# FlutterError: Text overflow with ellipsis and maxLines conflict

- **ID:** `flutter/text-overflow-ellipsis-conflict`
- **Domain:** flutter
- **Category:** runtime_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 82%

## Root Cause

Setting both overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis and maxLines on a Text widget while the parent constraints are too tight, causing the text to be clipped unexpectedly instead of showing ellipsis.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| Flutter 3.13 | active | — | — |
| Dart 3.1 | active | — | — |
| Flutter 3.19 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Use a Flexible or Expanded parent widget to give the Text widget adequate width for ellipsis to work.** (85% success)
   ```
   Use a Flexible or Expanded parent widget to give the Text widget adequate width for ellipsis to work.
   ```
2. **Set textWidthBasis: TextWidthBasis.longestLine on the Text widget to improve ellipsis calculation.** (70% success)
   ```
   Set textWidthBasis: TextWidthBasis.longestLine on the Text widget to improve ellipsis calculation.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Without maxLines, the text may expand infinitely, causing overflow errors in the parent widget. (55% fail)
- **** — softWrap: false disables line breaking entirely, leading to RenderFlex overflow warnings. (45% fail)
- **** — FittedBox scales the entire text widget, potentially making it unreadable at small sizes. (35% fail)