add spawn_text_block() extension method for Commands/EntityCommands

crates/bevy_text/src/text.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use cosmic_text::{Buffer, Metrics};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
-use crate::{Font, TextLayoutInfo};
+use crate::{Font, TextLayoutInfo, TextRoot};
 pub use cosmic_text::{
     self, FamilyOwned as FontFamily, Stretch as FontStretch, Style as FontStyle,
     Weight as FontWeight,
@@ -279,13 +279,63 @@ pub enum FontSmoothing {
     // SubpixelAntiAliased,
 }
 
-/// Provides convenience methods for constructing text blocks.
+/// Provides convenience methods for spawning text blocks.
 pub trait TextBuilderExt {
+    /// Spawns an entire text block including the root entity as a child of the current entity.
+    ///
+    /// If no spans are provided then a default text entity will be spawned.
+    ///
+    /// Returns an [`EntityCommands`] for the root entity.
+    fn spawn_text_block<R: TextRoot>(&mut self, spans: Vec<(String, TextStyle)>) -> EntityCommands;
+}
+
+impl TextBuilderExt for Commands<'_, '_> {
+    fn spawn_text_block<R: TextRoot>(
+        &mut self,
+        mut spans: Vec<(String, TextStyle)>,
+    ) -> EntityCommands {
+        let mut spans = spans.drain(..);
+
+        // Root of the block.
+        let first = spans.next().unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut ec = self.spawn((R::from(first.0), first.1));
+
+        // Spans.
+        while let Some(next) = spans.next() {
+            ec.with_child((R::Span::from(next.0), next.1));
+        }
+
+        ec
+    }
+}
+
+impl TextBuilderExt for EntityCommands<'_> {
+    fn spawn_text_block<R: TextRoot>(
+        &mut self,
+        mut spans: Vec<(String, TextStyle)>,
+    ) -> EntityCommands {
+        let mut spans = spans.drain(..);
+
+        // Root of the block.
+        let first = spans.next().unwrap_or_default();
+        let ec = self.with_child((R::from(first.0), first.1));
+
+        // Spans.
+        while let Some(next) = spans.next() {
+            ec.with_child((R::Span::from(next.0), next.1));
+        }
+
+        ec.reborrow()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Provides convenience methods for adding text spans to a text block.
+pub trait TextSpanBuilderExt {
     /// Adds a flat list of spans as children of the current entity.
     fn with_spans<S: Component>(&mut self, spans: Vec<(S, TextStyle)>) -> &mut Self;
 }
 
-impl TextBuilderExt for EntityCommands<'_> {
+impl TextSpanBuilderExt for EntityCommands<'_> {
     fn with_spans<S: Component>(&mut self, mut spans: Vec<(S, TextStyle)>) -> &mut Self {
         for (span, style) in spans.drain(..) {
             self.with_child((span, style));

crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::pipeline::CosmicFontSystem;
 use crate::{
     ComputedTextBlock, Font, FontAtlasSets, LineBreak, PositionedGlyph, SwashCache, TextBlock,
-    TextBounds, TextError, TextLayoutInfo, TextPipeline, TextReader, TextSpanAccess, TextStyle,
-    TextWriter, YAxisOrientation,
+    TextBounds, TextError, TextLayoutInfo, TextPipeline, TextReader, TextRoot, TextSpanAccess,
+    TextStyle, TextWriter, YAxisOrientation,
 };
 use bevy_asset::Assets;
 use bevy_color::LinearRgba;
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ impl Text2d {
     }
 }
 
+impl TextRoot for Text2d {
+    type Span = TextSpan2d;
+}
+
 impl TextSpanAccess for Text2d {
     fn read_span(&self) -> &str {
         self.as_str()
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ world.spawn((
 */
 #[derive(Component, Clone, Debug, Default, Deref, DerefMut, Reflect)]
 #[reflect(Component, Default, Debug)]
-#[require(TextStyle, Visibility(visibility_hidden), Transform)]
+#[require(TextStyle)]
 pub struct TextSpan2d(pub String);
 
 impl TextSpan2d {
@@ -192,15 +196,11 @@ impl From<String> for TextSpan2d {
     }
 }
 
-fn visibility_hidden() -> Visibility {
-    Visibility::Hidden
-}
-
 /// 2d alias for [`TextReader`].
-pub type TextReader2d<'w, 's> = TextReader<'w, 's, Text2d, TextSpan2d>;
+pub type TextReader2d<'w, 's> = TextReader<'w, 's, Text2d>;
 
 /// 2d alias for [`TextWriter`].
-pub type TextWriter2d<'w, 's> = TextWriter<'w, 's, Text2d, TextSpan2d>;
+pub type TextWriter2d<'w, 's> = TextWriter<'w, 's, Text2d>;
 
 /// This system extracts the sprites from the 2D text components and adds them to the
 /// "render world".
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub fn update_text2d_layout(
         &mut TextLayoutInfo,
         &mut ComputedTextBlock,
     )>,
-    mut text_reader: TextReader<Text2d, TextSpan2d>,
+    mut text_reader: TextReader2d,
     mut font_system: ResMut<CosmicFontSystem>,
     mut swash_cache: ResMut<SwashCache>,
 ) {

crates/bevy_text/src/text_access.rs

@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ use bevy_hierarchy::Children;
 
 use crate::TextStyle;
 
-/// Helper trait for using the [`TextReader`] system param.
+/// Helper trait for using the [`TextReader`] and [`TextWriter`] system params.
 pub trait TextSpanAccess: Component {
     /// Gets the text span's string.
     fn read_span(&self) -> &str;
     /// Gets mutable reference to the text span's string.
     fn write_span(&mut self) -> &mut String;
 }
 
+/// Helper trait for the root text component in a text block.
+pub trait TextRoot: TextSpanAccess + From<String> {
+    /// Component type for spans of text blocks starting with the root component.
+    type Span: TextSpanAccess + From<String>;
+}
+
 #[derive(Resource, Default)]
 pub(crate) struct TextIterScratch {
     stack: Vec<(&'static Children, usize)>,
@@ -40,15 +46,23 @@ impl TextIterScratch {
 ///
 /// `R` is the root text component, and `S` is the text span component on children.
 #[derive(SystemParam)]
-pub struct TextReader<'w, 's, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> {
+pub struct TextReader<'w, 's, R: TextRoot> {
     scratch: ResMut<'w, TextIterScratch>,
     roots: Query<'w, 's, (&'static R, &'static TextStyle, Option<&'static Children>)>,
-    spans: Query<'w, 's, (&'static S, &'static TextStyle, Option<&'static Children>)>,
+    spans: Query<
+        'w,
+        's,
+        (
+            &'static <R as TextRoot>::Span,
+            &'static TextStyle,
+            Option<&'static Children>,
+        ),
+    >,
 }
 
-impl<'w, 's, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> TextReader<'w, 's, R, S> {
+impl<'w, 's, R: TextRoot> TextReader<'w, 's, R> {
     /// Returns an iterator over text spans in a text block, starting with the root entity.
-    pub fn iter<'a>(&'a mut self, root_entity: Entity) -> TextSpanIter<'a, R, S> {
+    pub fn iter<'a>(&'a mut self, root_entity: Entity) -> TextSpanIter<'a, R> {
         let stack = self.scratch.take();
 
         TextSpanIter {
@@ -99,16 +113,24 @@ impl<'w, 's, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> TextReader<'w, 's, R, S> {
 /// Iterates all spans in a text block according to hierarchy traversal order.
 /// Does *not* flatten interspersed ghost nodes. Only contiguous spans are traversed.
 // TODO: Use this iterator design in UiChildrenIter to reduce allocations.
-pub struct TextSpanIter<'a, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> {
+pub struct TextSpanIter<'a, R: TextRoot> {
     scratch: &'a mut TextIterScratch,
     root_entity: Option<Entity>,
     /// Stack of (children, next index into children).
     stack: Vec<(&'a Children, usize)>,
     roots: &'a Query<'a, 'a, (&'static R, &'static TextStyle, Option<&'static Children>)>,
-    spans: &'a Query<'a, 'a, (&'static S, &'static TextStyle, Option<&'static Children>)>,
+    spans: &'a Query<
+        'a,
+        'a,
+        (
+            &'static <R as TextRoot>::Span,
+            &'static TextStyle,
+            Option<&'static Children>,
+        ),
+    >,
 }
 
-impl<'a, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> Iterator for TextSpanIter<'a, R, S> {
+impl<'a, R: TextRoot> Iterator for TextSpanIter<'a, R> {
     /// Item = (entity in text block, hierarchy depth in the block, span text, span style).
     type Item = (Entity, usize, &'a str, &'a TextStyle);
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
@@ -156,7 +178,7 @@ impl<'a, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> Iterator for TextSpanIter<'a, R,
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> Drop for TextSpanIter<'a, R, S> {
+impl<'a, R: TextRoot> Drop for TextSpanIter<'a, R> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // Return the internal stack.
         let stack = std::mem::take(&mut self.stack);
@@ -168,14 +190,14 @@ impl<'a, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> Drop for TextSpanIter<'a, R, S> {
 ///
 /// `R` is the root text component, and `S` is the text span component on children.
 #[derive(SystemParam)]
-pub struct TextWriter<'w, 's, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> {
+pub struct TextWriter<'w, 's, R: TextRoot> {
     scratch: ResMut<'w, TextIterScratch>,
-    roots: Query<'w, 's, (&'static mut R, &'static mut TextStyle), Without<S>>,
-    spans: Query<'w, 's, (&'static mut S, &'static mut TextStyle), Without<R>>,
+    roots: Query<'w, 's, (&'static mut R, &'static mut TextStyle), Without<<R as TextRoot>::Span>>,
+    spans: Query<'w, 's, (&'static mut <R as TextRoot>::Span, &'static mut TextStyle), Without<R>>,
     children: Query<'w, 's, &'static Children>,
 }
 
-impl<'w, 's, R: TextSpanAccess, S: TextSpanAccess> TextWriter<'w, 's, R, S> {
+impl<'w, 's, R: TextRoot> TextWriter<'w, 's, R> {
     /// Gets a mutable reference to a text span within a text block at a specific index in the flattened span list.
     pub fn get(
         &mut self,

crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/text.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use bevy_sprite::TextureAtlasLayout;
 use bevy_text::{
     scale_value, ComputedTextBlock, CosmicFontSystem, Font, FontAtlasSets, LineBreak, SwashCache,
     TextBlock, TextBounds, TextError, TextLayoutInfo, TextMeasureInfo, TextPipeline, TextReader,
-    TextSpanAccess, TextStyle, TextWriter, YAxisOrientation,
+    TextRoot, TextSpanAccess, TextStyle, TextWriter, YAxisOrientation,
 };
 use bevy_transform::components::Transform;
 use bevy_utils::{tracing::error, Entry};
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ impl TextNEW {
     }
 }
 
+impl TextRoot for TextNEW {
+    type Span = TextSpan;
+}
+
 impl TextSpanAccess for TextNEW {
     fn read_span(&self) -> &str {
         self.as_str()
@@ -214,10 +218,10 @@ fn hidden_visibility() -> Visibility {
 }
 
 /// UI alias for [`TextReader`].
-pub type UiTextReader<'w, 's> = TextReader<'w, 's, TextNEW, TextSpan>;
+pub type UiTextReader<'w, 's> = TextReader<'w, 's, TextNEW>;
 
 /// UI alias for [`TextWriter`].
-pub type UiTextWriter<'w, 's> = TextWriter<'w, 's, TextNEW, TextSpan>;
+pub type UiTextWriter<'w, 's> = TextWriter<'w, 's, TextNEW>;
 
 /// Text measurement for UI layout. See [`NodeMeasure`].
 pub struct TextMeasure {
@@ -350,7 +354,7 @@ pub fn measure_text_system(
         ),
         With<Node>,
     >,
-    mut text_reader: TextReader<TextNEW, TextSpan>,
+    mut text_reader: UiTextReader,
     mut text_pipeline: ResMut<TextPipeline>,
     mut font_system: ResMut<CosmicFontSystem>,
 ) {
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ fn queue_text(
     mut text_flags: Mut<TextNodeFlags>,
     text_layout_info: Mut<TextLayoutInfo>,
     computed: &mut ComputedTextBlock,
-    text_reader: &mut TextReader<TextNEW, TextSpan>,
+    text_reader: &mut UiTextReader,
     font_system: &mut CosmicFontSystem,
     swash_cache: &mut SwashCache,
 ) {
@@ -493,7 +497,7 @@ pub fn text_system(
         &mut ComputedTextBlock,
         Option<&TargetCamera>,
     )>,
-    mut text_reader: TextReader<TextNEW, TextSpan>,
+    mut text_reader: UiTextReader,
     mut font_system: ResMut<CosmicFontSystem>,
     mut swash_cache: ResMut<SwashCache>,
 ) {

examples/stress_tests/text_pipeline.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use bevy::{
     color::palettes::basic::{BLUE, YELLOW},
     diagnostic::{FrameTimeDiagnosticsPlugin, LogDiagnosticsPlugin},
     prelude::*,
-    text::{LineBreak, TextBounds},
+    text::{LineBreak, TextBounds, TextBuilderExt},
     window::{PresentMode, WindowResolution},
     winit::{UpdateMode, WinitSettings},
 };
@@ -63,26 +63,19 @@ fn spawn(mut commands: Commands, asset_server: Res<AssetServer>) {
         ]
     };
 
-    let [t1, p1] = make_spans(1);
-    commands
-        .spawn((
-            Text2d::new(t1.0),
-            t1.1,
-            TextBlock {
-                justify: JustifyText::Center,
-                linebreak: LineBreak::AnyCharacter,
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-            TextBounds::default(),
-        ))
-        .with_children(|parent| {
-            parent.spawn((TextSpan2d(p1.0), p1.1));
-            for i in 2..=50 {
-                let [t, p] = make_spans(i);
-                parent.spawn((TextSpan2d(t.0), t.1));
-                parent.spawn((TextSpan2d(p.0), p.1));
-            }
-        });
+    let spans = (1..50)
+        .into_iter()
+        .flat_map(|i| make_spans(i).into_iter())
+        .collect();
+
+    commands.spawn_text_block::<Text2d>(spans).insert((
+        TextBlock {
+            justify: JustifyText::Center,
+            linebreak: LineBreak::AnyCharacter,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        TextBounds::default(),
+    ));
 }
 
 // changing the bounds of the text will cause a recomputation