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Paragraph

Demonstrates the Paragraph widget.

run
git clone https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui.git --branch latest
cd ratatui
cargo run --example=paragraph --features=crossterm

paragraph

paragraph.rs
//! # [Ratatui] Paragraph example
//!
//! The latest version of this example is available in the [examples] folder in the repository.
//!
//! Please note that the examples are designed to be run against the `main` branch of the Github
//! repository. This means that you may not be able to compile with the latest release version on
//! crates.io, or the one that you have installed locally.
//!
//! See the [examples readme] for more information on finding examples that match the version of the
//! library you are using.
//!
//! [Ratatui]: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui
//! [examples]: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui/blob/main/examples
//! [examples readme]: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui/blob/main/examples/README.md
use std::{
io::{self},
time::{Duration, Instant},
};
use color_eyre::Result;
use ratatui::{
buffer::Buffer,
crossterm::event::{self, Event, KeyCode, KeyEventKind},
layout::{Constraint, Layout, Rect},
style::{Color, Stylize},
text::{Line, Masked, Span},
widgets::{Block, Paragraph, Widget, Wrap},
DefaultTerminal,
};
fn main() -> Result<()> {
color_eyre::install()?;
let terminal = ratatui::init();
let app_result = App::new().run(terminal);
ratatui::restore();
app_result
}
#[derive(Debug)]
struct App {
should_exit: bool,
scroll: u16,
last_tick: Instant,
}
impl App {
/// The duration between each tick.
const TICK_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(250);
/// Create a new instance of the app.
fn new() -> Self {
Self {
should_exit: false,
scroll: 0,
last_tick: Instant::now(),
}
}
/// Run the app until the user exits.
fn run(mut self, mut terminal: DefaultTerminal) -> Result<()> {
while !self.should_exit {
terminal.draw(|frame| frame.render_widget(&self, frame.area()))?;
self.handle_events()?;
if self.last_tick.elapsed() >= Self::TICK_RATE {
self.on_tick();
self.last_tick = Instant::now();
}
}
Ok(())
}
/// Handle events from the terminal.
fn handle_events(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
let timeout = Self::TICK_RATE.saturating_sub(self.last_tick.elapsed());
while event::poll(timeout)? {
if let Event::Key(key) = event::read()? {
if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press && key.code == KeyCode::Char('q') {
self.should_exit = true;
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
/// Update the app state on each tick.
fn on_tick(&mut self) {
self.scroll = (self.scroll + 1) % 10;
}
}
impl Widget for &App {
fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
let areas = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Max(9); 4]).split(area);
Paragraph::new(create_lines(area))
.block(title_block("Default alignment (Left), no wrap"))
.gray()
.render(areas[0], buf);
Paragraph::new(create_lines(area))
.block(title_block("Default alignment (Left), with wrap"))
.gray()
.wrap(Wrap { trim: true })
.render(areas[1], buf);
Paragraph::new(create_lines(area))
.block(title_block("Right alignment, with wrap"))
.gray()
.right_aligned()
.wrap(Wrap { trim: true })
.render(areas[2], buf);
Paragraph::new(create_lines(area))
.block(title_block("Center alignment, with wrap, with scroll"))
.gray()
.centered()
.wrap(Wrap { trim: true })
.scroll((self.scroll, 0))
.render(areas[3], buf);
}
}
/// Create a bordered block with a title.
fn title_block(title: &str) -> Block {
Block::bordered()
.gray()
.title(title.bold().into_centered_line())
}
/// Create some lines to display in the paragraph.
fn create_lines(area: Rect) -> Vec<Line<'static>> {
let short_line = "A long line to demonstrate line wrapping. ";
let long_line = short_line.repeat(usize::from(area.width) / short_line.len() + 4);
let mut styled_spans = vec![];
for span in [
"Styled".blue(),
"Spans".red().on_white(),
"Bold".bold(),
"Italic".italic(),
"Underlined".underlined(),
"Strikethrough".crossed_out(),
] {
styled_spans.push(span);
styled_spans.push(" ".into());
}
vec![
Line::raw("Unstyled Line"),
Line::raw("Styled Line").black().on_red().bold().italic(),
Line::from(styled_spans),
Line::from(long_line.green().italic()),
Line::from_iter([
"Masked text: ".into(),
Span::styled(Masked::new("my secret password", '*'), Color::Red),
]),
]
}