Multi-line text input

[wesrer]

I am fairly new to iced, and have been trying to write some basic code to test the waters.
I was just wondering if there is any easy way currently to have multi-line text input, because all the example code uses a single line input for TextInput.

[hecrj]

No, there is no multi-line text input support yet. This is definitely planned, but I believe we will need to tackle #33 and #34 first.

If you want to join the discussion, I shared some of my thoughts in a Zulip thread:

This will be pretty hard (see Text Editing Hates You Too).

I believe it should be a new widget with a retained API on top of some interface for text editing (ropey may be worth considering). Proper cursor movement and multi-line text selection will be a challenge, specially if we want to support different scripts.

I feel like we should focus on rendering and layouting text properly first. The idea here would be replacing wgpu_glyph with a more GUI-oriented text renderer (i.e. with shaping). There are many parts of the Rust ecosystem that need to mature for this to happen, which means there are many opportunities for contributing!

[the-drunk-coder]

I'm at the same point, looking for an easy, pure rust text editor widget ... my attempt to modify the current one wasn't fruitful so far ... I got multiple lines but everything else was off 😅

[dhardy]

easy, pure rust text editor widget

If that's all you want, both KAS and Druid have multi-line text boxes. Don't expect them to be perfect and I'm not sure about easy. Text is insanely complicated once you start digging into the subject.

[Dimev]

How far along is at the moment?

[13r0ck]

@Dimev not sure, but I recommend that you be VERY patient.

[benluelo]

Hello, is there any progress on this issue? I would love to contribute to whatever needs help to get this issue moving. I see that #33 and #34 are mentioned in an above comment, where should I start?

[CodeDead]

Definitely a nice-to-have!

[jellybobbin]

Definitely a nice-to-have!

[henry-lang]

would appreciate

[adracea]

Hello, is there any status update for this? I'm seeing the two mentioned PRs are coming along but no idea how far away this would be.

[jquesada2016]

I see #33 was closed, so not sure where this currently stands?

[thunderstorm010]

According to the roadmap it is planned for 0.12.

[max397574]

couldn't this be closed now?

[hecrj]

Implemented in #2123.