Add ui.group(|ui| { … }) to visually group some widgets within a frame

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 * Add support for secondary and middle mouse buttons.
 * Add `Label` methods for code, strong, strikethrough, underline and italics.
+* Add `ui.group(|ui| { … })` to visually group some widgets within a frame
+* Text will now wrap at newlines, spaces, dashes, punctuation or in the middle of a words if necessary, in that order of priority.
 * `egui::popup::popup_below_widget`: show a popup area below another widget.
 * Add `Slider::clamp_to_range(bool)`: if set, clamp the incoming and outgoing values to the slider range.
-* Text will now wrap at newlines, spaces, dashes, punctuation or in the middle of a words if necessary, in that order of priority.
 * Add: `ui.spacing()`, `ui.spacing_mut()`, `ui.visuals()`, `ui.visuals_mut()`.
 
 ### Changed 🔧

egui/src/containers/frame.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl Frame {
     /// For when you want to group a few widgets together within a frame.
     pub fn group(style: &Style) -> Self {
         Self {
-            margin: Vec2::new(8.0, 8.0),
+            margin: Vec2::new(8.0, 6.0),
             corner_radius: 4.0,
             stroke: style.visuals.widgets.noninteractive.bg_stroke,
             ..Default::default()

egui/src/ui.rs

@@ -902,6 +902,11 @@ impl Ui {
 
 /// # Adding Containers / Sub-uis:
 impl Ui {
+    /// Put into a `Frame::group`, visually grouping the contents together
+    pub fn group<R>(&mut self, add_contents: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui) -> R) -> R {
+        crate::Frame::group(self.style()).show(self, add_contents)
+    }
+
     /// Create a child ui. You can use this to temporarily change the Style of a sub-region, for instance.
     pub fn wrap<R>(&mut self, add_contents: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui) -> R) -> (R, Response) {
         let child_rect = self.available_rect_before_wrap();

egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/widgets.rs

@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ impl Widgets {
         ui.label("Tooltips can be more than just simple text.")
             .on_hover_ui(tooltip_ui);
 
-        egui::Frame::group(ui.style()).show(ui, |ui| {
+        ui.group(|ui| {
-            ui.label("This is a group of widgets");
-
             ui.horizontal(|ui| {
                 ui.radio_value(&mut self.radio, Enum::First, "First");
                 ui.radio_value(&mut self.radio, Enum::Second, "Second");