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BasePage

Inherits: AdaptiveControl

A visual container representing a top-level view in a Flet application.

BasePage serves as the base class for Page and MultiView, and provides a unified surface for rendering application content, app bars, navigation elements, dialogs, overlays, and more. It manages one or more View instances and exposes high-level layout, scrolling, and theming properties.

Unlike lower-level layout controls (e.g., Column, Container), BasePage represents an entire logical view or screen of the app. It provides direct access to view-level controls such as AppBar, NavigationBar, FloatingActionButton, and supports system-level events like window resizing and media changes.

This class is not intended to be used directly in most apps; instead, use Page or MultiView, which extend this base functionality.

Properties

Events

Methods

  • add

    Adds controls to the page.

  • clean
  • insert

    Inserts controls at specific index of page.controls list.

  • pop_dialog

    Closes the most recently opened dialog.

  • remove

    Removes specific controls from page.controls list.

  • remove_at

    Remove controls from page.controls list at specific index.

  • scroll_to

    Moves scroll position to either absolute offset, relative delta or jump to

  • show_dialog

    Displays a dialog and manages its dismissal lifecycle.

  • take_screenshot

    Captures a screenshot of the entire page with overlays.

  • update

Properties#

appbar property writable #

appbar: AppBar | CupertinoAppBar | None

Gets or sets the top application bar (AppBar or CupertinoAppBar) for the view.

The app bar typically displays the page title and optional actions such as navigation icons, menus, or other interactive elements.

auto_scroll property writable #

auto_scroll: bool

bgcolor property writable #

bgcolor: ColorValue | None

bottom_appbar property writable #

bottom_appbar: BottomAppBar | None

controls property writable #

controls: list[BaseControl]

dark_theme class-attribute instance-attribute #

dark_theme: Theme | None = None

Customizes the theme of the application when in dark theme mode.

decoration property writable #

decoration: BoxDecoration | None

drawer property writable #

drawer: NavigationDrawer | None

enable_screenshots class-attribute instance-attribute #

enable_screenshots: bool = False

Enable taking screenshots of the entire page with take_screenshot method.

end_drawer property writable #

end_drawer: NavigationDrawer | None

floating_action_button property writable #

floating_action_button: FloatingActionButton | None

floating_action_button_location property writable #

floating_action_button_location: (
    FloatingActionButtonLocation | OffsetValue | None
)

foreground_decoration property writable #

foreground_decoration: BoxDecoration | None

height class-attribute instance-attribute #

height: Number | None = None

Page height in logical pixels.

Note
  • This property is read-only.
  • To get or set the full window height including window chrome (e.g., title bar and borders) when running a Flet app on desktop, use the height property of Page.window instead.

horizontal_alignment property writable #

horizontal_alignment: CrossAxisAlignment

locale_configuration class-attribute instance-attribute #

locale_configuration: LocaleConfiguration | None = None

Configures supported locales and the current locale.

media class-attribute instance-attribute #

media: PageMediaData = field(
    default_factory=lambda: PageMediaData(
        padding=zero(),
        view_padding=zero(),
        view_insets=zero(),
        device_pixel_ratio=0,
        orientation=PORTRAIT,
    )
)

The current environmental metrics of the page or window.

This data is updated whenever the platform window or layout changes, such as when rotating a device, resizing a browser window, or adjusting system UI elements like the keyboard or safe areas.

navigation_bar property writable #

navigation_bar: (
    NavigationBar | CupertinoNavigationBar | None
)

overlay property #

overlay: list[BaseControl]

padding property writable #

padding: PaddingValue | None

scroll property writable #

scroll: ScrollMode | None

show_semantics_debugger class-attribute instance-attribute #

show_semantics_debugger: bool | None = None

Whether to turn on an overlay that shows the accessibility information reported by the framework.

spacing property writable #

spacing: Number

theme class-attribute instance-attribute #

theme: Theme | None = None

Customizes the theme of the application when in light theme mode. Currently, a theme can only be automatically generated from a "seed" color. For example, to generate light theme from a green color.

theme_mode class-attribute instance-attribute #

theme_mode: ThemeMode | None = SYSTEM

The page's theme mode.

title class-attribute instance-attribute #

title: str | None = None

Page or window title.

vertical_alignment property writable #

vertical_alignment: MainAxisAlignment

views class-attribute instance-attribute #

views: list[View] = field(default_factory=lambda: [View()])

A list of views managed by the page.

Each View represents a distinct navigation state or screen in the application.

The first view in the list is considered the active one by default.

width class-attribute instance-attribute #

width: Number | None = None

Page width in logical pixels.

Note
  • This property is read-only.
  • To get or set the full window height including window chrome (e.g., title bar and borders) when running a Flet app on desktop, use the width property of Page.window instead.

Events#

on_media_change class-attribute instance-attribute #

on_media_change: EventHandler[PageMediaData] | None = None

Called when media has changed.

on_resize class-attribute instance-attribute #

on_resize: EventHandler[PageResizeEvent] | None = None

Called when a user resizes a browser or native OS window containing Flet app, for example:

def page_resize(e):
    print("New page size:", page.window.width, page.window_height)

page.on_resize = page_resize

Methods#

add #

add(*controls: Control) -> None

Adds controls to the page.

page.add(ft.Text("Hello!"), ft.FilledButton("Button"))

clean #

clean() -> None

insert #

insert(at: int, *controls: Control) -> None

Inserts controls at specific index of page.controls list.

pop_dialog #

pop_dialog() -> DialogControl | None

Closes the most recently opened dialog.

This method searches the active dialog stack for the topmost dialog that is currently open, marks it as closed, updates its state, and returns the closed dialog.

Returns:

  • DialogControl | None

    The closed dialog instance if one was found, otherwise None.

remove #

remove(*controls: Control) -> None

Removes specific controls from page.controls list.

remove_at #

remove_at(index: int) -> None

Remove controls from page.controls list at specific index.

scroll_to async #

scroll_to(
    offset: Number | None = None,
    delta: Number | None = None,
    scroll_key: str
    | int
    | float
    | bool
    | ScrollKey
    | None = None,
    duration: DurationValue | None = None,
    curve: AnimationCurve | None = None,
) -> None

Moves scroll position to either absolute offset, relative delta or jump to the control with specified scroll_key.

See Column.scroll_to() for method details and examples.

show_dialog #

show_dialog(dialog: DialogControl) -> None

Displays a dialog and manages its dismissal lifecycle.

This method adds the specified dialog to the active dialog stack and renders it on the page. If the dialog is already open, an exception is raised. The on_dismiss handler of the dialog is temporarily wrapped to ensure the dialog is removed from the stack and its dismissal event is triggered appropriately.

Parameters:

  • dialog (DialogControl) –

    The dialog instance to display. Must not already be open.

Raises:

  • Exception

    If the specified dialog is already open.

take_screenshot async #

take_screenshot(
    pixel_ratio: Number | None = None,
    delay: DurationValue | None = None,
) -> bytes

Captures a screenshot of the entire page with overlays.

Parameters:

  • pixel_ratio (Number | None, default: None ) –

    A pixel ratio of the captured screenshot. If None, device-specific pixel ratio will be used.

  • delay (DurationValue | None, default: None ) –

    A delay before taking a screenshot. The delay will be 20 milliseconds if not specified.

Returns:

  • bytes

    Screenshot in PNG format.

update #

update(*controls) -> None