Specialize widget::text helper with custom IntoContent trait

core/src/widget/text.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ where
     Theme: Catalog,
     Renderer: text::Renderer,
 {
-    content: Cow<'a, str>,
+    content: Content<'a>,
     size: Option<Pixels>,
     line_height: LineHeight,
     width: Length,
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ where
     Renderer: text::Renderer,
 {
     /// Create a new fragment of [`Text`] with the given contents.
-    pub fn new(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(content: impl IntoContent<'a>) -> Self {
         Text {
-            content: content.into(),
+            content: content.into_content(),
             size: None,
             line_height: LineHeight::default(),
             font: None,
@@ -366,3 +366,67 @@ impl Catalog for Theme {
         class(self)
     }
 }
+
+/// The content of a [`Text`] widget.
+///
+/// This is just an alias to a string that may be either
+/// borrowed or owned.
+pub type Content<'a> = Cow<'a, str>;
+
+/// A trait for converting a value to some text [`Content`].
+pub trait IntoContent<'a> {
+    /// Converts the value to some text [`Content`].
+    fn into_content(self) -> Content<'a>;
+}
+
+impl<'a> IntoContent<'a> for &'a str {
+    fn into_content(self) -> Content<'a> {
+        Content::Borrowed(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> IntoContent<'a> for &'a String {
+    fn into_content(self) -> Content<'a> {
+        Content::Borrowed(self.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> IntoContent<'a> for String {
+    fn into_content(self) -> Content<'a> {
+        Content::Owned(self)
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! into_content {
+    ($type:ty) => {
+        impl<'a> IntoContent<'a> for $type {
+            fn into_content(self) -> Content<'a> {
+                Content::Owned(self.to_string())
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl<'a> IntoContent<'a> for &$type {
+            fn into_content(self) -> Content<'a> {
+                Content::Owned(self.to_string())
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+into_content!(char);
+into_content!(bool);
+
+into_content!(u8);
+into_content!(u16);
+into_content!(u32);
+into_content!(u64);
+into_content!(u128);
+
+into_content!(i8);
+into_content!(i16);
+into_content!(i32);
+into_content!(i64);
+into_content!(i128);
+
+into_content!(f32);
+into_content!(f64);

examples/lazy/src/main.rs

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl App {
                     .style(button::danger);
 
                 row![
-                    text(&item.name).color(item.color),
+                    text(item.name.clone()).color(item.color),
                     horizontal_space(),
                     pick_list(Color::ALL, Some(item.color), move |color| {
                         Message::ItemColorChanged(item.clone(), color)

examples/tour/src/main.rs

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ impl<'a> Step {
         .into()
     }
 
-    fn container(title: &str) -> Column<'a, StepMessage> {
+    fn container(title: &str) -> Column<'_, StepMessage> {
         column![text(title).size(50)].spacing(20)
     }
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ impl<'a> Step {
         value: &str,
         is_secure: bool,
         is_showing_icon: bool,
-    ) -> Column<'a, StepMessage> {
+    ) -> Column<'_, StepMessage> {
         let mut text_input = text_input("Type something to continue...", value)
             .on_input(StepMessage::InputChanged)
             .padding(10)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ fn ferris<'a>(
     .center_x()
 }
 
-fn padded_button<'a, Message: Clone>(label: &str) -> Button<'a, Message> {
+fn padded_button<Message: Clone>(label: &str) -> Button<'_, Message> {
     button(text(label)).padding([12, 24])
 }
 

examples/websocket/src/main.rs

@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ impl WebSocket {
         } else {
             scrollable(
                 column(
-                    self.messages.iter().cloned().map(text).map(Element::from),
+                    self.messages
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(ToString::to_string)
+                        .map(text)
+                        .map(Element::from),
                 )
                 .spacing(10),
             )

widget/src/helpers.rs

@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ where
 ///
 /// [`Text`]: core::widget::Text
 pub fn text<'a, Theme, Renderer>(
-    text: impl ToString,
+    text: impl text::IntoContent<'a>,
 ) -> Text<'a, Theme, Renderer>
 where
     Theme: text::Catalog + 'a,
     Renderer: core::text::Renderer,
 {
-    Text::new(text.to_string())
+    Text::new(text)
 }
 
 /// Creates a new [`Checkbox`].