Implement Into<Element> for &'static str in iced_virtual

examples/virtual_counter/src/main.rs

@@ -45,17 +45,10 @@ impl Sandbox for Counter {
         let content = Column::new()
             .padding(20)
             .align_items(Alignment::Center)
-            .push(
+            .push(Button::new("Increment").on_press(Message::IncrementPressed))
-                Button::new(Text::new("Increment"))
-                    .on_press(Message::IncrementPressed),
-            )
             .push(Text::new(self.value.to_string()).size(50))
-            .push(
+            .push(Button::new("Decrement").on_press(Message::DecrementPressed));
-                Button::new(Text::new("Decrement"))
-                    .on_press(Message::DecrementPressed),
-            );
 
-        Virtual::new(&mut self.state, iced_virtual::Element::new(content))
+        Virtual::new(&mut self.state, content).into()
-            .into()
     }
 }

virtual/src/lib.rs

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ where
 {
     pub fn new(
         state: &'a mut State<Message, Renderer>,
-        content: Element<Message, Renderer>,
+        content: impl Into<Element<Message, Renderer>>,
     ) -> Self {
-        let _ = state.diff(content);
+        let _ = state.diff(content.into());
 
         Self { state }
     }

virtual/src/widget/button.rs

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ pub struct Button<Message, Renderer> {
 }
 
 impl<Message, Renderer> Button<Message, Renderer> {
-    pub fn new(content: impl Widget<Message, Renderer> + 'static) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(content: impl Into<Element<Message, Renderer>>) -> Self {
         Button {
-            content: Element::new(content),
+            content: content.into(),
             on_press: None,
             style_sheet: Default::default(),
             width: Length::Shrink,

virtual/src/widget/column.rs

@@ -207,3 +207,14 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl<Message, Renderer> Into<Element<Message, Renderer>>
+    for Column<Message, Renderer>
+where
+    Message: 'static,
+    Renderer: iced_native::Renderer + 'static,
+{
+    fn into(self) -> Element<Message, Renderer> {
+        Element::new(self)
+    }
+}

virtual/src/widget/text.rs

@@ -174,3 +174,12 @@ where
         Element::new(self)
     }
 }
+
+impl<Message, Renderer> Into<Element<Message, Renderer>> for &'static str
+where
+    Renderer: text::Renderer + 'static,
+{
+    fn into(self) -> Element<Message, Renderer> {
+        Text::new(self).into()
+    }
+}