Flux Text Editor

A modern text editor built with Rust using the Iced GUI framework.

Features

• Clean and minimalist interface
• Syntax highlighting support for multiple languages
• Multiple theme options including SolarizedDark
• File operations:
  • Create new files
  • Open existing files
  • Save files
  • Save files as
• Text editing features:
  • Select all text
  • Basic text editing operations
• Custom application icon
• Monospace font support

Technical Details

Built using:

• Iced - Pure Rust GUI framework
• syntect - Syntax highlighting engine
• tokio - Asynchronous runtime
• rfd - Native file dialogs

Usage

cargo run

The editor will open with a blank document. Use the toolbar buttons to:

• Create a new file
• Open an existing file
• Save the current file
• Change the syntax highlighting theme

Development

The application is structured as an Iced application with:

Editor

• Main application struct implementing the

Application

trait

• Asynchronous file operations using tokio
• Custom UI components for the toolbar and editor
• Theme support via the Iced highlighter

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT license.