pub struct TextArea<'a> { /* private fields */ }
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A type to manage state of textarea.

TextArea::default creates an empty textarea. TextArea::new creates a textarea with given text lines. TextArea::from creates a textarea from an iterator of lines. TextArea::input handles key input. TextArea::widget builds a widget to render. And TextArea::lines returns line texts.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, Input, Key};

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

// Input 'a'
let input = Input { key: Key::Char('a'), ctrl: false, alt: false };
textarea.input(input);

// Get widget to render.
let widget = textarea.widget();

// Get lines as String.
println!("Lines: {:?}", textarea.lines());

Implementations

Create TextArea instance with given lines. If you have value other than Vec<String>, TextArea::from may be more useful.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let lines = vec!["hello".to_string(), "...".to_string(), "goodbye".to_string()];
let textarea = TextArea::new(lines);
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["hello", "...", "goodbye"]);

Handle a key input with default key mappings. For default key mappings, see the table in the module document. crossterm and termion features enable conversion from their own key event types into Input so this method can take the event values directly. This method returns if the input modified text contents or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, Key, Input};

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

// Handle crossterm key events
let event: crossterm::event::Event = ...;
textarea.input(event);
if let crossterm::event::Event::Key(key) = event {
    textarea.input(key);
}

// Handle termion key events
let event: termion::event::Event = ...;
textarea.input(event);
if let termion::event::Event::Key(key) = event {
    textarea.input(key);
}

// Handle backend-agnostic key input
let input = Input { key: Key::Char('a'), ctrl: false, alt: false };
let modified = textarea.input(input);
assert!(modified);

Handle a key input without default key mappings. This method handles only

  • Single character input without modifier keys
  • Tab
  • Enter
  • Backspace
  • Delete

This method returns if the input modified text contents or not in the textarea.

This method is useful when you want to define your own key mappings and don’t want default key mappings. See ‘Define your own key mappings’ section in the module document.

Insert a single character at current cursor position.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.insert_char('a');
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["a"]);

Insert a string at current cursor position. Currently the string must not contain any newlines. This method returns if some text was inserted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.insert_str("hello");
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["hello"]);

Delete a string in current cursor line. The chars parameter means number of characters, not a byte length of the string. This method returns if some text was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["🐱🐶🐰🐮"]);

textarea.delete_str(1, 2);
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["🐱🐮"]);

Insert a tab at current cursor position. Note that this method does nothing when the tab length is 0. This method returns if a tab string was inserted or not in the textarea. textarea.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["hi"]);

textarea.insert_tab();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["    hi"]);

Insert a newline at current cursor position.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["hi"]);

textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);
textarea.insert_newline();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["h", "i"]);

Delete a newline from head of current cursor line. This method returns if a newline was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["hello", "world"]);

textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Down);
textarea.delete_newline();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["helloworld"]);

Delete one character before cursor. When the cursor is at head of line, the newline before the cursor will be removed. This method returns if some text was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abc"]);

textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);
textarea.delete_char();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["bc"]);

Delete one character next to cursor. When the cursor is at end of line, the newline next to the cursor will be removed. This method returns if a character was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abc"]);

textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);
textarea.delete_next_char();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["ac"]);

Delete string from cursor to end of the line. When the cursor is at end of line, the newline next to the cursor is removed. This method returns if some text was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abcde"]);

// Move to 'c'
textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);
textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);

textarea.delete_line_by_end();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["ab"]);

Delete string from cursor to head of the line. When the cursor is at head of line, the newline before the cursor will be removed. This method returns if some text was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abcde"]);

// Move to 'c'
textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);
textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);

textarea.delete_line_by_head();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["cde"]);

Delete a word before cursor. Word boundary appears at spaces, punctuations, and others. For example fn foo(a) consists of words fn, foo, (, a, ). When the cursor is at head of line, the newline before the cursor will be removed.

This method returns if some text was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);

textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);

textarea.delete_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa bbb "]);
textarea.delete_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa "]);

Delete a word next to cursor. Word boundary appears at spaces, punctuations, and others. For example fn foo(a) consists of words fn, foo, (, a, ). When the cursor is at end of line, the newline next to the cursor will be removed.

This method returns if some text was deleted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);

textarea.delete_next_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" bbb ccc"]);
textarea.delete_next_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" ccc"]);

Paste a string previously deleted by TextArea::delete_line_by_head, TextArea::delete_line_by_end, TextArea::delete_word, TextArea::delete_next_word. This method returns if some text was inserted or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);

textarea.delete_next_word();
textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);
textarea.paste();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" bbb cccaaa"]);

Move the cursor to the position specified by the CursorMove parameter. For each kind of cursor moves, see the document of CursorMove.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abc", "def"]);

textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Forward);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 1));
textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Down);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (1, 1));

Undo the last modification. This method returns if the undo modified text contents or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abc def"]);

textarea.delete_next_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" def"]);
textarea.undo();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["abc def"]);

Redo the last undo change. This method returns if the redo modified text contents or not in the textarea.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, CursorMove};

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abc def"]);

textarea.delete_next_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" def"]);
textarea.undo();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["abc def"]);
textarea.redo();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" def"]);

Build a tui-rs widget to render the current state of the textarea. The widget instance returned from this method can be rendered with tui::terminal::Frame::render_widget.

use tui::backend::CrosstermBackend;
use tui::layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout};
use tui::Terminal;
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

let layout = Layout::default()
    .direction(Direction::Vertical)
    .constraints([Constraint::Min(1)].as_ref());
let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(std::io::stdout());
let mut term = Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();

loop {
    term.draw(|f| {
        let chunks = layout.split(f.size());
        let widget = textarea.widget();
        f.render_widget(widget, chunks[0]);
    }).unwrap();

    // ...
}

Set the style of textarea. By default, textarea is not styled.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
let style = Style::default().fg(Color::Red);
textarea.set_style(style);
assert_eq!(textarea.style(), style);

Get the current style of textarea.

Set the block of textarea. By default, no block is set.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;
use tui::widgets::{Block, Borders};

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
let block = Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Block Title");
textarea.set_block(block);
assert!(textarea.block().is_some());

Remove the block of textarea which was set by TextArea::set_block.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;
use tui::widgets::{Block, Borders};

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
let block = Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Block Title");
textarea.set_block(block);
textarea.remove_block();
assert!(textarea.block().is_none());

Get the block of textarea if exists.

Set the length of tab character. Due to limitation of tui-rs, hard tab is not supported. Setting 0 disables tab inputs.

use tui_textarea::{TextArea, Input, Key};

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
let tab_input = Input { key: Key::Tab, ctrl: false, alt: false };

textarea.set_tab_length(8);
textarea.input(tab_input.clone());
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["        "]);

textarea.set_tab_length(2);
textarea.input(tab_input);
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["          "]);

Get how many spaces are used for representing tab character. The default value is 4.

Set if a hard tab is used or not for indent. When true is set, typing a tab key inserts a hard tab instead of spaces. By default, hard tab is disabled.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
textarea.insert_tab();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["\t"]);

Get if a hard tab is used for indent or not.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

assert!(!textarea.hard_tab_indent());
textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
assert!(textarea.hard_tab_indent());

Get a string for indent. It consists of spaces by default. When hard tab is enabled, it is a tab character.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

assert_eq!(textarea.indent(), "    ");
textarea.set_tab_length(2);
assert_eq!(textarea.indent(), "  ");
textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
assert_eq!(textarea.indent(), "\t");

Set how many modifications are remembered for undo/redo. Setting 0 disables undo/redo.

Get how many modifications are remembered for undo/redo. The default value is 50.

Set the style of line at cursor. By default, the cursor line is styled with underline. To stop styling the cursor line, set the default style.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

let style = Style::default().fg(Color::Red);
textarea.set_cursor_line_style(style);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor_line_style(), style);

// Disable cursor line style
textarea.set_cursor_line_style(Style::default());

Get the style of cursor line. By default it is styled with underline.

Set the style of line number. By setting the style with this method, line numbers are drawn in textarea, meant that line numbers are disabled by default. If you want to show line numbers but don’t want to style them, set the default style.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

// Show line numbers in dark gray background
let style = Style::default().bg(Color::DarkGray);
textarea.set_line_number_style(style);
assert_eq!(textarea.line_number_style(), Some(style));

Remove the style of line number which was set by TextArea::set_line_number_style. After calling this method, Line numbers will no longer be shown.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.set_line_number_style(Style::default().bg(Color::DarkGray));
textarea.remove_line_number();
assert_eq!(textarea.line_number_style(), None);

Get the style of line number if set.

Set the style of cursor. By default, a cursor is rendered in the reversed color. Setting the same style as cursor line hides a cursor.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

let style = Style::default().bg(Color::Red);
textarea.set_cursor_style(style);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor_style(), style);

Get the style of cursor.

Get slice of line texts. This method borrows the content, but not moves. Note that the returned slice will never be empty because an empty text means a slice containing one empty line. This is correct since any text file must end with a newline.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [""]);

textarea.insert_char('a');
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["a"]);

textarea.insert_newline();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["a", ""]);

textarea.insert_char('b');
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["a", "b"]);

Convert TextArea instance into line texts.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.insert_char('a');
textarea.insert_newline();
textarea.insert_char('b');

assert_eq!(textarea.into_lines(), ["a", "b"]);

Get the current cursor position. 0-base character-wise (row, col) cursor position.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 0));

textarea.insert_char('a');
textarea.insert_newline();
textarea.insert_char('b');

assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (1, 1));

Set text alignment. When Alignment::Center or Alignment::Right is set, line number is automatically disabled because those alignments don’t work well with line numbers.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;
use tui::layout::Alignment;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.set_alignment(Alignment::Center);
assert_eq!(textarea.alignment(), Alignment::Center);

Get current text alignment. The default alignment is Alignment::Left.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;
use tui::layout::Alignment;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

assert_eq!(textarea.alignment(), Alignment::Left);

Check if the textarea has a empty content.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let textarea = TextArea::default();
assert!(textarea.is_empty());

let textarea = TextArea::from(["hello"]);
assert!(!textarea.is_empty());

Get the yanked text. Text is automatically yanked when deleting strings by TextArea::delete_line_by_head, TextArea::delete_line_by_end, TextArea::delete_word, TextArea::delete_next_word.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["abc"]);

textarea.delete_next_word();
assert_eq!(textarea.yank_text(), "abc");

Set a yanked text. The text can be inserted by TextArea::paste. The string passed to method must not contain any newlines.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

textarea.set_yank_text("hello, world");
textarea.paste();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["hello, world"]);
Available on crate feature search only.

Set a regular expression pattern for text search. Setting an empty string stops the text search. When a valid pattern is set, all matches will be highlighted in the textarea. Note that the cursor does not move. To move the cursor, use TextArea::search_forward and TextArea::search_back.

Grammar of regular expression follows regex crate. Patterns don’t match to newlines so match passes across no newline.

When the pattern is invalid, the search pattern will not be updated and an error will be returned.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["hello, world", "goodbye, world"]);

// Search "world"
textarea.set_search_pattern("world").unwrap();

assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 0));
textarea.search_forward(false);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 7));
textarea.search_forward(false);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (1, 9));

// Stop the text search
textarea.set_search_pattern("");

// Invalid search pattern
assert!(textarea.set_search_pattern("(hello").is_err());
Available on crate feature search only.

Get a regular expression which was set by TextArea::set_search_pattern. When no text search is ongoing, this method returns None.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

assert!(textarea.search_pattern().is_none());
textarea.set_search_pattern("hello+").unwrap();
assert!(textarea.search_pattern().is_some());
assert_eq!(textarea.search_pattern().unwrap().as_str(), "hello+");
Available on crate feature search only.

Search the pattern set by TextArea::set_search_pattern forward and move the cursor to the next match position based on the current cursor position. Text search wraps around a text buffer. It returns true when some match was found. Otherwise it returns false.

The match_cursor parameter represents if the search matches to the current cursor position or not. When true is set and the cursor position matches to the pattern, the cursor will not move. When false, the cursor will move to the next match ignoring the match at the current position.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["hello", "helloo", "hellooo"]);

textarea.set_search_pattern("hello+").unwrap();

// Move to next position
let match_found = textarea.search_forward(false);
assert!(match_found);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (1, 0));

// Since the cursor position matches to "hello+", it does not move
textarea.search_forward(true);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (1, 0));

// When `match_current` parameter is set to `false`, match at the cursor position is ignored
textarea.search_forward(false);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (2, 0));

// Text search wrap around the buffer
textarea.search_forward(false);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 0));

// `false` is returned when no match was found
textarea.set_search_pattern("bye+").unwrap();
let match_found = textarea.search_forward(false);
assert!(!match_found);
Available on crate feature search only.

Search the pattern set by TextArea::set_search_pattern backward and move the cursor to the next match position based on the current cursor position. Text search wraps around a text buffer. It returns true when some match was found. Otherwise it returns false.

The match_cursor parameter represents if the search matches to the current cursor position or not. When true is set and the cursor position matches to the pattern, the cursor will not move. When false, the cursor will move to the next match ignoring the match at the current position.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["hello", "helloo", "hellooo"]);

textarea.set_search_pattern("hello+").unwrap();

// Move to next position with wrapping around the text buffer
let match_found = textarea.search_back(false);
assert!(match_found);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (2, 0));

// Since the cursor position matches to "hello+", it does not move
textarea.search_back(true);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (2, 0));

// When `match_current` parameter is set to `false`, match at the cursor position is ignored
textarea.search_back(false);
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (1, 0));

// `false` is returned when no match was found
textarea.set_search_pattern("bye+").unwrap();
let match_found = textarea.search_back(false);
assert!(!match_found);
Available on crate feature search only.

Get the text style at matches of text search. The default style is colored with blue in background.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let textarea = TextArea::default();

assert_eq!(textarea.search_style(), Style::default().bg(Color::Blue));
Available on crate feature search only.

Set the text style at matches of text search. The default style is colored with blue in background.

use tui::style::{Style, Color};
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let mut textarea = TextArea::default();

let red_bg = Style::default().bg(Color::Red);
textarea.set_search_style(red_bg);

assert_eq!(textarea.search_style(), red_bg);

Scroll the textarea. See Scrolling for the argument. The cursor will not move until it goes out the viewport. When the cursor position is outside the viewport after scroll, the cursor position will be adjusted to stay in the viewport using the same logic as CursorMove::InViewport.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

// Let's say terminal height is 8.

// Create textarea with 20 lines "0", "1", "2", "3", ...
let mut textarea: TextArea = (0..20).into_iter().map(|i| i.to_string()).collect();

// Scroll down by 15 lines. Since terminal height is 8, cursor will go out
// the viewport.
textarea.scroll((15, 0));
// So the cursor position was updated to stay in the viewport after the scrolling.
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (15, 0));

// Scroll up by 5 lines. Since the scroll amount is smaller than the terminal
// height, cursor position will not be updated.
textarea.scroll((-5, 0));
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (15, 0));

// Scroll up by 5 lines again. The terminal height is 8. So a cursor reaches to
// the top of viewport after scrolling up by 7 lines. Since we have already
// scrolled up by 5 lines, scrolling up by 5 lines again makes the cursor overrun
// the viewport by 5 - 2 = 3 lines. To keep the cursor stay in the viewport, the
// cursor position will be adjusted from line 15 to line 12.
textarea.scroll((-5, 0));
assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (12, 0));

Trait Implementations

Returns a copy of the value. Read more
Performs copy-assignment from source. Read more

Create TextArea instance with empty text content.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

let textarea = TextArea::default();
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [""]);
assert!(textarea.is_empty());
Returns the “default value” for a type. Read more

Convert any iterator whose elements can be converted into String into TextArea. Each String element is handled as line. Ensure that the strings don’t contain any newlines. This method is useful to create TextArea from std::str::Lines.

use tui_textarea::TextArea;

// From `String`
let text = "hello\nworld";
let textarea = TextArea::from(text.lines());
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["hello", "world"]);

// From array of `&str`
let textarea = TextArea::from(["hello", "world"]);
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["hello", "world"]);

// From slice of `&str`
let slice = &["hello", "world"];
let textarea = TextArea::from(slice.iter().copied());
assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["hello", "world"]);
Converts to this type from the input type.

Collect line texts from iterator as TextArea. It is useful when creating a textarea with text read from a file. Iterator::collect handles errors which may happen on reading each lines. The following example reads text from a file efficiently line-by-line.

use std::fs;
use std::io::{self, BufRead};
use std::path::Path;
use tui_textarea::TextArea;

fn read_from_file<'a>(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<TextArea<'a>> {
    let file = fs::File::open(path.as_ref())?;
    io::BufReader::new(file).lines().collect()
}
Creates a value from an iterator. Read more

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