`ratatui::widgets::block::Title` is deprecated in favor of using `Line`
to represent titles.
This removes an unnecessary layer of wrapping (string -> Span -> Line ->
Title).
This struct will be removed in a future release of Ratatui (likely
0.31).
For more information see:
<https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui/issues/738>
To update your code:
```rust
Block::new().title(Title::from("foo"));
// becomes any of
Block::new().title("foo");
Block::new().title(Line::from("foo"));
Block::new().title(Title::from("foo").position(Position::TOP));
// becomes any of
Block::new().title_top("foo");
Block::new().title_top(Line::from("foo"));
Block::new().title(Title::from("foo").position(Position::BOTTOM));
// becomes any of
Block::new().title_bottom("foo");
Block::new().title_bottom(Line::from("foo"));
```
These are simple opinionated methods for creating a terminal that is
useful to use in most apps. The new init method creates a crossterm
backend writing to stdout, enables raw mode, enters the alternate
screen, and sets a panic handler that restores the terminal on panic.
A minimal hello world now looks a bit like:
```rust
use ratatui::{
crossterm::event::{self, Event},
text::Text,
Frame,
};
fn main() {
let mut terminal = ratatui::init();
loop {
terminal
.draw(|frame: &mut Frame| frame.render_widget(Text::raw("Hello World!"), frame.area()))
.expect("Failed to draw");
if matches!(event::read().expect("failed to read event"), Event::Key(_)) {
break;
}
}
ratatui::restore();
}
```
A type alias `DefaultTerminal` is added to represent this terminal
type and to simplify any cases where applications need to pass this
terminal around. It is equivalent to:
`Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stdout>>`
We also added `ratatui::try_init()` and `try_restore()`, for situations
where you might want to handle initialization errors yourself instead
of letting the panic handler fire and cleanup. Simple Apps should
prefer the `init` and `restore` functions over these functions.
Corresponding functions to allow passing a `TerminalOptions` with
a `Viewport` (e.g. inline, fixed) are also available
(`init_with_options`,
and `try_init_with_options`).
The existing code to create a backend and terminal will remain and
is not deprecated by this approach. This just provides a simple one
line initialization using the common options.
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Co-authored-by: Orhun Parmaksız <orhunparmaksiz@gmail.com>
Code which previously called `buf.get(x, y)` or `buf.get_mut(x, y)`
should now use index operators, or be transitioned to `buff.cell()` or
`buf.cell_mut()` for safe access that avoids panics by returning
`Option<&Cell>` and `Option<&mut Cell>`.
The new methods accept `Into<Position>` instead of `x` and `y`
coordinates, which makes them more ergonomic to use.
```rust
let mut buffer = Buffer::empty(Rect::new(0, 0, 10, 10));
let cell = buf[(0, 0)];
let cell = buf[Position::new(0, 0)];
let symbol = buf.cell((0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.symbol());
let symbol = buf.cell(Position::new(0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.symbol());
buf[(0, 0)].set_symbol("🐀");
buf[Position::new(0, 0)].set_symbol("🐀");
buf.cell_mut((0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.set_symbol("🐀"));
buf.cell_mut(Position::new(0, 0)).map(|cell| cell.set_symbol("🐀"));
```
The existing `get()` and `get_mut()` methods are marked as deprecated.
These are fairly widely used and we will leave these methods around on
the buffer for a longer time than our normal deprecation approach (2
major release)
Addresses part of: https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/issues/1011
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Co-authored-by: EdJoPaTo <rfc-conform-git-commit-email@funny-long-domain-label-everyone-hates-as-it-is-too-long.edjopato.de>
This is a simplification of the public API that is helpful for new users
that are not familiar with how rust re-exports work, and helps avoid
clashes with other modules in the backends that are named terminal.
BREAKING CHANGE: The `terminal` module is now private and can not be
used directly. The types under this module are exported from the root of
the crate.
```diff
- use ratatui::terminal::{CompletedFrame, Frame, Terminal, TerminalOptions, ViewPort};
+ use ratatui::{CompletedFrame, Frame, Terminal, TerminalOptions, ViewPort};
```
Fixes: https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/issues/1210
Layout::init_cache no longer returns bool and takes a NonZeroUsize instead of usize
The cache is a thread-local, so doesn't make much sense to require
synchronized initialization.
Consensus is that explicit imports make it easier to understand the
example code. This commit removes the prelude import from all examples
and replaces it with the necessary imports, and expands other glob
imports (widget::*, Constraint::*, KeyCode::*, etc.) everywhere else.
Prelude glob imports not in examples are not covered by this PR.
See https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/issues/1150 for more details.
`crossterm`, `termion`, and `termwiz` can now be accessed as
`ratatui::{crossterm, termion, termwiz}` respectively. This makes it
possible to just add the Ratatui crate as a dependency and use the
backend of choice without having to add the backend crates as
dependencies.
To update existing code, replace all instances of `crossterm::` with
`ratatui::crossterm::`, `termion::` with `ratatui::termion::`, and
`termwiz::` with `ratatui::termwiz::`.
Fixes many not yet enabled lints (mostly pedantic) on everything that is
not the lib (examples, benchs, tests). Therefore, this is not containing
anything that can be a breaking change.
Lints are not enabled as that should be the job of #974. I created this
as a separate PR as its mostly independent and would only clutter up the
diff of #974 even more.
Also see
https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/pull/974#discussion_r1506458743
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Co-authored-by: Josh McKinney <joshka@users.noreply.github.com>
In a recent commit we added Rec::split, but this feels more ergonomic as
Layout::areas. This also adds Layout::spacers to get the spacers between
the areas.
This PR makes a number of simplifications to the layout and constraint
features that were added after v0.25.0.
For users upgrading from v0.25.0, the net effect of this PR (along with
the other PRs) is the following:
- New `Flex` modes have been added.
- `Flex::Start` (new default)
- `Flex::Center`
- `Flex::End`
- `Flex::SpaceAround`
- `Flex::SpaceBetween`
- `Flex::Legacy` (old default)
- `Min(v)` grows to allocate excess space in all `Flex` modes instead of
shrinking (except in `Flex::Legacy` where it retains old behavior).
- `Fill(1)` grows to allocate excess space, growing equally with
`Min(v)`.
---
The following contains a summary of the changes in this PR and the
motivation behind them.
**`Flex`**
- Removes `Flex::Stretch`
- Renames `Flex::StretchLast` to `Flex::Legacy`
**`Constraint`**
- Removes `Fixed`
- Makes `Min(v)` grow as much as possible everywhere (except
`Flex::Legacy` where it retains the old behavior)
- Makes `Min(v)` grow equally as `Fill(1)` while respecting `Min` lower
bounds. When `Fill` and `Min` are used together, they both fill excess
space equally.
Allowing `Min(v)` to grow still allows users to build the same layouts
as before with `Flex::Start` with no breaking changes to the behavior.
This PR also removes the unstable feature `SegmentSize`.
This is a breaking change to the behavior of constraints. If users want
old behavior, they can use `Flex::Legacy`.
```rust
Layout::vertical([Length(25), Length(25)]).flex(Flex::Legacy)
```
Users that have constraint that exceed the available space will probably
not see any difference or see an improvement in their layouts. Any
layout with `Min` will be identical in `Flex::Start` and `Flex::Legacy`
so any layout with `Min` will not be breaking.
Previously, `Table` used `EvenDistribution` internally by default, but
with that gone the default is now `Flex::Start`. This changes the
behavior of `Table` (for the better in most cases). The only way for
users to get exactly the same as the old behavior is to change their
constraints. I imagine most users will be happier out of the box with
the new Table default.
Resolves https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/issues/843
Thanks to @joshka for the direction
Follow up to https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/pull/783
This PR introduces different priorities for each kind of constraint.
This PR also adds tests that specifies this behavior. This PR resolves a
number of broken tests.
Fixes https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/issues/827
With this PR, the layout algorithm will do the following in order:
1. Ensure that all the segments are within the user provided area and
ensure that all segments and spacers are aligned next to each other
2. if a user provides a `layout.spacing`, it will enforce it.
3. ensure proportional elements are all proportional to each other
4. if a user provides a `Fixed(v)` constraint, it will enforce it.
5. `Min` / `Max` binding inequality constraints
6. `Length`
7. `Percentage`
8. `Ratio`
9. collapse `Min` or collapse `Max`
10. grow `Proportional` as much as possible
11. grow spacers as much as possible
This PR also returns the spacer areas as `Rects` to the user. Users can
then draw into the spacers as they see fit (thanks @joshka for the
idea). Here's a screenshot with the modified flex example:
<img width="569" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/assets/1813121/46c8901d-882c-43b0-ba87-b1d455099d8f">
This PR introduces a `strengths` module that has "default" weights that
give stable solutions as well as predictable behavior.
Added convenience functions left_aligned(), centered() and
right_aligned() plus unit tests. Updated example code.
Signed-off-by: Eelco Empting <me@eelco.de>
This commit adds `scroll` to the flex example. It also adds more examples to showcase how constraints interact. It improves the UI to make it easier to understand and short terminal friendly.
<img width="380" alt="image" src="https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/assets/1813121/30541efc-ecbe-4e28-b4ef-4d5f1dc63fec"/>
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Co-authored-by: Dheepak Krishnamurthy <me@kdheepak.com>
This PR adds a new way to space elements in a `Layout`.
Loosely based on
[flexbox](https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/), this
PR adds a `Flex` enum with the following variants:
- Start
- Center
- End
- SpaceAround
- SpaceBetween
<img width="380" alt="image" src="https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/assets/1813121/b744518c-eae7-4e35-bbc4-fe3c95193cde">
It also adds two more variants, to make this backward compatible and to
make it replace `SegmentSize`:
- StretchLast (default in the `Flex` enum, also behavior matches old
default `SegmentSize::LastTakesRemainder`)
- Stretch (behavior matches `SegmentSize::EvenDistribution`)
The `Start` variant from above matches `SegmentSize::None`.
This allows `Flex` to be a complete replacement for `SegmentSize`, hence
this PR also deprecates the `segment_size` constructor on `Layout`.
`SegmentSize` is still used in `Table` but under the hood `segment_size`
maps to `Flex` with all tests passing unchanged.
I also put together a simple example for `Flex` layouts so that I could
test it visually, shared below:
https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui/assets/1813121/c8716c59-493f-4631-add5-feecf4bd4e06
