focusManager: FocusManager());
final RenderObjectToWidgetElement<RenderBox> element =
RenderObjectToWidgetAdapter<RenderBox>(
container: rootView,
debugShortDescription: '[root]',
child: widget,
).attachToRenderTree(buildOwner);
try {
rootView.scheduleInitialLayout();
pipelineOwner.flushLayout();
return rootView.size;
} finally {
// Clean up.
element.update(RenderObjectToWidgetAdapter<RenderBox>(container: rootView));
buildOwner.finalizeTree();
}
}
class MeasurementView extends RenderBox
with RenderObjectWithChildMixin<RenderBox> {
@override
void performLayout() {
assert(child != null);
child!.layout(const BoxConstraints(), parentUsesSize: true);
size = child!.size;
}
@override
void debugAssertDoesMeetConstraints() => true;
}