[YeungKC]

When the label of an InputDecorator floats, _RenderDecoration.paint draws the label with _labelTransform (a translation and a scale of 0.75). applyPaintTransform reports the same transform. But hitTestChildren hit tests the label with only its layout offset. A comment there says "The label must be handled specially since we've transformed it", but the code does not do this. Thus the label is painted in one location and hit tested in a different location:

• A tap on the visible floating label does not hit the label.
• A tap below the visible label, inside its unscaled layout box, hits the label.

This is a problem when the label contains an interactive widget, for example a PopupMenuButton, as in the issue. A maintainer said in the issue: "we shouldn't have weird issues with the hit testing here. Flutter should be able to do this" (comment).

This change hit tests the label with the transform from applyPaintTransform when _labelTransform is set. The hit test order of the children does not change. Other children keep the offset-based hit test. There is no API change.

The code in packages/flutter/lib/src/material of flutter/flutter is frozen (see flutter/flutter#188444), so this change is only for material_ui.

Fixes flutter/flutter#145324

Test plan

• Added Floating label hit test matches its painted position to test/input_decorator_test.dart, for TextDirection.ltr and TextDirection.rtl. The test taps the painted label two times (2 taps expected), then taps 10 px below the painted label, inside its layout box (no new tap expected).
  • Without the fix: both cases fail with Expected: <2> Actual: <0>.
  • With the fix: both cases pass.
• flutter test test/input_decorator_test.dart (+555, all passed)
• flutter test test/text_field_test.dart test/text_form_field_test.dart test/dropdown_menu_test.dart (all passed)
• flutter analyze lib/src/input_decorator.dart test/input_decorator_test.dart (no issues)
• dart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changed lib/src/input_decorator.dart test/input_decorator_test.dart (0 changed)

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The change uses the repository's pending changelog workflow (packages/material_ui/pending_changelogs/change_2026_10_20_floating_label_hit_test.yaml, version: patch). No public API documentation change is necessary.

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Code Review

This pull request updates the hit testing behavior of InputDecorator for floating labels in packages/material_ui/lib/src/input_decorator.dart. When _labelTransform is not null, the paint transform is applied to the label child during hit testing, ensuring that taps target the label at its painted position. Additionally, a regression test has been added to packages/material_ui/test/input_decorator_test.dart to verify this behavior across different text directions, and a pending changelog entry has been created. There are no review comments, and I have no feedback to provide.

[QuncCccccc]

LGTM.