refactor: remove unnecessary UI element construction (#1938)

yazi-plugin/preset/components/entity.lua

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ Entity = {
 
 function Entity:new(file) return setmetatable({ _file = file }, { __index = self }) end
 
-function Entity:space() return ui.Line(" ") end
+function Entity:space() return " " end
 
 function Entity:icon()
 	local icon = self._file:icon()
 	if not icon then
-		return ui.Line("")
+		return ""
 	elseif self._file:is_hovered() then
-		return ui.Line(icon.text .. " ")
+		return icon.text .. " "
 	else
 		return ui.Line(icon.text .. " "):style(icon.style)
 	end
@@ -27,53 +27,53 @@ end
 
 function Entity:prefix()
 	local prefix = self._file:prefix() or ""
-	return ui.Line(prefix ~= "" and prefix .. "/" or "")
+	return prefix ~= "" and prefix .. "/" or ""
 end
 
 function Entity:highlights()
 	local name = self._file.name:gsub("\r", "?", 1)
 	local highlights = self._file:highlights()
 	if not highlights or #highlights == 0 then
-		return ui.Line(name)
+		return name
 	end
 
 	local spans, last = {}, 0
 	for _, h in ipairs(highlights) do
 		if h[1] > last then
-			spans[#spans + 1] = ui.Span(name:sub(last + 1, h[1]))
+			spans[#spans + 1] = name:sub(last + 1, h[1])
 		end
 		spans[#spans + 1] = ui.Span(name:sub(h[1] + 1, h[2])):style(THEME.manager.find_keyword)
 		last = h[2]
 	end
 	if last < #name then
-		spans[#spans + 1] = ui.Span(name:sub(last + 1))
+		spans[#spans + 1] = name:sub(last + 1)
 	end
 	return ui.Line(spans)
 end
 
 function Entity:found()
 	if not self._file:is_hovered() then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local found = self._file:found()
 	if not found then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	return ui.Line {
-		ui.Span("  "),
+		"  ",
 		ui.Span(string.format("[%d/%d]", found[1] + 1, found[2])):style(THEME.manager.find_position),
 	}
 end
 
 function Entity:symlink()
 	if not MANAGER.show_symlink then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local to = self._file.link_to
-	return to and ui.Line(" -> " .. tostring(to)):italic() or ui.Line {}
+	return to and ui.Span(string.format(" -> %s", to)):italic() or ""
 end
 
 function Entity:redraw()

yazi-plugin/preset/components/header.lua

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ end
 function Header:cwd()
 	local max = self._area.w - self._right_width
 	if max <= 0 then
-		return ui.Span("")
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local s = ya.readable_path(tostring(self._current.cwd)) .. self:flags()
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function Header:count()
 	end
 
 	if count == 0 then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	return ui.Line {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ end
 function Header:tabs()
 	local tabs = #cx.tabs
 	if tabs == 1 then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local spans = {}

yazi-plugin/preset/components/linemode.lua

@@ -8,58 +8,58 @@ Linemode = {
 
 function Linemode:new(file) return setmetatable({ _file = file }, { __index = self }) end
 
-function Linemode:space() return ui.Line(" ") end
+function Linemode:space() return " " end
 
 function Linemode:solo()
 	local mode = cx.active.pref.linemode
 	if mode == "none" or mode == "solo" then
-		return ui.Line("")
+		return ""
 	elseif not self[mode] then
-		return ui.Line(" " .. mode)
+		return " " .. mode
 	else
-		local line = self[mode](self)
+		local line = ui.Line(self[mode](self))
-		return line:visible() and ui.Line { ui.Span(" "), line } or line
+		return line:visible() and ui.Line { " ", line } or line
 	end
 end
 
 function Linemode:size()
 	local size = self._file:size()
 	if size then
-		return ui.Line(ya.readable_size(size))
+		return ya.readable_size(size)
 	else
 		local folder = cx.active:history(self._file.url)
-		return ui.Line(folder and tostring(#folder.files) or "")
+		return folder and tostring(#folder.files) or ""
 	end
 end
 
 function Linemode:btime()
 	local time = math.floor(self._file.cha.btime or 0)
 	if time == 0 then
-		return ui.Line("")
+		return ""
 	elseif os.date("%Y", time) == os.date("%Y") then
-		return ui.Line(os.date("%m/%d %H:%M", time))
+		return os.date("%m/%d %H:%M", time)
 	else
-		return ui.Line(os.date("%m/%d  %Y", time))
+		return os.date("%m/%d  %Y", time)
 	end
 end
 
 function Linemode:mtime()
 	local time = math.floor(self._file.cha.mtime or 0)
 	if time == 0 then
-		return ui.Line("")
+		return ""
 	elseif os.date("%Y", time) == os.date("%Y") then
-		return ui.Line(os.date("%m/%d %H:%M", time))
+		return os.date("%m/%d %H:%M", time)
 	else
-		return ui.Line(os.date("%m/%d  %Y", time))
+		return os.date("%m/%d  %Y", time)
 	end
 end
 
-function Linemode:permissions() return ui.Line(self._file.cha:perm() or "") end
+function Linemode:permissions() return self._file.cha:perm() or "" end
 
 function Linemode:owner()
 	local user = self._file.cha.uid and ya.user_name(self._file.cha.uid) or self._file.cha.uid
 	local group = self._file.cha.gid and ya.group_name(self._file.cha.gid) or self._file.cha.gid
-	return ui.Line(string.format("%s:%s", user or "-", group or "-"))
+	return string.format("%s:%s", user or "-", group or "-")
 end
 
 function Linemode:redraw()

yazi-plugin/preset/components/status.lua

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ end
 function Status:size()
 	local h = self._current.hovered
 	if not h then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local style = self:style()
@@ -61,21 +61,21 @@ end
 function Status:name()
 	local h = self._current.hovered
 	if not h then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
-	return ui.Line(" " .. h.name:gsub("\r", "?", 1))
+	return " " .. h.name:gsub("\r", "?", 1)
 end
 
 function Status:perm()
 	local h = self._current.hovered
 	if not h then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local perm = h.cha:perm()
 	if not perm then
-		return ui.Line {}
+		return ""
 	end
 
 	local spans = {}

yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/archive.lua

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ function M:peek()
 		}):icon()
 
 		if icon then
-			paths[#paths + 1] = ui.Line { ui.Span(" " .. icon.text .. " "):style(icon.style), ui.Span(f.path) }
+			paths[#paths + 1] = ui.Line { ui.Span(" " .. icon.text .. " "):style(icon.style), f.path }
 		else
-			paths[#paths + 1] = ui.Line(f.path)
+			paths[#paths + 1] = f.path
 		end
 
 		if f.size > 0 then

yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/empty.lua

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function M:peek()
 			if i > self.skip + limit then
 				break
 			elseif i > self.skip then
-				lines[#lines + 1] = ui.Line(line)
+				lines[#lines + 1] = line
 			end
 		end
 	end)

yazi-plugin/src/elements/gauge.rs

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ impl UserData for Gauge {
 			Ok(ud)
 		});
 
-		methods.add_function_mut("label", |_, (ud, label): (AnyUserData, Span)| {
+		methods.add_function_mut("label", |_, (ud, label): (AnyUserData, Value)| {
-			ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?.label = Some(label.0);
+			ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?.label = Some(Span::try_from(label)?.0);
 			Ok(ud)
 		});