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showDialog

showDialog opens a Material dialog above the current app content. It returns a Future containing the result supplied when the dialog closes, or null when no result is supplied.

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Syntax

Future<T?> showDialog<T>({
  required BuildContext context,
  required WidgetBuilder builder,
  bool barrierDismissible = true,
  Color? barrierColor,
  String? barrierLabel,
  bool useSafeArea = true,
  bool useRootNavigator = true,
  RouteSettings? routeSettings,
  Offset? anchorPoint,
  TraversalEdgeBehavior? traversalEdgeBehavior,
  bool fullscreenDialog = false,
  bool? requestFocus,
  AnimationStyle? animationStyle,
})

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Source: showDialog function - material library - Dart API. Checked 2026-11-03.