Numbers and money

Integer Field for Slint

KitIntegerField · Slint Kit 0.3.0

Numeric text input connected to i64 in Rust.

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Download the complete project, extract it and run cargo run --locked in its folder. Rust 1.92+; Slint Kit 0.3.0 from crates.io. You can also copy the four files below.

Edit the value, then press Enter or Accept. Rust accepts a valid draft and preserves the last accepted value on errors.

ui/app.slint

export { KitFormValidation, HtmlInputKind, NumberInputFormat, KitInputConstraints, KitValidationResult, KitValidityState } from "@kit/kit.slint";
import { KitIntegerField, KitButton, KitThemes, ValidationPresentation } from "@kit/kit.slint";
export component App inherits Window {
    title: "Integer"; preferred-width: 520px; preferred-height: 320px;
    max-width: 100000px; max-height: 100000px; background: KitThemes.light.canvas;
    in-out property <string> draft; in property <string> error; in property <string> accepted;
    callback edited(string); callback commit(); callback blurred(); callback cancel();
    
    VerticalLayout {
        padding: 24px; spacing: 16px; alignment: start;
        control := KitIntegerField {
            required: true;
            label: "Integer"; text <=> root.draft; error: root.error;
            validation: root.error != "" ? ValidationPresentation.invalid : ValidationPresentation.pristine;
            placeholder: "12";
            edited(value) => { root.edited(value); }
            commit-requested(value) => { root.commit(); }
            cancelled => { root.cancel(); }
            focus-observed(focused) => { if (!focused) { root.blurred(); } }
            
        }
        KitButton { text: "Accept"; activated => { root.commit(); } }
        Text { text: "Accepted: " + root.accepted; color: KitThemes.light.text-primary; wrap: word-wrap; }
    }
}

src/main.rs

use slint::ComponentHandle;
use slint_kit::*;
slint::include_modules!();
type Value = i64;
fn parse(text: &str) -> DraftValue<Value> {
    parse_integer(text, NumberLocale::EnCa, None)
}
fn format(value: &Value) -> String {
    value.to_string()
}
fn main() -> Result<(), slint::PlatformError> {
    let app = App::new()?;
    slint_kit::init_form_validation!(self, app);
    let initial = 12;
    app.set_accepted(format(&initial).into());
    let weak = app.as_weak();
    let field = FieldBinding::<Value, ()>::new(
        Some(initial),
        Ownership::Local,
        CommitPolicy::OnBlur,
        AbsencePolicy::Required,
        parse,
        format,
        |_| String::new(),
        move |view| {
            if let Some(app) = weak.upgrade() {
                app.set_draft(view.draft.into());
                app.set_error(view.error.into());
            }
        },
    );
    field.set_html_constraints(slint_kit::HtmlConstraints {
        kind: slint_kit::HtmlInputKind::Number, required: true,
        step: Some("1".into()),
        ..Default::default()
    });
    let weak = app.as_weak();
    field.on_intent(move |intent| {
        if let Some(app) = weak.upgrade() {
            if let FieldIntent::Commit(value) = intent {
                app.set_accepted(format(&value).into());
            }
        }
    });
    let binding = field.clone();
    app.on_edited(move |text| {
        let _ = binding.edited(&text);
    });
    let binding = field.clone();
    app.on_commit(move || {
        let _ = binding.commit(CommitTrigger::Submit);
    });
    let binding = field.clone();
    app.on_blurred(move || {
        let _ = binding.commit(CommitTrigger::Blur);
    });
    let binding = field.clone();
    app.on_cancel(move || binding.cancel());

    app.run()
}

[package]
name = "slint-kit-integer-field-example"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2024"
rust-version = "1.92"
license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
publish = false

[dependencies]
slint-kit = "=0.3.0"
slint = { version = "=1.18.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "compat-1-18", "backend-winit", "renderer-skia", "accessibility"] }

[build-dependencies]
slint-kit-build = "=0.3.0"

[workspace]

fn main() {
    slint_kit_build::compile("ui/app.slint").expect("compile component example");
}

Files: Cargo.toml · build.rs · ui/app.slint · src/main.rs

Use FieldBinding with an explicit parser, formatter and commit policy. Signed whole numbers using the EnCa parser.

Draft text stays separate from the accepted typed value. Invalid or incomplete input shows an error without replacing that value.

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• label — built-in property; custom composition example
• description — built-in property; custom composition example
• error — built-in property; custom composition example

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
import { KitIntegerField, KitTheme, KitThemes } from "@kit/kit.slint";

export component Example inherits Window {
    title: "KitIntegerField example";
    preferred-width: 420px;
    preferred-height: 180px;
    max-width: 100000px;
    max-height: 100000px;
    background: root.theme.canvas;
    in-out property <KitTheme> theme: KitThemes.light;
    in-out property <string> status;
    VerticalLayout {
        padding: 24px; spacing: 16px; alignment: start;
        Text { text: "Integer Field"; color: root.theme.text-primary; font-size: 20px * root.theme.text-scale; font-weight: 600; }
        KitIntegerField { theme: root.theme; label: "Seats"; text: "12"; edited(value) => { root.status = "Draft: " + value; } }
        if root.status != "": Text { text: root.status; color: root.theme.text-secondary; font-size: 12px * root.theme.text-scale; wrap: word-wrap; }
    }
}

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Public API

Inherits KitTextField.

See also

• Number Stepper
• Decimal Field