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Modifiers

Demonstrates the style Modifiers Source main.rs.

run
git clone https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui.git --branch latest
cd ratatui
cargo run -p modifiers

modifiers

main.rs
/// A Ratatui example that demonstrates how to use modifiers.
///
/// It will render a grid of combinations of foreground and background colors with all
/// modifiers applied to them.
///
/// This example runs with the Ratatui library code in the branch that you are currently
/// reading. See the [`latest`] branch for the code which works with the most recent Ratatui
/// release.
///
/// [`latest`]: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui/tree/latest
use std::{error::Error, iter::once, result};
use crossterm::event;
use itertools::Itertools;
use ratatui::layout::{Constraint, Layout};
use ratatui::style::{Color, Modifier, Style, Stylize};
use ratatui::text::Line;
use ratatui::widgets::Paragraph;
use ratatui::Frame;
type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Box<dyn Error>>;
fn main() -> Result<()> {
color_eyre::install()?;
ratatui::run(|terminal| loop {
terminal.draw(render)?;
if event::read()?.is_key_press() {
break Ok(());
}
})
}
fn render(frame: &mut Frame) {
let layout = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Length(1), Constraint::Min(0)]);
let [text_area, main_area] = frame.area().layout(&layout);
frame.render_widget(
Paragraph::new("Note: not all terminals support all modifiers")
.style(Style::default().fg(Color::Red).add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)),
text_area,
);
let layout = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Length(1); 50])
.split(main_area)
.iter()
.flat_map(|area| {
Layout::horizontal([Constraint::Percentage(20); 5])
.split(*area)
.to_vec()
})
.collect_vec();
let colors = [
Color::Black,
Color::DarkGray,
Color::Gray,
Color::White,
Color::Red,
];
let all_modifiers = once(Modifier::empty())
.chain(Modifier::all().iter())
.collect_vec();
let mut index = 0;
for bg in &colors {
for fg in &colors {
for modifier in &all_modifiers {
let modifier_name = format!("{modifier:11?}");
let padding = (" ").repeat(12 - modifier_name.len());
let paragraph = Paragraph::new(Line::from(vec![
modifier_name.fg(*fg).bg(*bg).add_modifier(*modifier),
padding.fg(*fg).bg(*bg).add_modifier(*modifier),
// This is a hack to work around a bug in VHS which is used for rendering the
// examples to gifs. The bug is that the background color of a paragraph seems
// to bleed into the next character.
".".black().on_black(),
]));
frame.render_widget(paragraph, layout[index]);
index += 1;
}
}
}
}