Selection

Select Trigger for Slint

KitSelectTrigger · Slint Kit 0.3.0

Customizable trigger sharing selector interactions.

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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.

Open the trigger and choose Activity; the controller closes the list and publishes the selected key.

ui/app.slint

export { KitFormValidation, HtmlInputKind, NumberInputFormat, KitInputConstraints, KitValidationResult, KitValidityState } from "@kit/kit.slint";
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
import { KitSelectTrigger, KitIcon, IconKind, KitOption, OptionRow, SelectState, NavigationStep, CloseReason, SelectionAvailability, KitTheme, KitThemes } from "@kit/kit.slint";
export component App inherits Window {
    title: "KitSelectTrigger example";
    preferred-width: 520px;
    preferred-height: 420px;
    max-width: 100000px;
    max-height: 100000px;
    background: root.theme.canvas;
    in-out property <KitTheme> theme: KitThemes.light;
    in property <[OptionRow]> rows;
    in property <SelectState> select-state;
    in property <string> selected-label: "Overview";
    in-out property <string> query;
    callback select-open();
    callback select-navigate(NavigationStep);
    callback select-activate(int, int);
    callback select-dismiss(CloseReason);
    callback select-query(string);
    callback select-typeahead(string);
    VerticalLayout {
        padding: 24px;
        spacing: 16px;
        alignment: start;
        trigger := KitSelectTrigger {
            theme: root.theme; state: root.select-state; accessible-name: "Choose destination";
            open-requested => { root.select-open(); }
            navigate(step) => { root.select-navigate(step); }
            activate(token, generation) => { root.select-activate(token, generation); }
            dismiss(reason) => { root.select-dismiss(reason); }
            typeahead(text) => { root.select-typeahead(text); }
            tab-navigation(reverse) => { return reject; }
            HorizontalLayout {
                spacing: 8px;
                Text { text: root.selected-label; color: root.theme.text-primary; font-size: 14px * root.theme.text-scale; vertical-alignment: center; horizontal-stretch: 1; overflow: elide; }
                KitIcon { kind: IconKind.chevron-down; ink: root.theme.text-secondary; }
            }
        }
        if root.select-state.open: VerticalLayout {
            for row in root.rows: KitOption {
                theme: root.theme; option-data: row; height: 48px;
                selected: root.select-state.selected.present && root.select-state.selected.token == row.token;
                activate(token, generation) => { root.select-activate(token, generation); }
                Text { x: 0px; y: 0px; width: parent.width; height: parent.height; horizontal-alignment: left; font-size: 14px * root.theme.text-scale; overflow: elide; text: row.label; color: root.theme.text-primary; vertical-alignment: center; }
            }
        }
        result := Text { text: "Selected: " + root.selected-label; color: root.theme.text-primary; }
    }

}

src/main.rs

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
use slint::ComponentHandle;
use slint_kit::{Ownership, SelectOption, SelectionIntent};
#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
enum Destination { Overview, Activity, Settings }
impl Destination {
    fn label(self) -> &'static str {
        match self { Self::Overview => "Overview", Self::Activity => "Activity", Self::Settings => "Settings" }
    }
}

mod ui { slint::include_modules!(); }
fn main() -> Result<(), slint::PlatformError> {
    let app = ui::App::new()?;
    slint_kit::init_form_validation!(ui, app);
    let selection = slint_kit::bind_select!(ui, app, vec![
        SelectOption::new(Destination::Overview, "Overview"),
        SelectOption::new(Destination::Activity, "Activity"),
        SelectOption::new(Destination::Settings, "Settings"),
    ], Some(Destination::Overview), Ownership::Local);
    let weak = app.as_weak();
    selection.on_intent(move |intent| {
        if let Some(app) = weak.upgrade() {
            app.set_selected_label(match intent {
                SelectionIntent::Commit(key) => key.label(),
                SelectionIntent::Clear => "No selection",
            }.into());
        }
    });
    app.run()
}

[package]
name = "slint-kit-select-trigger-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

Compose its non-interactive content and provide state with an accessible name. Forward open-requested, dismiss, navigate and activate to the controller.

It inherits KitPressable and exposes a combobox role with expanded state. Clicking an open selector requests CloseReason.trigger-toggle; keys pass through KitSelectKeyboard.

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Visual composition

The file below produces the screenshot. For controller-driven components, it shows the displayed state without supplying the Rust wiring. Create a project.

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

export component Example inherits Window {
    title: "KitSelectTrigger 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: "Select Trigger"; color: root.theme.text-primary; font-size: 20px * root.theme.text-scale; font-weight: 600; }
        KitSelectTrigger { theme: root.theme; Text { text: "Overview"; color: root.theme.text-primary; vertical-alignment: center; } state: { open: false, generation: 1, active-index: 0, active: { present: true, token: 11 }, selected: { present: true, token: 11 }, selection-availability: SelectionAvailability.available }; activate(token, generation) => { root.status = "Activated stable token " + token; } }
        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 KitPressable.

Properties

Types and variants

Callbacks

• open-requested()
• navigate(NavigationStep)
• activate(int, int)
• dismiss(CloseReason)
• typeahead(string)
• tab-navigation(bool) → EventResult

See also

• Select Keyboard
• Select Surface