--- title: Slint 1.16 Released | daily.dev description: Slint 1.16 introduces keyboard shortcuts via a declarative KeyBinding element with an @keys() macro, styled text with Markdown support through the new... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-16-released-dfk6smuhp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Slint 1.16 Released | daily.dev og:description: Slint 1.16 introduces keyboard shortcuts via a declarative KeyBinding element with an @keys() macro, styled text with Markdown support through the new... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-16-released-dfk6smuhp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DFK6SmuhP.png og:image:alt: Slint 1.16 Released og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slint 1.16 Released **[Slint](https://daily.dev/sources/slint)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Slint 1.16 introduces keyboard shortcuts via a declarative KeyBinding element with an @keys() macro, styled text with Markdown support through the new StyledText element and @markdown() macro, and multi-touch gesture handling via ScaleRotateGestureHandler for pinch-to-zoom and rotate interactions. Other notable changes include Fluent becoming the default style on all platforms, improved text rendering with swash for glyph rasterization, a new FemtoVGWGPURenderer for embedding Slint into WGPU-driven apps like Bevy games, and Python/C++ language package additions. Experimental features in progress include FlexboxLayout powered by the taffy crate, native drag-and-drop, an Interface language construct for custom widget styles, and library modules for bundling Slint with Rust code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-16-released-dfk6smuhp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Slint 1.16 Released","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-16-released-dfk6smuhp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-16-released-dfk6smuhp"},"datePublished":"2026-07-12T07:19:45.539Z","dateModified":"2026-07-12T07:20:12.554Z","description":"Slint 1.16 introduces keyboard shortcuts via a declarative KeyBinding element with an @keys() macro, styled text with Markdown support through the new...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/738567a66588222908ccb9774da18630?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/738567a66588222908ccb9774da18630?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Slint","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slint","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kMN8T1sT--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1783840780/logos/slint?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/slint"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/slint-1-16-released-dfk6smuhp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"rust,embedded","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Slint","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/slint"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Slint 1.16 Released"}]} ```