Struct Switcher 

pub struct Switcher { /* private fields */ }

A container that shows exactly one child at a time, driven by a Signal<usize> index.

Lazy mount. A page added via Self::child / Self::child_boxed / Self::children stays unconstructed until its index is first selected. Once mounted, the page’s subtree persists for the Switcher’s lifetime — switching away then back finds it in the state the user left it (focus, scroll, text-input contents, …). Pages added via Self::child_id are pre-mounted by the caller and treated eagerly: no lazy benefit, no semantic change.

The Switcher itself reports the maximum natural size across every currently-mounted page and stretches each placed child to its own bounds (top-leading, RTL-aware). Hidden pages keep their subtree laid out but invisible via per-page visible_when bindings.

let page = Signal::new(0_usize);
let _w = Switcher::new(page.clone())
    .child(TextWidget::new(lit!("Page 0")))   // built at startup
    .child(TextWidget::new(lit!("Page 1")))   // built when page.set(1)
    .child(TextWidget::new(lit!("Page 2")));  // built when page.set(2)

Implementations

impl Switcher

pub fn new(selected: Signal<usize>) -> Self

Create a Switcher driven by selected. The initially selected index is selected.get() at build time; page 0 is mounted immediately if that is the starting value (the most common case).

pub fn capture_child_ids_into(self, out: Rc<RefCell<Vec<WidgetId>>>) -> Self

Capture each mounted page’s WidgetId into an externally owned buffer during build(). Use when the caller needs to reference pages after they’re added to the arena — e.g. for accessibility relations like Tab → TabPanel.

The buffer reflects the currently-mounted set, not every declared page. With lazy mount, a page added via child(...) only appears in the buffer once it has been selected for the first time. Callers that need every id up front should pass pre-mounted ids via Self::child_id instead — those are eagerly recorded.

pub fn child(self, widget: impl Widget + 'static) -> Self

Add a child page. The widget stays Boxed until its index is selected for the first time, then is mounted into the arena and kept alive across selection changes.

pub fn child_boxed(self, widget: Box<dyn Widget>) -> Self

Add a pre-boxed child page (lazy, same as Self::child).

pub fn child_id(self, id: WidgetId) -> Self

Add a child page by its already-allocated WidgetId. Pre-mounted pages are wired eagerly — the lazy path doesn’t apply because the caller has already paid the construction cost.

pub fn children( self, iter: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Widget + 'static>, ) -> Self

Add multiple child pages from an iterator (lazy, same as Self::child).

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for Switcher

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Widget for Switcher

fn build(&mut self, ctx: &mut BuildContext<'_>) -> Vec<WidgetId>

Compose child widgets. Called once after the widget is placed in the arena, and again on environment change (theme switch, locale switch). Takes &mut self — store child IDs, signal handles, any state needed later. Returns the list of root child IDs (empty for leaf widgets).

fn preserves_children_on_rebuild(&self) -> bool

How rebuild_single_widget treats this widget’s existing children when re-running its build().

fn layout_response( &self, proposal: SizeProposal, ctx: &LayoutContext<'_>, ) -> LayoutResponse

Respond to the parent’s size proposal with this widget’s wanted size, grow/shrink weights, and compression floor (see [LayoutResponse]).

fn place_children( &self, bounds: Rect, _proposal: SizeProposal, children: &mut [WidgetPlacement], ctx: &LayoutContext<'_>, )

Position children within the allocated bounds.

fn accessibility(&self, builder: &mut AccessNodeBuilder)

Declare this widget’s accessibility identity.

fn children(&self) -> Vec<WidgetId>

Return the child widget IDs that this widget manages.

fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str

Concrete type name of this widget (e.g. "teksilo_widgets::button::Button"). The default implementation resolves at the impl site via std::any::type_name::<Self>(), so calls through &dyn Widget correctly dispatch to the monomorphized fn for the concrete type — getting the concrete name through the vtable without per-impl boilerplate.

fn cacheable_layout(&self) -> bool

Whether this widget’s layout_response may be memoized by the per-pass layout cache. Defaults to true.

fn paint(&self, _bounds: Rect, _canvas: &mut Canvas, _ctx: &PaintContext<'_>)

Draw the widget’s visual representation.

fn wants_after_paint(&self) -> bool

Whether this widget wants its after_paint hook to fire each frame. Returning false (the default) saves a virtual call per widget per frame for the vast majority of widgets that don’t aggregate descendant geometry.

fn after_paint(&self, _view: &WidgetTreeView<'_>, _ctx: &PaintContext<'_>)

Called once per frame after this widget’s subtree has finished painting. Receives a read-only view of the layout-resolved arena so a parent can read its descendants’ final bounds — e.g. TitleBar aggregates its drag region and control-button rects into a single HitRegions payload for the Windows backend’s WM_NCHITTEST.

fn wants_post_paint(&self) -> bool

Whether this widget wants its post_paint hook to fire each frame. Returning false (the default) saves a virtual call per widget per frame for the vast majority of widgets that don’t draw a foreground over their children.

fn post_paint( &self, _bounds: Rect, _canvas: &mut Canvas, _ctx: &PaintContext<'_>, )

Draw a foreground layer over this widget’s children.

fn wants_descendant_redirects(&self) -> bool

Whether this widget wants the AT walker to consult its a11y_redirect_descendant hook for every descendant during AT tree emission, not just its direct arena children.

fn a11y_redirect_descendant( &self, _self_id: WidgetId, _descendant: WidgetId, ) -> Option<NodeId>

Optional redirection hook for AT-tree placement of a child.

fn accessible_title_hint(&self) -> Option<String>

Suggest an accessible title to an enclosing container that wraps this widget as content — typically a modal / dialog shell that wants to propagate the inner content’s visible title as the shell’s own accessible name.

fn initial_focus_hint(&self) -> Option<WidgetId>

Optional hint that directs initial focus to a specific descendant when this widget is the root of a deferred-built modal surface.

fn accessibility_children(&self) -> Option<Vec<WidgetId>>

Optional override for the child ORDER presented to assistive technology, when it must differ from the paint / z-order child order returned by children.

fn as_any(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Any + 'static)>

Downcast hook. Default implementation returns None; concrete widgets override with Some(self) when they want to expose their concrete type to test-level introspection or reflection. The trait already bounds on std::any::Any so concrete types satisfy the 'static requirement.

fn as_any_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut (dyn Any + 'static)>

Mutable counterpart of as_any. Default returns None; widgets that want to expose mutable state to tests (e.g. so a test can mutate a Scene inside a SceneView post-layout) override with Some(self). Should follow the same opt-in pattern as as_any: only widgets that opt into & introspection should opt into &mut.

fn clips_children(&self) -> bool

Whether this widget clips its children to its bounds.

fn focus_reveal_rect(&self, _bounds: Rect) -> Option<Rect>

The rectangle (in absolute tree coordinates) that best represents this widget when the framework reveals it into an ancestor scroll area on focus gain. Returning None (the default) reveals the widget’s whole bounds — correct for most controls.

fn hit_shape(&self, _local_point: Point, _bounds: Rect) -> bool

Whether the point lies inside this widget’s actual shape, not just its rectangular bounds. Consulted by hit-testing right after the bounds check: returning false for a point that is inside the bounding box makes the widget transparent to the click there, so it falls through to whatever sibling is painted underneath (the same machinery as a fully pass-through node, but shape-aware).

fn tooltip_has_content(&self) -> bool

Whether this widget, used as tooltip content, currently has anything worth showing.

fn declare_shortcuts(&self) -> Vec<Shortcut>

Declare the rebindable keyboard shortcuts this widget exposes, without installing handlers. The framework calls this at arena insertion time (before build()) and at certain lazy boundaries (e.g. Switcher walks declarations on its not-yet-mounted Pending slots), so settings UIs and the ShortcutRegistry see the keystrokes the moment the owning container mounts — even if build() hasn’t run.

fn take_handler_set(&mut self) -> Option<HandlerSet>

Extract attached handler set from a WidgetWithHandlers wrapper. Called during arena insertion to transfer handlers to the WidgetNode. Default: returns None (no attached handlers).