From 77042eeb81ca74b1c8f720918e4045bc6fcaf6a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaf Wintermann <olaf.wintermann@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:27:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add new macros for creating widgets

---
 application/note/src/window.rs |  7 ++-----
 ui-rs/src/ui/button.rs         | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ui-rs/src/ui/label.rs          | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++
 ui-rs/src/ui/list.rs           | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ui-rs/src/ui/text.rs           | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ui-rs/src/ui/widget.rs         | 17 ++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/application/note/src/window.rs b/application/note/src/window.rs
index 2b5b019..0c6aac4 100644
--- a/application/note/src/window.rs
+++ b/application/note/src/window.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 use std::any::Any;
 use backend::backend::{BackendHandle, BroadcastMessage, NoteId};
-use ui_rs::{action, ui_actions, UiModel};
+use ui_rs::{action, button, ui_actions, UiModel};
 use ui_rs::ui::*;
 use crate::{App, AppStates};
 use entity::collection::{Model as Collection, Node};
@@ -305,10 +305,7 @@ pub fn create_window(app: &App, ctx: &AppContext<MainWindow>) -> UiObject<MainWi
                                         t.varname("note_nodename");
                                         t.onchange_action("note_nodename_change");
                                     });
-                                    obj.button(|b|{
-                                        b.label("Open");
-                                        b.action("open_extern");
-                                    });
+                                    button!(obj, label = "Open", action = "open_extern");
                                 });
                             }
                         );
diff --git a/ui-rs/src/ui/button.rs b/ui-rs/src/ui/button.rs
index 48e7d3d..b8ed0e4 100644
--- a/ui-rs/src/ui/button.rs
+++ b/ui-rs/src/ui/button.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,43 @@ use crate::ui::{event, toolkit, EventWrapper};
 use crate::ui::ffi::*;
 use crate::ui::widget::*;
 
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! button {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, button_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! togglebutton {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, togglebutton_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! checkbox {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, checkbox_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! switch {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, switch_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! radiobutton {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, radiobutton_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+
 pub struct Button {
     ptr: *mut c_void
 }
diff --git a/ui-rs/src/ui/label.rs b/ui-rs/src/ui/label.rs
index 501ba0c..dc0c107 100644
--- a/ui-rs/src/ui/label.rs
+++ b/ui-rs/src/ui/label.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@ use crate::ui::{ffi, toolkit, Button, ButtonBuilder};
 use crate::ui::ffi::{UiButtonArgs, UiLabelArgs, UiObject, UiString, UiToggleArgs};
 use crate::ui::widget::{widget_fn, Widget};
 
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! label {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, label_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! llabel {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, llabel_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rlabel {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, rlabel_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
 pub struct Label {
     ptr: *mut c_void
 }
diff --git a/ui-rs/src/ui/list.rs b/ui-rs/src/ui/list.rs
index 0a732d6..37c1f3a 100644
--- a/ui-rs/src/ui/list.rs
+++ b/ui-rs/src/ui/list.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,34 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::mem;
 use crate::ui::widget::{widget_typed_fn, Widget};
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! listview {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, listview_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! dropdown {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, dropdown_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! tableview {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, tableview_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! sourcelist {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, sourcelist_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
 
 pub struct ListView {
     ptr: *mut c_void
diff --git a/ui-rs/src/ui/text.rs b/ui-rs/src/ui/text.rs
index 3064de0..31d7827 100644
--- a/ui-rs/src/ui/text.rs
+++ b/ui-rs/src/ui/text.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,35 @@ use crate::ui::ffi::*;
 use crate::ui::widget::{widget_fn, Widget};
 
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! textarea {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, textarea_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! textfield {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, textfield_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! passwordfield {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, passwordfield_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! frameless_textfield {
+    ($parent:expr, $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::widget!($parent, frameless_textfield_builder, $($tt)*)
+    };
+}
+
+
 /* -------------------------------- TextArea -------------------------------- */
 
 pub struct TextArea {
diff --git a/ui-rs/src/ui/widget.rs b/ui-rs/src/ui/widget.rs
index bf0f7e8..b4d9bf9 100644
--- a/ui-rs/src/ui/widget.rs
+++ b/ui-rs/src/ui/widget.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ pub trait Widget {
 }
 
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! widget {
+    (
+        $parent:expr,
+        $widget:ident
+        $(, $name:ident = $value:expr )*
+        $(,)?
+    ) => {{
+        let mut builder = $parent.$widget();
+        let builder = builder
+            $(.$name($value))*;
+        builder.create()
+    }};
+}
+
+
+
 /* ------------------------------ C functions ----------------------------- */
 
 unsafe extern "C" {
-- 
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