Struct Element

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pub struct Element<'a, Message, Renderer> { /* private fields */ }

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A generic Widget.

It is useful to build composable user interfaces that do not leak implementation details in their view logic.

If you have a built-in widget, you should be able to use Into<Element> to turn it into an Element.

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impl<'a, Message, Renderer> Element<'a, Message, Renderer>

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pub fn new(widget: impl Widget<Message, Renderer> + 'a) -> Self
where Renderer: Renderer,

Creates a new Element containing the given Widget.

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pub fn as_widget(&self) -> &dyn Widget<Message, Renderer>

Returns a reference to the Widget of the Element,

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pub fn as_widget_mut(&mut self) -> &mut dyn Widget<Message, Renderer>

Returns a mutable reference to the Widget of the Element,

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pub fn map(self, f: impl Fn(Message) -> B + 'a) -> Element<'a, B, Renderer>
where Message: 'a, Renderer: Renderer + 'a, B: 'a,

Applies a transformation to the produced message of the Element.

This method is useful when you want to decouple different parts of your UI and make them composable.

§Example

Imagine we want to use our counter. But instead of showing a single counter, we want to display many of them. We can reuse the Counter type as it is!

We use composition to model the state of our new application:

use counter::Counter;

struct ManyCounters {
    counters: Vec<Counter>,
}

We can store the state of multiple counters now. However, the messages we implemented before describe the user interactions of a single counter. Right now, we need to also identify which counter is receiving user interactions. Can we use composition again? Yes.

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
pub enum Message {
    Counter(usize, counter::Message)
}

We compose the previous messages with the index of the counter producing them. Let’s implement our view logic now:

use iced_native::Element;
use iced_native::widget::Row;
use iced_wgpu::Renderer;

impl ManyCounters {
    pub fn view(&mut self) -> Row<Message, Renderer> {
        // We can quickly populate a `Row` by folding over our counters
        self.counters.iter_mut().enumerate().fold(
            Row::new().spacing(20),
            |row, (index, counter)| {
                // We display the counter
                let element: Element<counter::Message, Renderer> =
                    counter.view().into();

                row.push(
                    // Here we turn our `Element<counter::Message>` into
                    // an `Element<Message>` by combining the `index` and the
                    // message of the `element`.
                    element.map(move |message| Message::Counter(index, message))
                )
            }
        )
    }
}

Finally, our update logic is pretty straightforward: simple delegation.

impl ManyCounters {
    pub fn update(&mut self, message: Message) {
        match message {
            Message::Counter(index, counter_msg) => {
                if let Some(counter) = self.counters.get_mut(index) {
                    counter.update(counter_msg);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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pub fn explain<C: Into<Color>>(self, color: C) -> Element<'a, Message, Renderer>
where Message: 'static, Renderer: Renderer + 'a,

Marks the Element as to-be-explained.

The Renderer will explain the layout of the Element graphically. This can be very useful for debugging your layout!

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fn borrow(&self) -> &(dyn Widget<Message, Renderer> + 'a)

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

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fn borrow(&self) -> &(dyn Widget<Message, Renderer> + 'a)

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

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