Is there a way to implement UI to select words in text?

[yanshay]

I want to implement some component that will display a line of text, and allow user to select/deselect words on that line.
The line could also wrap around the display.
I could supply the line as a set of words from the rust code if required.

I couldn't think of a way to do that, not even a tricky one.

I could make a button out of every word, but then there is no layout that wraps, so I would need to calculate the position but don't see how.
I could use Text that wraps and get cursor coordinates on the line but I don't know how to tell what text is in those coordinates.

Is there a way to achieve that?

[tronical]

At the moment that's not possible.

I think for text handling in general, it would be desirable to converge towards an API similar to the models: A text document type that's explicitly shared between Slint and the application logic, with an API to place cursors, navigate, and perform selections.