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Releases 4.0.1: indicator dots get real tap targets, toggling infinite keeps the current item, the fixes from a full docs review, a 100% coverage gate, and the example demo redesigned for every screen size.

  • Indicator tap targets (library): the dots were 20 by 12 pixel targets. Each is now one spacing wide and 48 pixels tall, however small it is drawn, and its screen-reader rect matches. The margin counts towards the height first and the rest grows towards the items, so none of it falls off the carousel's edge, where no tap reaches it. The band hit-tests around the whole placed carousel, so it also works for a below indicator. The default SlideIndicatorStyle.spacing rises from 20 to 24, the smallest target WCAG 2.2 allows (2.5.8); spacing: 20 keeps the 4.0.0 look.
  • Looping toggle (library): turning infinite on or off moved the carousel to another item, because the position corrected in place still clamped to the old extent until layout and PageView reported that clamped page. The pages now get new keys when infinite changes, and the engine reports the target page itself, so the carousel stays on its item and sends no change.
  • Coverage: the CI gate rises from 90% to 100%, with tests for autoplay while inactive and in reverse, flush edges, vertical effects and the dots with a screen reader or tapToNavigate off, and code no path reaches removed (220 tests in the claim row).
  • README: the Contributors section and badge are back; Contributing points to Issues, Discussions and SECURITY.md; links to repository files are absolute, because pub.dev dropped the relative ones (the "Migrating from 3.x" link rendered as plain text); the Indicators section describes the targets.
  • Docs and metadata: CONTRIBUTING names the example checks; the issue form's security link opens a private advisory; the pubspec homepage is the live demo.
  • Example: the preview never scrolls away, with the controller's buttons under it; options sit in five collapsible cards that show their values while closed, with Reset and Expand all; from 840 px wide and on landscape phones the options get a side panel; scrollbars show only while scrolling. RevealFocus works around Flutter's reveal stopping short inside a sliver group with a pinned header. The preview fits whatever its options: an expandable carousel's slides run from one just tall enough for its number to the whole preview, where their text lines had run it up to 78 px past the pinned area.

Type of change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Refactor / code cleanup
  • Documentation
  • CI / tooling
  • Dependency update

Related issues

None.

How to test

  1. flutter test: test/indicators/tap_target_test.dart runs 960 cases (every painter, both axes, overlay and below, three alignments, both text directions, reverse, with and without a halo, on both carousels) and taps each dot's target at both edges.
  2. (cd example && flutter test): layout tests at 20 screen sizes from 320 px to 3440 px, including 200% text, 48 px targets on a phone, and at each size the preview on every item with dots below, a vertical carousel and an expandable one. The one allowance: on a 320 by 568 phone, five dots 24 px apart beside a vertical carousel are longer than the 88 px it has, so that preview scrolls 8 px.
  3. cd example && flutter run -d chrome, then tap about 20 px above a dot: the carousel moves to it. Resize from a phone to a desktop: the preview stays pinned.

Affected areas

  • Apps that toggle infinite at run time: the carousel now stays on its item instead of jumping.
  • SlideIndicatorStyle.spacing default: dots sit 4 px further apart (five dots: 92 px to 108 px wide). Apps that set spacing are unaffected.
  • Taps within the dots' band, up to 20 px into the items above (or beside) them and within the dots' span, now go to the dots rather than the item.
  • The pub.dev package page (README, CHANGELOG) and the live demo, which redeploys on merge.

Verification checklist

  • dart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changed . - clean
  • flutter analyze - 0 issues
  • flutter test - all tests pass (220; 100% line coverage, 1306 of 1306 lines; the same on Flutter 3.47.0; pana 160 of 160 with 100% dartdoc)
  • (cd example && flutter test) - layout tests pass (48)
  • flutter pub publish --dry-run - no warnings
  • pubspec.yaml version bumped (required to merge) - 4.0.1
  • CHANGELOG.md has an entry for that version (flutter pub publish --dry-run fails without one, so the release workflow stops)
  • Docs updated where applicable (README, dartdoc comments)
  • Checked under RTL, reverse, the vertical axis and a screen reader where the change can reach them - the 960-case matrix
  • No per-frame rebuild added: effects and indicators read the scroll listenable - the band only runs on a hit test
  • SECURITY.md supported-versions table still correct
  • No unrelated changes included in this PR

Merging publishes 4.0.1 to pub.dev.

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  • New Features

    • The demo now adapts to screen size, with collapsible sections, reset controls, and improved focus visibility.
    • Carousel indicators now have 24-pixel spacing and tap targets of at least 24 × 48 pixels.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Changing infinite-loop mode preserves the current carousel position.
    • Taps near indicator dots navigate to slides, while taps outside the indicator area reach carousel items.
  • Documentation

    • Updated demo, setup, contribution, and security guidance, including repository links and contributor information.
    • Added release notes for version 4.0.1.

- Restore the Contributors section and a contributors badge, as in
  mcp-vitest and ai-sdk-threads.
- Bump to 4.0.1 so the README reaches pub.dev.
- Link repository files by absolute URL. pub.dev drops relative
  links, so MIGRATION.md and CONTRIBUTING.md showed as plain text.
  readme_test.dart now checks each one is absolute and exists.
- Point the Contributing section to Issues, Discussions and
  SECURITY.md, and name the example builds in CONTRIBUTING.md.
- Set the pubspec homepage to the live demo and send the issue
  form's security link to a private advisory.
- Pin the preview at every size and group the options into
  collapsible cards with value summaries, pinned headers, Reset
  and Expand all; wide screens and landscape phones get a panel.
- Keep focus and the keyboard clear of pinned headers with
  RevealFocus, since Flutter's reveal stops short in pinned groups.
- Show scrollbars only while scrolling, with a gutter for them.
- Test 19 screen sizes from 320 px to an ultrawide, 200% text,
  keyboard, touch, wheel, reduced motion and 48 px targets.
- Move the controller's buttons under the preview and fit the
  toolbar to its width.
- Scale a fixed slide's number down rather than overflowing.
- Hit-test each dot across a band one spacing wide and 48 px tall,
  grown from the margin towards the items, so no dot moves and none
  of the band falls off the carousel.
- Size each dot's semantics node to the same target.
- Raise the default spacing from 20 to 24, the WCAG 2.2 minimum.
- Check the demo's dots at 24 by 48 instead of excluding them.
- Hit-test the band around the whole placed carousel, finding the
  dots by key; inside the indicator's own box, a below indicator's
  band never took the taps above its row.
- Grow a below indicator's band towards the items, whatever its
  alignment.
- Test every painter, axis, placement, alignment, text direction
  and halo on both carousels: 480 cases, each tapped at both edges.
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The changes expand carousel indicator tap targets and update carousel page behavior. The example app gains responsive layouts, collapsible sections, and focus-aware scrolling. Release information, repository documentation, and tests also change.

Changes

Indicator tap targets

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tap-target sizing and hit testing
lib/src/indicators/slide_indicator_style.dart, lib/src/indicators/indicator_view.dart, lib/src/engine/carousel_engine.dart
Indicator spacing defaults to 24 pixels. The indicator view calculates expanded tap bands and semantics bounds. The carousel engine wraps the placed indicator to support hit testing within the expanded band.
Indicator geometry and tap-target tests
test/indicators/geometry_test.dart, test/indicators/indicator_view_test.dart, test/indicators/tap_target_test.dart
Tests update geometry expectations and check target dimensions, tap navigation, and behavior across painters, placements, and carousel configurations.

Carousel page behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Infinite-mode transitions
lib/src/engine/carousel_engine.dart, test/flutter_carousel_test.dart
The engine recreates its page controller when infinite mode changes and reports the target page after the guarded jump. Tests check position preservation and subsequent navigation.
Autoplay, edge alignment, and effect tests
test/auto_play_test.dart, test/edge_alignment_test.dart, test/effects_test.dart
Tests cover autoplay after app resume, reverse stop-at-end behavior, flush-edge interactions, and vertical builder-effect extents.

Responsive example demo

Layer / File(s) Summary
Collapsible sections and focus visibility
example/lib/src/collapsible_section.dart, example/lib/src/reveal_focus.dart
Demo sections have pinned, tappable headers and expandable bodies. Focus visibility logic scrolls focused content into view below pinned headers.
Responsive preview and options layout
example/lib/src/app_theme.dart, example/lib/src/demo_layout.dart
DemoLayout selects stacked or side-by-side layouts from width and height thresholds. It manages preview sizing, scroll behavior, section state, group controls, and reset actions.
Demo page and option sections
example/lib/src/demo_page.dart, example/lib/src/playground.dart, example/lib/src/slides.dart, example/lib/src/widgets.dart
The demo page uses DemoLayout for preview content, controller controls, and reset behavior. Playground controls are grouped into summarized sections. Slide labels and theme controls also change.
Responsive layout tests and demo guide
example/test/layout_test.dart, example/README.md
Tests cover screen sizes, section controls, reset, resizing, scrolling, focus, semantics, and reduced motion. The demo guide describes the updated layouts and test coverage.

Release and repository documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
4.0.1 release information
CHANGELOG.md, pubspec.yaml
The changelog adds the 4.0.1 entry and uses an absolute migration-guide link. The package version changes to 4.0.1, and the homepage points to the project’s GitHub Pages site.
Repository links and contribution guidance
AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml, README.md, .github/workflows/ci.yml, test/readme_test.dart
Repository documentation updates file links, contribution and security resources, contributor information, and CI details. CI requires 100% coverage. The README link test checks three documentation files for absolute links and valid repository file targets.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CarouselEngine
  participant IndicatorView
  participant IndicatorTapBand
  participant User
  participant Carousel
  CarouselEngine->>IndicatorView: Provide alignment and dots key
  CarouselEngine->>IndicatorTapBand: Wrap placed indicator
  User->>IndicatorTapBand: Tap within expanded band
  IndicatorTapBand->>IndicatorView: Delegate hit test to painted dots
  IndicatorView->>Carousel: Navigate to selected slide
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 45100

The carousel interaction and responsive demo changes have no established merge-blocking issue in the supplied evidence. Merge after normal build and test checks pass.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to db72b

The larger targets remain tied to carousel navigation; no new privileged action was identified. Apps with controls near the indicators may see a change in which control receives a tap.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The independently reachable effect identified for an in-band tap is navigation within the owning carousel. The library change can affect consumers that use indicators, but no tenant, credential, or datastore exposure was established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The band is enabled only for tap-navigable indicators. It falls back to ordinary child hit testing outside its reach or when the keyed dots cannot be used.
  • inferred — Within the band, redirection toward the dots can give carousel navigation precedence over an overlapping child control. No security-sensitive child control or consequent authority change was established.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Per-carousel keys and controllers limit the inspected transition state to an instance. Rapid repeated taps and disposal during an active animation remain unproven runtime cases, not established security failures.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — For integrations with interactive carousel children near the indicator, validate pointer precedence and accessibility focus; exercise rapid taps and disposal before relying on transition-order guarantees.
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example/lib/src/reveal_focus.dart (1)

40-42: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Coalesce duplicate same-frame callbacks.

A focus change and a metrics notification can both call _schedule() before the next frame callback. On the list that contains the focused widget, duplicate callbacks can call animateTo twice. ScrollPosition.animateTo cancels the previous animation when the second call starts.

Other RevealFocus instances return because the focused widget is outside their list. FocusManager.addListener reports focus changes; it does not report highlight-mode changes. One metrics notification per frame still produces one callback per list, so this pending flag removes duplicate same-frame work but does not prevent a restart on every metrics frame.

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-  void _schedule() => WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
-    if (mounted) _reveal();
-  });
+  var _pending = false;
+
+  void _schedule() {
+    if (_pending) return;
+    _pending = true;
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+      _pending = false;
+      if (mounted) _reveal();
+    });
+  }
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Update RevealFocus’s _schedule method to coalesce same-frame requests: track
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- Around line 40-42: Update RevealFocus’s _schedule method to coalesce
same-frame requests: track whether a post-frame callback is pending, skip
scheduling duplicates, and clear the pending state when the callback runs before
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- Give the pages new keys when infinite changes, since a position
  corrected in place still clamps to the old extent until layout.
- Report the target page after the jump instead of the clamped page
  PageView reports, so the carousel stays on its item and sends no
  change.
- Test turning looping on and off from every item.
- Cover autoplay while inactive and in reverse, flush edges under
  jumps, shrinking, drags and flings, vertical effects, and dots read
  by a screen reader or with tapToNavigate off.
- Drop code no path reaches: the page key is now a ValueKey of a
  record, the keep-alive page no longer handles a swapped engine,
  and the tap band folds its unlaid-out case into an empty rect.
- Raise the CI coverage gate from 90% to 100%, and say so in
  CONTRIBUTING, AGENTS and the CHANGELOG.
- Update the README claim row to 220 tests.
- Add the 360 by 740 phone to the example's screen sizes, the one
  size the get_time_ago example's preview did not fit, so the three
  examples keep one list.
- Apply post-review fixes to the README guard and focus reveal.
- Match each README block in readme_snippets.dart exactly, without
  trimming trailing whitespace.
- Name in AGENTS.md the one old-API block the guard skips, which
  cannot compile against 4.x.
- Queue at most one focus reveal per frame in the example, so a
  second call no longer restarts the first scroll.
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Nitpick on example/lib/src/reveal_focus.dart:40-42 (coalesce duplicate same-frame callbacks): fixed in 9fb1334.

Confirmed against the code: a focus change and a metrics change in the same frame each queued a post-frame callback, and the second animateTo restarted the first one toward the same target. _schedule now keeps at most one callback pending, and the flag clears before _reveal runs. As you note, a keyboard animation still sends one metrics change per frame, so the scroll retargets each frame while the inset settles. That is intended: the target moves with the inset.

The file is shared byte-for-byte by the three package examples, so the same change is in nixrajput/get_time_ago#65 and nixrajput/cloudinary-dart#16.

@nixrajput nixrajput changed the title fix: 4.0.1 dot tap targets, docs and demo fix: 4.0.1 tap targets, looping, docs and demo Sep 29, 2026
- Size an expandable carousel's slides from one just tall enough for
  its number to the whole preview; their text lines ran it up to
  78 px past the pinned area on phones and small laptops.
- Give a vertical expandable carousel the preview's height instead
  of a quarter more.
- Lower the carousel's smallest height from 96 to 64 px, so a
  320 by 568 phone keeps dots below it inside the preview.
- Check at every size that the preview fits on every item with dots
  below, a vertical carousel and an expandable one.
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