WebView

[pychans]

When will it be updated? I have been waiting for the client version of webview for a year and I am looking forward to it very much.

[pychans]

Is there any plan for this?

[ndonkoHenri]

We have WebView control: https://docs.flet.dev/webview/
But it doesnt support Linux and Windows atm.

[pychans]

Is there any plan for Linux and Windows?

[hschneider]

Having this on all platforms would be awesome.

But the problem here is the availability of the wrapped Flutter control, which is limited to Android, iOS and macOS: https://pub.dev/packages/webview_flutter

Maybe this would be a better solution:
https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_inappwebview
But there needs to be a Flet wrapper first.

[pychans]

Is there any plan for Linux and Windows?

[Dejv311]

@pychans yes, there is. There is an already open PR for webview-all. Currently, it is a custom-build extension, which you can still easily use for yourself. It works good (on linux less so, as it uses an open source GNU browser).

https://github.com/zaim-tech/flet-webview-all

[pychans]

After running pip install flet-webview-all, I tried to run its test code but encountered an error. It reported Unknown control: flet_webview_all. The command line prompt was: The Flet desktop client doesn't include the flet_webview_all extension (from flet-webview-all) the app uses, so its controls show as unknown controls and its services don't respond. Build a client that includes it with flet build and start the app from the project folder: https://flet.dev/docs/extend/user-extensions#change-python-files
Webview should be an official basic component that is easy to use, rather than requiring additional work for everyone to handle it.

[pychans]

Compared to shadcn/ui in V1.1, dedicating more effort to fundamental and low-level aspects (such as webviews) would make frameworks like Flet far more appealing (because in the AI era, achieving and outputting something similar to shadcn/ui is merely a matter of tokens and time—interested parties can naturally implement it. However, if Flet excels in its foundational layer (sufficiently stable, flexible, and performant), it would encourage people to prioritize it over options like PySide or Tkinter. Leveraging its cross-platform nature, countless custom UIs akin to shadcn/ui could be derived from Flet).