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title: "SpaceVim lang#dart layer"
description: "This layer is for Dart development, provides autocompletion, syntax checking and code formatting for Dart files."
---

# [Available Layers](../../) >> lang#dart

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- [Description](#description)
- [Features](#features)
- [Install](#install)
  - [Layer](#layer)
  - [Syntax checking && Code formatting](#syntax-checking--code-formatting)
  - [Install dart-repl](#install-dart-repl)
- [Layer options](#layer-options)
- [Key bindings](#key-bindings)
  - [Inferior REPL process](#inferior-repl-process)
  - [Running current script](#running-current-script)
  - [Code formatting](#code-formatting)
  - [Flutter integration](#flutter-integration)

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## Description

This layer is for Dart development.

## Features

- code completion
- syntax checking
- code formatting
- REPL
- code runner
- flutter integration

## Install

### Layer

To use this configuration layer, update your custom configuration file with:

```toml
[[layers]]
  name = "lang#dart"
```

### Syntax checking && Code formatting

To enable syntax checking and code formatting in spacevim,
you need to install [dart sdk](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk).

### Install dart-repl

You need to install the dart_repl via pub, pub is a build-in package manager in dart-sdk:

```sh
pub global activate dart_repl
```

## Layer options

- `dart_sdk_path`: Set the path of dart sdk, by default, it is `''`.

## Key bindings

### Inferior REPL process

Start a `dart.repl` inferior REPL process with `SPC l s i`.

Send code to inferior process commands:

| Key Bindings | Descriptions                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `SPC l s b`  | send buffer and keep code buffer focused         |
| `SPC l s l`  | send line and keep code buffer focused           |
| `SPC l s s`  | send selection text and keep code buffer focused |

### Running current script

To run a ruby script, you can press `SPC l r` to run the current file without losing focus, and the result will be shown in a runner buffer.

### Code formatting

The code formatting is provided by the `format` layer, and it will run `dartfmt` asynchronously.

| Key Bindings | Descriptions          |
| ------------ | --------------------- |
| `SPC b f`    | format current buffer |

### Flutter integration

When editing a dart file, the following key bindings are available for running flutter commands.

| Key bindings | Descriptions                     |
| ------------ | -------------------------------- |
| `SPC l f D`  | Display flutter doctor result    |
| `SPC l f E`  | Launch to a flutter emulators id |
| `SPC l f d`  | Display flutter devices result   |
| `SPC l f e`  | Display flutter emulators list   |
| `SPC l f l`  | Reload flutter app               |
| `SPC l f r`  | Run `flutter run` command        |
| `SPC l f s`  | Restart flutter app              |
| `SPC l f q`  | Quit current flutter process     |