Add Rust API to grab the contents of a slint::Window into a slint::SharedImageBuffer

internal/backends/qt/qt_window.rs

@@ -2313,6 +2313,28 @@ impl i_slint_core::renderer::RendererSealed for QtWindow {
     fn set_window_adapter(&self, _window_adapter: &Rc<dyn WindowAdapter>) {
         // No-op because QtWindow is also the WindowAdapter
     }
+
+    fn screenshot(&self) -> Result<SharedImageBuffer, PlatformError> {
+        let widget_ptr = self.widget_ptr();
+
+        let size = cpp! {unsafe [widget_ptr as "QWidget*"] -> qttypes::QSize as "QSize" {
+            return widget_ptr->size();
+        }};
+
+        let rgb8_data = cpp! {unsafe [widget_ptr as "QWidget*"] -> qttypes::QByteArray as "QByteArray" {
+            QPixmap pixmap = widget_ptr->grab();
+            QImage image = pixmap.toImage();
+            image.convertTo(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+            return QByteArray(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(image.constBits()), image.sizeInBytes());
+        }};
+
+        let buffer = i_slint_core::graphics::SharedPixelBuffer::<i_slint_core::graphics::Rgb8Pixel>::clone_from_slice(
+            rgb8_data.to_slice(),
+            size.width,
+            size.height,
+        );
+        Ok(i_slint_core::graphics::SharedImageBuffer::RGB8(buffer))
+    }
 }
 
 fn accessible_item(item: Option<ItemRc>) -> Option<ItemRc> {

internal/core/api.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This module contains types that are public and re-exported in the slint-rs as we
 
 #[cfg(target_has_atomic = "ptr")]
 pub use crate::future::*;
+use crate::graphics::SharedImageBuffer;
 use crate::input::{KeyEventType, MouseEvent};
 use crate::item_tree::ItemTreeVTable;
 use crate::window::{WindowAdapter, WindowInner};
@@ -622,6 +623,14 @@ impl Window {
     pub fn window_handle(&self) -> WindowHandle {
         WindowHandle { adapter: self.0.window_adapter() }
     }
+
+    /// Returns an image buffer with the rendered contents.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this function may be slow to call. Reading from the framebuffer previously
+    /// rendered, too, may take a long time.
+    pub fn grab_window(&self) -> Result<SharedImageBuffer, PlatformError> {
+        self.0.window_adapter().renderer().screenshot()
+    }
 }
 
 pub use crate::SharedString;

internal/core/renderer.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use alloc::rc::Rc;
 use core::pin::Pin;
 
 use crate::api::PlatformError;
+use crate::graphics::SharedImageBuffer;
 use crate::item_tree::ItemTreeRef;
 use crate::items::TextWrap;
 use crate::lengths::{LogicalLength, LogicalPoint, LogicalRect, LogicalSize, ScaleFactor};
@@ -116,4 +117,10 @@ pub trait RendererSealed {
     fn resize(&self, _size: crate::api::PhysicalSize) -> Result<(), PlatformError> {
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Re-implement this function to support Window::grab_window(), i.e. return
+    /// the contents of the window in an image buffer.
+    fn screenshot(&self) -> Result<SharedImageBuffer, PlatformError> {
+        Err("WindowAdapter::grab_window is not implemented by the platform".into())
+    }
 }

internal/core/software_renderer.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mod fixed;
 mod fonts;
 
 use self::fonts::GlyphRenderer;
-use crate::api::Window;
+use crate::api::{PlatformError, Window};
 use crate::graphics::rendering_metrics_collector::{RefreshMode, RenderingMetricsCollector};
 use crate::graphics::{BorderRadius, PixelFormat, SharedImageBuffer, SharedPixelBuffer};
 use crate::item_rendering::{CachedRenderingData, DirtyRegion, RenderBorderRectangle, RenderImage};
@@ -791,6 +791,34 @@ impl RendererSealed for SoftwareRenderer {
         *self.maybe_window_adapter.borrow_mut() = Some(Rc::downgrade(window_adapter));
         self.partial_cache.borrow_mut().clear();
     }
+
+    fn screenshot(&self) -> Result<SharedImageBuffer, PlatformError> {
+        let Some(window_adapter) =
+            self.maybe_window_adapter.borrow().as_ref().and_then(|w| w.upgrade())
+        else {
+            return Err(
+                "SoftwareRenderer's screenshot called without a window adapter present".into()
+            );
+        };
+
+        let window = window_adapter.window();
+        let size = window.size();
+
+        let Some((width, height)) = size.width.try_into().ok().zip(size.height.try_into().ok())
+        else {
+            // Nothing to render
+            return Err("grab_window() called on window with invalid size".into());
+        };
+
+        let mut target_buffer = SharedPixelBuffer::<crate::graphics::Rgb8Pixel>::new(width, height);
+
+        self.set_repaint_buffer_type(RepaintBufferType::NewBuffer);
+        self.render(target_buffer.make_mut_slice(), width as usize);
+        // ensure that caches are clear for the next call
+        self.set_repaint_buffer_type(RepaintBufferType::NewBuffer);
+
+        Ok(SharedImageBuffer::RGB8(target_buffer))
+    }
 }
 
 fn render_window_frame_by_line(

internal/renderers/femtovg/lib.rs

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
 
 use i_slint_common::sharedfontdb;
 use i_slint_core::api::{RenderingNotifier, RenderingState, SetRenderingNotifierError};
-use i_slint_core::graphics::BorderRadius;
-use i_slint_core::graphics::FontRequest;
 use i_slint_core::graphics::{euclid, rendering_metrics_collector::RenderingMetricsCollector};
+use i_slint_core::graphics::{BorderRadius, SharedImageBuffer};
+use i_slint_core::graphics::{FontRequest, SharedPixelBuffer};
 use i_slint_core::item_rendering::ItemRenderer;
 use i_slint_core::items::TextWrap;
 use i_slint_core::lengths::{
@@ -539,6 +539,23 @@ impl RendererSealed for FemtoVGRenderer {
         };
         return Ok(());
     }
+
+    /// Returns an image buffer of what was rendered last by reading the previous front buffer (using glReadPixels).
+    fn screenshot(&self) -> Result<SharedImageBuffer, PlatformError> {
+        self.opengl_context.ensure_current()?;
+        let screenshot = self
+            .canvas
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .screenshot()
+            .map_err(|e| format!("FemtoVG error reading current back buffer: {e}"))?;
+
+        use rgb::ComponentBytes;
+        Ok(SharedImageBuffer::RGBA8(SharedPixelBuffer::clone_from_slice(
+            screenshot.buf().as_bytes(),
+            screenshot.width() as u32,
+            screenshot.height() as u32,
+        )))
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for FemtoVGRenderer {