Per character filter for TextEdits

Cargo.toml

@@ -1012,6 +1012,17 @@ description = "Demonstrates a simple, unstyled text input widget"
 category = "UI (User Interface)"
 wasm = true
 
+[[example]]
+name = "editable_text_filter"
+path = "examples/ui/text/editable_text_filter.rs"
+doc-scrape-examples = true
+
+[package.metadata.example.editable_text_filter]
+name = "Editable Text Filter"
+description = "Demonstrates an 8-character hex input using EditableTextFilter"
+category = "UI (User Interface)"
+wasm = true
+
 [[example]]
 name = "multiline_text_input"
 path = "examples/ui/text/multiline_text_input.rs"

crates/bevy_text/src/text_edit.rs

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ impl TextEdit {
         driver: &'a mut PlainEditorDriver<TextBrush>,
         clipboard_text: &mut String,
         max_characters: Option<usize>,
+        char_filter: impl Fn(char) -> bool,
     ) {
         match self {
             TextEdit::Copy => {
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ impl TextEdit {
                 }
             }
             TextEdit::Paste => {
+                if !clipboard_text.chars().all(char_filter) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 if let Some(max) = max_characters {
                     let select_len = driver.editor.selected_text().map(str::len).unwrap_or(0);
                     if max
@@ -168,6 +172,9 @@ impl TextEdit {
                 driver.insert_or_replace_selection(clipboard_text.as_str());
             }
             TextEdit::Insert(text) => {
+                if !text.chars().all(char_filter) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 if let Some(max) = max_characters {
                     let select_len = driver.editor.selected_text().map(str::len).unwrap_or(0);
                     if max < driver.editor.text().chars().count() - select_len + text.len() {

crates/bevy_text/src/text_editable.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ use crate::{
     text_edit::TextEdit, FontCx, FontHinting, LayoutCx, LineHeight, TextBrush, TextColor, TextFont,
     TextLayout,
 };
+use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
 use core::time::Duration;
 use parley::{FontContext, LayoutContext, PlainEditor, SplitString};
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ impl EditableText {
         font_context: &mut FontContext,
         layout_context: &mut LayoutContext<TextBrush>,
         clipboard_text: &mut String,
+        char_filter: impl Fn(char) -> bool,
     ) {
         let Self {
             editor,
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ impl EditableText {
         let mut driver = editor.driver(font_context, layout_context);
 
         for edit in pending_edits.drain(..) {
-            edit.apply(&mut driver, clipboard_text, *max_characters);
+            edit.apply(&mut driver, clipboard_text, *max_characters, &char_filter);
         }
     }
 
@@ -205,22 +207,39 @@ impl EditableText {
     }
 }
 
+/// Sets a per-character filter for this text input. Insert and paste edits are ignored if the filter rejects any character.
+///
+/// The filter does not apply to characters already within the `EditableText`'s text buffer.
+#[derive(Component, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct EditableTextFilter(Option<Arc<dyn Fn(char) -> bool + Send + Sync + 'static>>);
+
+impl EditableTextFilter {
+    /// Create a new `EditableTextFilter` from the given filter function.
+    pub fn new(filter: impl Fn(char) -> bool + Send + Sync + 'static) -> Self {
+        Self(Some(Arc::new(filter)))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Applies pending text edit actions to all [`EditableText`] widgets.
 pub fn apply_text_edits(
-    mut query: Query<(Entity, &mut EditableText)>,
+    mut query: Query<(Entity, &mut EditableText, Option<&EditableTextFilter>)>,
     mut font_context: ResMut<FontCx>,
     mut layout_context: ResMut<LayoutCx>,
     mut clipboard_text: ResMut<Clipboard>,
     mut commands: Commands,
 ) {
-    for (entity, mut editable_text) in query.iter_mut() {
+    for (entity, mut editable_text, filter) in query.iter_mut() {
         editable_text.text_edited = !editable_text.pending_edits.is_empty();
 
         if editable_text.text_edited {
             editable_text.apply_pending_edits(
                 &mut font_context.0,
                 &mut layout_context.0,
                 &mut clipboard_text.0,
+                match filter {
+                    Some(EditableTextFilter(Some(filter))) => filter.as_ref(),
+                    _ => &|_| true,
+                },
             );
 
             commands.trigger(TextEditChange { entity });

examples/README.md

@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ Example | Description
 [Display and Visibility](../examples/ui/layout/display_and_visibility.rs) | Demonstrates how Display and Visibility work in the UI.
 [Drag to Scroll](../examples/ui/scroll_and_overflow/drag_to_scroll.rs) | This example tests scale factor, dragging and scrolling
 [Editable Text](../examples/ui/text/editable_text.rs) | Demonstrates a simple, unstyled text input widget
+[Editable Text Filter](../examples/ui/text/editable_text_filter.rs) | Demonstrates an 8-character hex input using EditableTextFilter
 [Feathers Widgets](../examples/ui/widgets/feathers.rs) | Gallery of Feathers Widgets
 [Flex Layout](../examples/ui/layout/flex_layout.rs) | Demonstrates how the AlignItems and JustifyContent properties can be composed to layout nodes and position text
 [Font Atlas Debug](../examples/ui/text/font_atlas_debug.rs) | Illustrates how FontAtlases are populated (used to optimize text rendering internally)

examples/ui/text/editable_text_filter.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//! Demonstrates a minimal [`EditableTextFilter`] with an 8-character hex input.
+
+use bevy::color::palettes::css::{DARK_SLATE_GRAY, YELLOW};
+use bevy::input_focus::AutoFocus;
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy::text::{EditableText, EditableTextFilter, TextCursorStyle};
+
+fn main() {
+    App::new()
+        .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
+        .add_systems(Startup, setup)
+        .run();
+}
+
+fn setup(mut commands: Commands) {
+    commands.spawn(Camera2d);
+
+    commands
+        .spawn(Node {
+            width: percent(100.),
+            height: percent(100.),
+            justify_content: JustifyContent::Center,
+            align_items: AlignItems::Center,
+            ..default()
+        })
+        .with_children(|parent| {
+            parent.spawn((
+                Node {
+                    width: px(240.),
+                    border: px(2.).all(),
+                    padding: px(8.).all(),
+                    ..default()
+                },
+                EditableText {
+                    max_characters: Some(8),
+                    ..default()
+                },
+                TextCursorStyle::default(),
+                EditableTextFilter::new(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit()),
+                TextFont::from_font_size(32.),
+                BackgroundColor(DARK_SLATE_GRAY.into()),
+                BorderColor::all(YELLOW),
+                AutoFocus,
+            ));
+        });
+}