Form structure

KitInputGroupStart

Horizontal slot for content before an editor.

Compose it next to the actual editor inside KitInputGroup, with an icon or KitInputGroupText. Let the editor consume the remaining space.

It aligns children to the start and does not stretch horizontally. It adds no border, padding or focus target.

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Complete example

This complete Slint file is a visual composition used to produce the screenshot above. Internal strings without a label property retain the kit’s default language; system dialogs follow the host platform. Projected state and callbacks requesting a decision need host wiring; the standalone fixture does not supply that controller. Set up the Rust project, then see the typed controller application for working editing, validation and selection.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
import { KitInputGroup, KitInputGroupStart, KitInputGroupText, KitTheme, KitThemes } from "@kit/kit.slint";

export component Example inherits Window {
    title: "KitInputGroupStart example";
    preferred-width: 420px;
    preferred-height: 180px;
    max-width: 100000px;
    max-height: 100000px;
    background: root.theme.canvas;
    in-out property <KitTheme> theme: KitThemes.light;
    in-out property <string> status;
    VerticalLayout {
        padding: 24px; spacing: 16px; alignment: start;
        Text { text: "Input Group Start"; color: root.theme.text-primary; font-size: 20px * root.theme.text-scale; font-weight: 600; }
        KitInputGroup { theme: root.theme; HorizontalLayout { spacing: 12px; KitInputGroupStart { KitInputGroupText { theme: root.theme; text: "USD"; } } TextInput { font-size: 14px * root.theme.text-scale; vertical-alignment: center; text: "129.95"; color: root.theme.text-primary; }  } }
        if root.status != "": Text { text: root.status; color: root.theme.text-secondary; font-size: 12px * root.theme.text-scale; wrap: word-wrap; }
    }
}

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Public API

Inherits HorizontalLayout. The declarations below come from the component source. Parent properties remain available; see the controller guide for state management.