2 — Hello, snora

The smallest possible snora application — a single body element, nothing else.

use iced::{Element, widget::text};
use snora::{AppLayout, render};

#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
enum Message {}

#[derive(Default)]
struct App;

impl App {
    fn update(&mut self, _msg: Message) {}

    fn view(&self) -> Element<'_, Message> {
        let body: Element<'_, Message> = text("Hello, snora!").into();
        render(AppLayout::new(body))
    }
}

fn main() -> iced::Result {
    iced::application(App::default, App::update, App::view)
        .title(|_: &App| String::from("Hello"))
        .run()
}

That is the entire program. There is no trait to implement, no wrapper enum to write, no overlay scaffolding to plumb. AppLayout::new(body) returns a layout with body filled in and every other slot empty; render consumes it and produces an iced::Element.

What snora did for you

Even at this size, snora has already:

• Wrapped your body in a full-window container.
• Established the z-stack layers (skeleton at the bottom, toasts at the top) so future overlays slot in without code changes.
• Picked a default LayoutDirection (LTR) and ToastPosition (TopEnd).

When you want a header, a sidebar, or a footer, you set them as fields on AppLayout — see the next page.

Try it locally

The examples/hello/ directory in the snora workspace is exactly the program above. Run it with:

cargo run -p snora-example-hello