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Scrollbar Demo

Demonstrates rendering different types of scrollbars. Source scrollbar.

run
git clone https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui.git --branch ratatui-v0.30.2 --depth 1
cd ratatui
cargo run -p scrollbar

Scrollbar Demo

scrollbar/main.rs
/// A Ratatui example that demonstrates how to handle scrollbars.
///
/// This example demonstrates how to draw various types of vertical and horizontal scrollbars
/// with different styles.
///
/// 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::rc::Rc;
use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
use color_eyre::Result;
use crossterm::event::{self, KeyCode};
use ratatui::layout::{Alignment, Constraint, Layout, Margin, Rect};
use ratatui::style::{Color, Style, Stylize};
use ratatui::symbols::scrollbar;
use ratatui::text::{Line, Masked, Span};
use ratatui::widgets::{Block, Paragraph, Scrollbar, ScrollbarOrientation, ScrollbarState};
use ratatui::{DefaultTerminal, Frame};
#[derive(Default)]
struct App {
pub vertical_scroll_state: ScrollbarState,
pub horizontal_scroll_state: ScrollbarState,
pub vertical_scroll: usize,
pub horizontal_scroll: usize,
}
fn main() -> Result<()> {
color_eyre::install()?;
ratatui::run(|terminal| App::default().run(terminal))
}
impl App {
fn run(mut self, terminal: &mut DefaultTerminal) -> Result<()> {
let tick_rate = Duration::from_millis(250);
let mut last_tick = Instant::now();
loop {
terminal.draw(|frame| self.render(frame))?;
let timeout = tick_rate.saturating_sub(last_tick.elapsed());
if !event::poll(timeout)? {
last_tick = Instant::now();
continue;
}
if let Some(key) = event::read()?.as_key_press_event() {
match key.code {
KeyCode::Char('q') => return Ok(()),
KeyCode::Char('j') | KeyCode::Down => self.scroll_down(),
KeyCode::Char('k') | KeyCode::Up => self.scroll_up(),
KeyCode::Char('h') | KeyCode::Left => self.scroll_left(),
KeyCode::Char('l') | KeyCode::Right => self.scroll_right(),
_ => {}
}
}
}
}
fn create_block(title: &str) -> Block<'_> {
Block::bordered().gray().title(title.bold())
}
const fn scroll_down(&mut self) {
self.vertical_scroll = self.vertical_scroll.saturating_add(1);
self.vertical_scroll_state = self.vertical_scroll_state.position(self.vertical_scroll);
}
const fn scroll_up(&mut self) {
self.vertical_scroll = self.vertical_scroll.saturating_sub(1);
self.vertical_scroll_state = self.vertical_scroll_state.position(self.vertical_scroll);
}
const fn scroll_left(&mut self) {
self.horizontal_scroll = self.horizontal_scroll.saturating_sub(1);
self.horizontal_scroll_state = self
.horizontal_scroll_state
.position(self.horizontal_scroll);
}
const fn scroll_right(&mut self) {
self.horizontal_scroll = self.horizontal_scroll.saturating_add(1);
self.horizontal_scroll_state = self
.horizontal_scroll_state
.position(self.horizontal_scroll);
}
fn render_vertical_scroll(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame, text: &[Line], chunks: &Rc<[Rect]>) {
let title = Block::new()
.title_alignment(Alignment::Center)
.title("Use h j k l or ◄ ▲ ▼ ► to scroll ".bold());
frame.render_widget(title, chunks[0]);
let paragraph = Paragraph::new(text.to_owned())
.gray()
.block(Self::create_block("Vertical scrollbar with arrows"))
.scroll((self.vertical_scroll as u16, 0));
frame.render_widget(paragraph, chunks[1]);
frame.render_stateful_widget(
Scrollbar::new(ScrollbarOrientation::VerticalRight)
.begin_symbol(Some(""))
.end_symbol(Some("")),
chunks[1],
&mut self.vertical_scroll_state,
);
let paragraph = Paragraph::new(text.to_owned())
.gray()
.block(Self::create_block(
"Vertical scrollbar without arrows, without track symbol and mirrored",
))
.scroll((self.vertical_scroll as u16, 0));
frame.render_widget(paragraph, chunks[2]);
frame.render_stateful_widget(
Scrollbar::new(ScrollbarOrientation::VerticalLeft)
.symbols(scrollbar::VERTICAL)
.begin_symbol(None)
.track_symbol(None)
.end_symbol(None),
chunks[2].inner(Margin {
vertical: 1,
horizontal: 0,
}),
&mut self.vertical_scroll_state,
);
}
fn render_horizontal_scroll(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame, text: &[Line], chunks: &Rc<[Rect]>) {
let paragraph = Paragraph::new(text.to_owned())
.gray()
.block(Self::create_block(
"Horizontal scrollbar with only begin arrow & custom thumb symbol",
))
.scroll((0, self.horizontal_scroll as u16));
frame.render_widget(paragraph, chunks[3]);
frame.render_stateful_widget(
Scrollbar::new(ScrollbarOrientation::HorizontalBottom)
.thumb_symbol("🬋")
.end_symbol(None),
chunks[3].inner(Margin {
vertical: 0,
horizontal: 1,
}),
&mut self.horizontal_scroll_state,
);
let paragraph = Paragraph::new(text.to_owned())
.gray()
.block(Self::create_block(
"Horizontal scrollbar without arrows & custom thumb and track symbol",
))
.scroll((0, self.horizontal_scroll as u16));
frame.render_widget(paragraph, chunks[4]);
frame.render_stateful_widget(
Scrollbar::new(ScrollbarOrientation::HorizontalBottom)
.thumb_symbol("")
.track_symbol(Some("")),
chunks[4].inner(Margin {
vertical: 0,
horizontal: 1,
}),
&mut self.horizontal_scroll_state,
);
}
fn render(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame) {
let area = frame.area();
// Words made "loooong" to demonstrate line breaking.
let s =
"Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery loooooooooooooooooong striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing. ";
let mut long_line = s.repeat(usize::from(area.width) / s.len() + 4);
long_line.push('\n');
let chunks = Layout::vertical([
Constraint::Min(1),
Constraint::Percentage(25),
Constraint::Percentage(25),
Constraint::Percentage(25),
Constraint::Percentage(25),
])
.split(area);
let text = vec![
Line::from("This is a line "),
Line::from("This is a line ".red()),
Line::from("This is a line".on_dark_gray()),
Line::from("This is a longer line".crossed_out()),
Line::from(long_line.clone()),
Line::from("This is a line".reset()),
Span::raw("Masked text: ")
+ Span::styled(Masked::new("password", '*'), Style::new().fg(Color::Red)),
Line::from("This is a line "),
Line::from("This is a line ".red()),
Line::from("This is a line".on_dark_gray()),
Line::from("This is a longer line".crossed_out()),
Line::from(long_line.clone()),
Line::from("This is a line".reset()),
Span::raw("Masked text: ")
+ Span::styled(Masked::new("password", '*'), Style::new().fg(Color::Red)),
];
self.vertical_scroll_state = self.vertical_scroll_state.content_length(text.len());
self.horizontal_scroll_state = self.horizontal_scroll_state.content_length(long_line.len());
self.render_vertical_scroll(frame, &text, &chunks);
self.render_horizontal_scroll(frame, &text, &chunks);
}
}