implement Scrolling enum to specify scrolling more flexibly

this is a breaking change. next release should be v0.2.0.

README.md

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ notify how to move the cursor.
 | `textarea.set_search_pattern(pattern)`               | Set a pattern for text search                |
 | `textarea.search_forward(match_cursor)`              | Move cursor to next match of text search     |
 | `textarea.search_back(match_cursor)`                 | Move cursor to previous match of text search |
-| `textarea.scroll(rows, cols)`                        | Scroll the viewport                          |
+| `textarea.scroll(scrolling)`                         | Scroll the viewport                          |
 
 To define your own key mappings, simply call the above methods in your code instead of `TextArea::input()` method. The
 following example defines modal key mappings like Vim.
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ loop {
             Input { key: Key::Esc, .. } => textarea.set_search_pattern("").unwrap(),
             Input { key: Key::Char('n'), .. } => textarea.search_forward(),
             Input { key: Key::Char('N'), .. } => textarea.search_back(),
-            Input { key: Key::Char('e'), ctrl: true .. } => textarea.scroll(1, 0),
-            Input { key: Key::Char('y'), ctrl: true .. } => textarea.scroll(-1, 0),
+            Input { key: Key::Char('e'), ctrl: true .. } => textarea.scroll((1, 0)),
+            Input { key: Key::Char('y'), ctrl: true .. } => textarea.scroll((-1, 0)),
             _ => {},
         },
         Mode::Insert => match read()?.into() {

src/cursor.rs

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ use crate::word::{find_word_start_backward, find_word_start_forward};
 use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
 use std::cmp;
 
-/// Specify how to move the cursor. This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more variations may be supported in the
-/// future.
+/// Specify how to move the cursor.
+///
+/// This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more variations may be supported in the future.
 #[non_exhaustive]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(Arbitrary))]

src/input.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use crossterm::event::{
 #[cfg(feature = "termion")]
 use termion::event::{Event as TermionEvent, Key as TermionKey, MouseEvent as TermionMouseEvent};
 
-/// Backend-agnostic key input kind. This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more keys may be supported in the future.
+/// Backend-agnostic key input kind.
+///
+/// This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more keys may be supported in the future.
 #[non_exhaustive]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(Arbitrary))]

src/lib.rs

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ mod word;
 
 pub use cursor::CursorMove;
 pub use input::{Input, Key};
-pub use textarea::TextArea;
+pub use textarea::{Scrolling, TextArea};

src/textarea.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,57 @@ use tui::style::{Modifier, Style};
 use tui::text::Spans;
 use tui::widgets::{Block, Widget};
 
+/// Specify how to scroll the textarea.
+///
+/// This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more variations may be supported in the future. Note that the cursor will
+/// not move until it goes out the viewport. See also: [`TextArea::scroll`]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Scrolling {
+    /// Scroll the textarea by rows (vertically) and columns (horizontally). Passing positive scroll amounts to `rows` and `cols`
+    /// scolls it to down and right. Negative integers means the opposite directions. `(i16, i16)` pair can be converted into
+    /// `Scrolling::Delta` where 1st element means rows and 2nd means columns.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use tui::buffer::Buffer;
+    /// # use tui::layout::Rect;
+    /// # use tui::widgets::Widget;
+    /// use tui_textarea::{TextArea, Scrolling};
+    ///
+    /// // Let's say terminal height is 8.
+    ///
+    /// // Create textarea with 20 lines "0", "1", "2", "3", ...
+    /// let mut textarea: TextArea = (0..20).into_iter().map(|i| i.to_string()).collect();
+    /// # // Call `render` at least once to populate terminal size
+    /// # let r = Rect { x: 0, y: 0, width: 24, height: 8 };
+    /// # let mut b = Buffer::empty(r.clone());
+    /// # textarea.widget().render(r, &mut b);
+    ///
+    /// // Scroll down by 2 lines.
+    /// textarea.scroll(Scrolling::Delta{rows: 2, cols: 0});
+    /// assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (2, 0));
+    ///
+    /// // (1, 0) is converted into Scrolling::Delta{rows: 1, cols: 0}
+    /// textarea.scroll((1, 0));
+    /// assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (3, 0));
+    /// ```
+    Delta { rows: i16, cols: i16 },
+}
+
+impl Scrolling {
+    fn scroll(self, viewport: &mut Viewport) {
+        let (rows, cols) = match self {
+            Self::Delta { rows, cols } => (rows, cols),
+        };
+        viewport.scroll(rows, cols);
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<(i16, i16)> for Scrolling {
+    fn from((rows, cols): (i16, i16)) -> Self {
+        Self::Delta { rows, cols }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A type to manage state of textarea.
 ///
 /// [`TextArea::default`] creates an empty textarea. [`TextArea::new`] creates a textarea with given text lines.
@@ -448,14 +499,14 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
                 key: Key::MouseScrollDown,
                 ..
             } => {
-                self.scroll(1, 0);
+                self.scroll((1, 0));
                 false
             }
             Input {
                 key: Key::MouseScrollUp,
                 ..
             } => {
-                self.scroll(-1, 0);
+                self.scroll((-1, 0));
                 false
             }
             _ => false,
@@ -527,14 +578,14 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
                 key: Key::MouseScrollDown,
                 ..
             } => {
-                self.scroll(1, 0);
+                self.scroll((1, 0));
                 false
             }
             Input {
                 key: Key::MouseScrollUp,
                 ..
             } => {
-                self.scroll(-1, 0);
+                self.scroll((-1, 0));
                 false
             }
             _ => false,
@@ -1527,10 +1578,9 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
         self.search.style = style;
     }
 
-    /// Scroll the textarea by `rows` lines (vertically) and `cols` columns (horizontally). Positive scroll amount means
-    /// scrolling down or right. And negative scroll amount means scrolling up or left. The cursor will not move until
-    /// it goes out the viewport. When the cursor position is outside the viewport after scroll, the cursor position will
-    /// be adjusted to stay in the viewport using the same logic as [`CursorMove::InViewport`].
+    /// Scroll the textarea. See [`Scrolling`] for the argument.
+    /// The cursor will not move until it goes out the viewport. When the cursor position is outside the viewport after scroll,
+    /// the cursor position will be adjusted to stay in the viewport using the same logic as [`CursorMove::InViewport`].
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use tui::buffer::Buffer;
@@ -1549,13 +1599,13 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
     ///
     /// // Scroll down by 15 lines. Since terminal height is 8, cursor will go out
     /// // the viewport.
-    /// textarea.scroll(15, 0);
+    /// textarea.scroll((15, 0));
     /// // So the cursor position was updated to stay in the viewport after the scrolling.
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (15, 0));
     ///
     /// // Scroll up by 5 lines. Since the scroll amount is smaller than the terminal
     /// // height, cursor position will not be updated.
-    /// textarea.scroll(-5, 0);
+    /// textarea.scroll((-5, 0));
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (15, 0));
     ///
     /// // Scroll up by 5 lines again. The terminal height is 8. So a cursor reaches to
@@ -1563,11 +1613,11 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
     /// // scrolled up by 5 lines, scrolling up by 5 lines again makes the cursor overrun
     /// // the viewport by 5 - 2 = 3 lines. To keep the cursor stay in the viewport, the
     /// // cursor position will be adjusted from line 15 to line 12.
-    /// textarea.scroll(-5, 0);
+    /// textarea.scroll((-5, 0));
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (12, 0));
     /// ```
-    pub fn scroll(&mut self, rows: i16, cols: i16) {
-        self.viewport.scroll(rows, cols);
+    pub fn scroll(&mut self, scrolling: impl Into<Scrolling>) {
+        scrolling.into().scroll(&mut self.viewport);
         self.move_cursor(CursorMove::InViewport);
     }
 }