iced-rs/iced

Text Selection

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#36 opened on Oct 31, 2019

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Description

It would be nice to be able to select a range of text with the mouse/+keyboard. I think this would be required for copying sections of text when clipboard support is added.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Rust programmingIced GUI basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
Look into Iced's text widget implementation in 'widget/src/text.rs' for rendering and event handling. Review existing cursor movement logic. Consider how other GUI libraries implement text selection. Check the comments for suggested approaches and potential integration with clipboard support.