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A buffer that maps to the desired content of the terminal after the draw call
No widget in the library interacts directly with the terminal. Instead each of them is required to draw their state to an intermediate buffer. It is basically a grid where each cell contains a grapheme, a foreground color and a background color. This grid will then be used to output the appropriate escape sequences and characters to draw the UI as the user has defined it.
Examples:
use tui::buffer::{Buffer, Cell};
use tui::layout::Rect;
use tui::style::{Color, Style, Modifier};
let mut buf = Buffer::empty(Rect{x: 0, y: 0, width: 10, height: 5});
buf.get_mut(0, 2).set_symbol("x");
assert_eq!(buf.get(0, 2).symbol, "x");
buf.set_string(3, 0, "string", Style::default().fg(Color::Red).bg(Color::White));
assert_eq!(buf.get(5, 0), &Cell{
symbol: String::from("r"),
fg: Color::Red,
bg: Color::White,
modifier: Modifier::empty()
});
buf.get_mut(5, 0).set_char('x');
assert_eq!(buf.get(5, 0).symbol, "x");
Fields
area: Rect
The area represented by this buffer
content: Vec<Cell>
The content of the buffer. The length of this Vec should always be equal to area.width * area.height
Implementations
Returns a Buffer with all cells initialized with the attributes of the given Cell
Returns a Buffer containing the given lines
Returns a reference to Cell at the given coordinates
Returns a mutable reference to Cell at the given coordinates
Returns the index in the Vec
Global coordinates are offset by the Buffer’s area offset (x
/y
).
Examples
let rect = Rect::new(200, 100, 10, 10);
let buffer = Buffer::empty(rect);
// Global coordinates to the top corner of this buffer's area
assert_eq!(buffer.index_of(200, 100), 0);
Panics
Panics when given an coordinate that is outside of this Buffer’s area.
let rect = Rect::new(200, 100, 10, 10);
let buffer = Buffer::empty(rect);
// Top coordinate is outside of the buffer in global coordinate space, as the Buffer's area
// starts at (200, 100).
buffer.index_of(0, 0); // Panics
Returns the (global) coordinates of a cell given its index
Global coordinates are offset by the Buffer’s area offset (x
/y
).
Examples
let rect = Rect::new(200, 100, 10, 10);
let buffer = Buffer::empty(rect);
assert_eq!(buffer.pos_of(0), (200, 100));
assert_eq!(buffer.pos_of(14), (204, 101));
Panics
Panics when given an index that is outside the Buffer’s content.
let rect = Rect::new(0, 0, 10, 10); // 100 cells in total
let buffer = Buffer::empty(rect);
// Index 100 is the 101th cell, which lies outside of the area of this Buffer.
buffer.pos_of(100); // Panics
Print a string, starting at the position (x, y)
Print at most the first n characters of a string if enough space is available until the end of the line
You should use styling capabilities of Buffer::set_style
Resize the buffer so that the mapped area matches the given area and that the buffer length is equal to area.width * area.height
Builds a minimal sequence of coordinates and Cells necessary to update the UI from self to other.
We’re assuming that buffers are well-formed, that is no double-width cell is followed by a non-blank cell.
Multi-width characters handling:
(Index:) `01`
Prev: `コ`
Next: `aa`
Updates: `0: a, 1: a'
(Index:) `01`
Prev: `a `
Next: `コ`
Updates: `0: コ` (double width symbol at index 0 - skip index 1)
(Index:) `012`
Prev: `aaa`
Next: `aコ`
Updates: `0: a, 1: コ` (double width symbol at index 1 - skip index 2)
Trait Implementations
Auto Trait Implementations
impl RefUnwindSafe for Buffer
impl UnwindSafe for Buffer
Blanket Implementations
Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more