class RatatuiRuby::Text::Line

A sequence of styled spans.

Words form sentences. Spans form lines.

This class composes multiple {Span} objects into a single horizontal row of text. It handles the layout of rich text fragments within the flow of a paragraph.

Use it to build multi-colored headers, status messages, or log entries.

Examples

Text::Line.new(
  spans: [
    Text::Span.styled("User: ", Style.new(modifiers: [:bold])),
    Text::Span.styled("kerrick", Style.new(fg: :blue))
  ]
)

Attributes

alignment [R]

Alignment within the container.

:left, :center, or :right.

spans [R]

Array of Span objects.

Public Class Methods

from_string (content, alignment: nil)

Source

# File lib/ratatui_ruby/schema/text.rb, line 119
def self.from_string(content, alignment: nil)
  new(spans: [Span.new(content:, style: nil)], alignment:)
end

Creates a simple line from a string.

Text::Line.from_string("Hello")

new (spans: [], alignment: nil)

Source

# File lib/ratatui_ruby/schema/text.rb, line 112
def initialize(spans: [], alignment: nil)
  super
end

Creates a new Line.

spans: Array of Span objects (or Strings).
alignment: Symbol (optional).

Calls superclass method