I have a somewhat long label in a DropdownButtonFormField and I need to show the entire text which overflows outside it's parent container. How can I achieve that? Container( width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.30, child: new DropdownButtonFormField<String>( decoration: InputDecoration( labelText: ("Long Text here, which should overflow it's parent"), // labelStyle: new TextStyle( // overflow: TextOverflow.visible, // ), // label: TextField( // //maxLines: 1, // style: TextStyle(overflow: TextOverflow.visible,), // decoration: InputDecoration.collapsed( // hintText: ("Long Text here, which should overflow it's parent"), // ), // ), // label: Text( // ("Long Text here, which should overflow it's parent"), // overflow: TextOverflow.visible, // ), ), isExpanded:true, hint: Text("Select"), items: _list.map((value) { return new DropdownMenuItem<String>( value: value, child: new Text(value), ); }).toList(), onChanged: (value) {}, ) ), Continue reading...